Guerilla Warfare and Imboden's Proclamation Exposed
An examination of Confederate guerrilla bands argues that Imboden was the only serious guerrilla force in Virginia, with Mosby Rosser and others acting as regular cavalry. The piece contrasts harsher charges against Mosby and Jones, details Imboden’s brutal Proclamation, and recounts murky acts by independent bands like Maury’s Tennessee command and Riggs’s East Tennessee group, illustrating a dark spectrum of frontier war and its brutal toll on civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilpatrick
Richmond
Virginia
Imboden
Mosby
Rosser
Staunton
Winchester
Pierpoint
Carlisle Stamp
God
Maury
Tennessee
Georgia
Maury Gang
East
Captain Riggs
Beaufort
Riggs
Hashish Eating A New York Mansion Dream Scene
Dr H H Kane describes a visit to a lavish New York mansion offering hashish and kief like items. Dressed in oriental robes, the visitors enter a psychedelic public room with a purple lamp, gilded dragons, mirrors, and a garden of carpets, bric a brac, and exotic plants. The scene evokes Arabian Nights and a dreamlike escape from reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Arabia
New Orleans Seen by Cable’s Eye Dark Gentry and Gambling
The Utica Observer reports on New Orleans’ Creole life and public edge, detailing Spanish era houses on Royal street, 50 000 Creoles, and a harsh portrait of levee labor, gambling dens, Spanish monte, and licensed lotteries. It contrasts police corruption, hoodlums, and social vice with quiet neighborhoods and year round gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica Observer
New Orleans
George W. Cable
Cable
Spain
Italy
America
Penio
Sylvester
Darkies
Eorresing
St. the
Darkey
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Kellogg
Yarmouth
Packard
Crescent City
Royal Street
Beauregard
Howard
Metairie Racing Association
Metairie-Monard
Spanish Monte
Canal Street
Custom House
Monte
Art and Customhouse
Judge Bulger
San Louis
Carrolton Gardens
Est End
Spanish Fort
St Peter And The Editor Forged By Dream In New York World
A dream sequence portrays St Peter confronting an editor who gathers critics and gatekeepers. The editor dismisses complaints about rotten eggs, soda fountain coverage, misprints, and unpaid bills, then leads him into a symbolic church or palace as the crowd flees in defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Peter
Tomlinson
St. Peter
Americans Live in a Murry in Manhattan
An early 20th century reflection critiques modern urban haste and social corruption. The speaker laments mental imbalance and a life lived in a rush, contrasting Latin festina with Americans’ fast pace and conformity. The passage warns against losing equilibrium and becoming slaves to habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murry
Hlog
Pedder
Manhattan
Queen Victoria's Proposal Recalls Royal Romance Story
Mrs. Oliphant notes a tale from the November Century about a state ball near Victoria and Albert's betrothal. A rose given by the young lady led the prince to slit his coat to hide a token, a tale the court recalls as shaping the queen's character and virtues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
The Show-Folks and the Art of Mucking Up Plays
A long, period piece on stage jealousy and tricks used by rival actors. It details how star and leading man feuds disrupt performances, the savage impact of interrupted applause, and practices like mugging and guying that ruin scenes. It cites examples from Olivette and Chestnut Street Theatre to illustrate how manipulation, disguise, and forced misreadings derail a show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Trumble
Jim
Olivette
Countess de Rousillon
Bowery Theatre
New York
Charles R. Thorne, Jr
Chestnut Street Theatre
Philadelphia
wer-Lytton
Thorne
Miss A
Mr. B
Guyers
Electric storms and crime the sun’s spots theory
A editorial essay argues that solar sun spot activity and electricity link to moral disorder and crime. It proposes using electrometers in courts to measure electric fluid and treat criminals with controlled electrical charges, envisioning a future where electricians direct virtue in society.
The Family Umbrella Misadventure on Fourth Street
A Cincinnati narrator recounts a damp morning incident with a clumsy umbrella carrier on Fourth Street. The man spears a pedestrian, loses a hat, retrieves it, and endures further umbrella mischief as onlookers chase and discuss parcels while the umbrella causes comic chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Street
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Merry Christmas Bric A Brac Remarkable Oysters And Poems
A fragmentary note reports a fiddled tale of a petrified oyster found by a Charles ton man who hopes to rent it for church social stews and a ballet of verse from Tennyson about John Brown. The piece mentions romance and pay-day antics as humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
5. C
Mr. Tennyson
John Brown
Rhymster
Brown
Tennyson
Rosa and the Damask Rose in Morning Light
A poetic fragment describes a girl named Rosa as she walks across a lawn at dawn. The speaker admires her beauty and the roses, especially a damask rose, noting her pink blush and the delicate, rich coloring of the blooms. The scene blends nature and feminine charm in a lyrical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dempster Sherman
Dare to be a Daniel veteran drummer turns 93
Major Daniel Simpson known as the veteran drummer of Boston celebrated his 93d birthday recently. He reportedly preferred marching a few miles from town to beat his drum, a habit that spared neighbors from the aggravating sound and underlines his long life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Norristown Herald
Daniel Simpson
Boston
Noblesse Oblige Poem Excerpt by Edith M. Thomas
Poem speaks to climbers on a mountain, urging them to press on while those below bear burdens. It emphasizes noblesse oblige and the weight of responsibility carried by the leaders and helpers alike. The verse calls for bold effort and quiet endurance as rewards await at the summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith M. Thomas
Sweet Valley
Born for a Purpose Peck's Sum Hamilton Tale
A man born for a great purpose survives a brutal sequence of accidents in forty eight hours. A teamster drops a pebble on his head leaving a lump, a dog bites his leg, and theft of his only suit occurs while bathing. While traveling by train to Buffalo via Hagersville, his cap blows off and he falls, dislocates his ankle, and sustains injuries to head, chest and hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peck
Hamilton
Hagersville
Bufiilo
Matter-of-Fact Maxims by Henry W. Colby
Unwilling charity exposes the flaw in benevolence and a humane impulse. The world continues beyond our stay and will endure after us. People claim rights to paths and passage as life’s mud and mire persist. Only tested individuals prove how much temptation they can resist. Life’s gifts are misused and time is squandered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confederacy
West
Staunton
Lfe
Henry C. Pedder
Manhattan
Congress
Henry W. Colby
It Is Simply Impossible For A Fat Man To Be A Read Dude
A New Orleans Times Democrat piece mocks fashion rules for “dudes,” arguing a fat man cannot fit the ideal with thin legs a pineapple head and dimples. It notes fat men perspire, turn red, and fan themselves, while a proper dude remains cool and unperturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Times-Democrat
October Front Gate and the Night Wind Lament
A fragmentary verse vignette laments transient human loves as autumn wind moans through a deserted gate. Images of a once romantic doorway, moonlight, and a now broken hinge evoke loss as Euroclydon roars from the sea. The speaker recalls former lovers and the quiet, perfumed nights now replaced by ruin and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arras
Gettin Fatter and Fatter Says Henry Watterson at Louisville
In a bankers convention address Mr. Henry Watterson reflects on the South’s history under slavery and sharecropping, noting wealth, subjection, and debt. He cites subjugation teaching independence, claims the South is richer now, and evokes a camp meeting cry about getting fatter and fatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Henry Watterson
South
Darky
The Open Gallery of God Glitters for the Poor in Heart
Maurice Thompson muses that true art requires no price as he envisions a divine gallery of glories open to the poor in heart. He claims even the roughest walls can bear Caesar’s color and fame, and that no fire, time, or fate can tarnish these masterworks that outshine Titian or Michelangelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Thompson
Titian
Michael Angelo
Petrified pumpkins tale from Mendocino County
California papers report pumpkins washed into a ravine by a freshet turning to stone over years. A farmer found one heavy and stone like, with about a dozen more in the same condition. The tale may be true but offers no agricultural benefit. stone pumpkins would mostly serve as boater slings, and the supply is too small to matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Richardson
Vicksburg
Utica
California
Mendocino County
Girl of Albuquerque Poem Echoes Amber Imagery
Fragmentary verse evokes a girl from Albuquerque with vivid imagery of pearl teeth amber curls and hands that entice. The fragment presents a sensuous scene, blending nature motifs with intimate gesture in a romantic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Also Mentioned on This Page
Colonel Mosby
M. Quad
Detroit Free Press
Jones
Stuart
Fitz Lee
Morgan
John Mosby
Merid
Libby
J. D. Imboper
Partisan Rangers
Rangers
Jackson
Early
Sheridan
County Fair Grounds
Rheridan
Almmost
Confederate Congress
Congress of the
Confederate States of America
Secretary of War
Dr. H. H. Kane
Harper's
Sey
India
Dryden
Ingia
Paradise
Wagins
Ed Richardson
St. Landre Parish
Opelousas
ST. Peter and the Editor
Oliver
Miss X
Electrician
Charles Dudley Warner
Harper’s
Citu
Arape Sia
Carlyle
London
Bucharest
Noblesse
Louvre
Vatican
Long Island
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!