Crossing a Swollen Stream at Fredericksburg Heroics by Cavalry
In spring 1863 General Stoneman commanded 10,000 cavalry to threaten Lee near Fredericksburg. First Maine crossed the river bridge under fire to seize the telegraph line. Captain Phillips tangled in old wires. peers aided and saved him and his horses. Paine’s men captured. Stone saved Paine from drowning while guarding prisoners. Stone was later released by the Confederates and returned home.
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Flocker
Burnside
Army of the Potomac
Stoneman
Lee
Fredericksburg
Richmond
Falmouth
Belle Plain
Rappahannock
Orange & Alexandria
Kilpatrick
Maine
Fordway
Phillips
Fareway
Hitle
Stone
Paine
Mosby
Fane
Warrenton
Hugher Springs
Aine
War Department
Swan
Ines
Ichmond
Libby
James River
Jal Lee
Tilmoi
Ba E
Washington Chronicle
Richman
How Lovely Woman Drinks Water at the Ferry
A humorous scene in Staten Island ferry waiting room features two women and a growing queue of thirsty men battling over cold water from a tank. The crowd peaks at about 128 thirsty men as they jockey for a drink before the boat arrives, with competitive chatter and joking wagers about the coldness and speed of drinking.
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Staten Island Ferry
Flo
Bess
Tate
Charlie
Where All Beggars Are Rich In Cayalia Thrace Reveals Beggar Guild
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt describes Cayalia’s beggars guild in Thrace. It details a council led order that licenses begging, drives alms at churches and mosques, and shares wealth among the community. Beggars’ day is Friday and annual St John feast marks charity.
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Thrace
Cornhill
Cayalia
Beggars’ Guild
Bexars
Salonica
Demetrius
Ani
Little Boys by a Little Girl Skewers Gender Then and Now
A humorous verse sketch contrasts boys and girls, noting boys as troublesome and defining girls as future women. The speaker claims men were made before women, jokes about God’s choices, and praises her papa for his kindness, suggesting he may have been a girl as a child.
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God
Adam
Eve
Goi
He Knew His Alphabet Town Topics
In a fashionable reception smoking room a group of men discuss ladies dresses. Mr Silas Well notes uncertainty between square cut round and V shapes. He leans to square as most in style and wife hints round suits bust better. A man sighs and prefers a capital V.
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Silas
Daisy origins show slang as old phrase revived
The August Wide Awake notes that daisy once described excellence in English counties as in daisy lass or daisy hand. It claims American youngsters’ praise You're a daisy! is simply old provincial English, illustrating slang as revived old language.
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England
Take Off Sale On Rockers In Detroit Window Trade
A dealer and customer haggle over rockers in a Detroit window display. The dealer proclaims a two week take off sale, noting yesterday’s offer of 18 dollars while demanding 46 dollars now.
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Detroit Free Press
Jake
Sufficient Cause Cartoon Highlights Sleep Troubles
The Cartoon satirizes Spinks-So Jones who struggles with insomnia. His daughter is 32 and not engaged yet, adding to the domestic tension depicted in the panel.
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Spinks
Jones
Romance of the Rose legends and luxury across ages
A floral lore tour traces roses from myths of Cupid and Zephyr to Venus and Adonis, through Greco Roman rites, Cleopatra’s rose feasts, Nero’s rose wealth, and Sybarite luxuries. It notes rose gardens near Athens, ancient attars origin in Mogul tales, and the first attar discovery atop Mogul rose water. Prices reach about four dollars per ounce.
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Persia
Vishnu
Nimrod
Abraham
Zephyr
Jami
Venus
Adonis
Mars
Moore
Bion
Cupid
Hippocrates
Silence
North
Aurora
Athens
Paestam
Sybaris
Ovid
Pliny
Cleopatra
Cilicia
Marc Antony
Nero
Egypt
Lucina
Lucius Verus
Smindyrides
Heliogabalus
Baal It Phonica
Hillersheim
Charlemagne
Haroun-al-Rashid
Worms
Chrymlldé
Hildebrandt
Attar
Sultana Nourmahal
Jehanguir
India
Turkey
Cautionary Note On Women Exiting Street Cars
The Buffalo Express cites a pattern of women alighting from moving street cars. A young woman fell on Niagara Street after jumping off midride, while an elderly woman was saved by a conductor on Main Street. The piece lists rules for safe exit including facing forward, clearing skirts, placing the outside foot forward, bracing the back, and holding on until the vehicle stops.
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Buffalo Express
Fiat
Niagara Street
Wedding Dress Riddle From A Distant City
An elderly farmer returning from his niece wedding in another city is pressed for details on the bride’s attire. He offers a humorous verdict describing the dress as having “a lot” of something, highlighting the challenge for ordinary men to describe fashion in formal terms.
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Atlanta Constitution
James Clarence Harvey
Charlie
Fragmentary description of garment in a vivid domestic scene
The narrator recalls a mysterious outfit with a strange bodice and back device, a long trailing tail, and numerous flounces. A featureless torso and a white, soft, floppy head covering appear, leaving readers with an unsatisfying image for the ladies of the house.
Scenes of Sensuous Beauty in India and Its People
Lufcadio Hearn describes Indian life and appearance through observers’ eyes in Harper's Magazine. He notes stern, vigilant expressions on men in turbans, mentions mosques and Muslims, Buddhist and Hindu figures, and women in light garments with graceful postures. He details a coolie mother with silver jewelry and a striking Chinoblanco type woman whose exotic beauty blends Eastern features with a lemon skin tone.
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India
Occidentals
Quick Tempered People Reflect On A Notion Of Temper
An Atlantic essay questions the common claim of a quick temper as a valued trait. It argues temper often masks self centeredness, lack of forgiveness, and limited intelligence, contrasting social praise with the real cost to others and self understanding.
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Atlantic
The Vine That Took Over Our House
A New York couple discuss a vine project that spirals from a wife’s plan to decorate the front yard into a growing, roof‑level spectacle. The vine’s ascent prompts social curiosity, comic advice, and his begrudging acceptance before its eventual removal as a nuisance, with billings for a free grower and labor.
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John
Iteppens
Nan
Standard Oil Company
Yine
Sydney Smith
Ishn
Nand
A. Terranegarden
Defenceless Lips and a Delicate Duress
A dramatic scene unfolds as a woman bound to a chair by silk cords debates the ethics of a kiss with her ardent suitor. He remains cautious while she plays along, then he finally kisses her, allowing her to return to her husband with a vow of moral safety and gratitude for his restraint.
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San Francisco
Miss White
Charlie
Mr and Mrs Bowser and the corkscrew saga
A Detroit Free Press humorous tale recounts Mr Bowser misplacing tools from the corkscrew to the spade and gimlet. Mrs Bowser outwits him by noting the screwdriver on the table. A playful critique of marital quirks ends with a light boast of domestic harmony.
A Modern Munchausen in a Garden Tale
A story from LaGrange Georgia recounts a man who adds guano to garden soil and cucumber seeds. The seeds sprout rapidly, vines wrap around him, and he escapes with pockets full of young cucumbers, leaving him no use for guano.
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LaGrange
Couldn't Forget the Old Life
An elderly engineer recalls 18 years away from locomotives and a near fatal 1870 Illinois Central wreck. He cherishes the pull of the throttle, recounts the cash payoff and a promised job, and recalls a shop visit where a locomotive tempted him to return before choosing a safer path as a traveling salesman.
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Kansas City
Illinois Central
Ouringen
Tassels Save Umbrellas in Chestnut Street Store Tale
A matter-of-fact man seeks a silk umbrella in a Philadelphia Chestnut Street shop. The salesman extols tassels as useful, recalling how a customer kept his umbrella by threading tassels through his vest. The tale ends with the man realizing tassels prevented careless losses, and the customer stopped buying umbrellas for over a year.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Laaid
Friendship of Horse and Goat on Gillett Road
Nathan Gilbey, a coal dealer who rents land on Gillett road, reports that a horse and goat graze there. A gang from Icknield Port road has thrown stones at the goat, with cowards striking it with coins. The police have intervened every time, and a young offender was knocked down and hurt during an incident.
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Philadelphia
Nathan Gilbey
Gillett Road
Icknield Port Road
Prgce
Diary deceptions and a travel diary on a seven day voyage
A Pittsburg Dispatch column describes a woman on a ship fore deck scribbling in a black diary while suspiciously copying from a Paris guide book. The piece contrasts her method with various uncanny diary entries from other women, including sick days and a dinner with Charlie F. and a Liverpool stop.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Paris
A Coat for 116875 Dollars in American Notes and Queries
A disjointed excerpt notes items from 19th century history, including a coat priced at 116875 dollars and a tooth of Sir Isaac Newton sold in 1816 for 3450 dollars bought by a nobleman who wore it in a ring on his finger, with a fragment mentioning Napoleon's hat.
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Isaac Newton
Napoleon Aparte
Eylau
Eye
Charles XII
Pultawa
Sterne
London
Charles L
J. J. Rousseau
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Romance OF the Rose
Cosmopolitan
Tropics
Lufcadio Hearn
Harper's Magazine
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Barker
Florida
MR. and
Mrs. Bowser
Mrs. B
C. D
Detroit
Mr. Bowser
K. Bowser
Gimlet
Mr. Bows
Munchausen
Utica Herald
Johnny
Bent
Elia Higginson
New York World
Dirk
George P. Taggart
Estella Biddle Clark
Buffalo Newnan
Ree
Toge Poven
Chicago
Aunti
Rye
Eugene Clay Ferguson
The
Times Democrat
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