The Destruction of Atlanta and the March to the Sea
A critical piece argues Sherman’s Atlanta order driven by cruelty and revenge, recounting Marietta’s burning and widespread looting. It contrasts Sherman’s tactics with other Civil War commanders, detailing foraging, destruction of rail lines, and attacks on women and children, labeling the march a license to plunder.
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Atlanta
Sea
Detroit Free Press
Sherman
Bragg
Chattanooga
Rosecrans
Grant
Vicksburg
Lee
Frederick City
Harper's Ferry
Sharpsburg
Burnside
Fredericksburg
Butler
New Orleans
McClellan
Peninsula
Savannah
Marietta
Marietta Journal
Polk
Tulus
Hood
Nashville
Johnston
Columbia
Duck River
Scofield
Pennsylvania
State of
Georgia
West
I Veed Sooner Lit in a Denement House by Nye Yorick
A New York Sun piece recounts immigrant and American attitudes toward emigrants and ethnic groups in early 20th century urban life. A barber’s broad-wheeled talk touches on economic fears, wage issues, and social tensions amid waves of newcomers.
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Nye Vortck
Chermany
New York Sun
Cooper Institute
Ber- Varian
Europe
Russia
Washington
China
Effery Cherman
Dot
Charge
Nye Yorick
It May Never Be A Romantic Episode of Love in Upper Circles
A high society scene unfolds on the Bellevue Incline where Gertrude Bran nigan declares the engagement cannot stand amid ambition and misaligned fortunes. A young man protests, but Gertrude asserts her independence and vows never to wed a gambler in a man’s risky world.
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Gertrude Brannigan
Bellevue
Gertrude
Niagara
Bellevue Hoospital
Sawbuck
America
M. Vizetelly
Mr. Terrington
Seventy-eighth Highlanders
Rossbire Ruoff
Europe
The Preacher's Prerogative
A minister travels along a Scottish country road on a winter day riding a lean horse in a cloak while a gentleman on a fine horse frightens the preacher. The man challenges the clergyman to mind his business as the exchange hints at a moral confrontation.
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Rochester
Scotland
Farragut and the Flag in a Philadelphia Times anecdote
The Philadelphia Times recalls an anecdote about Admiral Farragut and the Navy flag. Porter, during Grant era, hinted at Fleet command while an old ensign was given to Farragut, who fought at Mobile and New Orleans. The tale contrasts the new flag with the old, called nondescript and eye-catching in its color.
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Philadelphia Times
St. George
Mobile
New Orleans
Admiral's flag sparks heated protest over gridiron flag
A heated confrontation ensues as a man questions the gridiron seafaring flag and demands its removal. He learns Vice-Admiral Porter ordered it hoisted, leading to the flag being taken down. The incident marks the first and last time its folds were displayed.
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Porter
The Day Is Done In A Pastoral Night Scene
Detroit Free Press writer describes a gallery scene where a painting titled The Day Is Done prompts reflections on daily labor and home life. The canvas series shows laborers, children, a sick man, a peaceful bed, and tombs, all under a fading sunset as a poet’s words and quiet music soothe weariness and evoke rest.
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Says
Detroit Free Press
Brooks
Teller
Noet
Jife
New Shirt Stud Invention Sparks Dress Reform Talk
Burlington Hawkeye notes a new shirt stud design that threads through the bosom and snaps, eliminating rough underedges and easing wear. It mocks the old spiral stud and jokes about government pensions for inventors, while lampooning male discomfort from traditional fasteners.
No Understand ze Reposhion on a French inn visit
An American party dining in southern France includes a Chicago girl educated at a fashion seminary. She orders in English prompting the waiter to joke in French and mention someone who speaks Russian better. The piece cites James Whitcomb Riley and a dramatic poetic aside from The Sunday Globe.
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France
Chicago
Mademoiselle
Old Dalton Griot Marries Third Time in Odd Tale
In Dalton Georgia an old man near seventy three agrees to marry again on the depot platform. He recounts four wives and a planned future, noting he will not wed without boards and support for his new wife, despite poverty and a recent widowhood.
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Tennyson
New York World
Bright
New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Morher
San Francisco
Wasp
Lisa
Ostrich Farming Prospects in the United States
Baltimore Sun reports Consul Baker of Buenos Ayres estimates ostrich farming could profit in Southern and Pacific states. He cautions eggs are hard to ship, favors importing birds four years old, cites per-bird annual feather value up to 160, and prices breeders at Baltimore ranging from 750 to 1750 per pair. A pair can rear about sixty chicks yearly.
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Rockland Way
Rollins
South St. George
Baltimore Sun
Baker
Buenos Ayres
Pacific
Baltimore
A Cemetery Which Knows No Distinction
Anon remarks that the sea is the largest cemetery where no grave marks or social distinctions. It notes that kings and clowns, princes and peasants all lie alike beneath the waves, unmarked, awaiting the same tide to awaken their buried remains.
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Neddick
Deer Island
Ocean
Castile Soap Hat Craze Hits Fall Fashion
A new hat style called Castile Soap captivates fall fashion, a white to brown beaver felt design mottled with red or blue. Manufacturers tout it as a luxury trend, produced by dyeing and chemical finishing processes, an English idea linked to Wilde sunflower trends.
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Castile
Names of wild animals save lives in Georgia family
In Fort Valley Georgia a couple who suffered infant loss after marriage learned that giving future children animal names would ensure long life. Their four healthy children now bear the names Rabbit Coon Fox and Possum.
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American Recorder
Fort Valley
Rabbit
Coon
Fox
Possuay
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