Destruction and Deliverance at Atlanta Siege
Confederate Colonel John leads a doomed defense around Atlanta as Sheridan’s column appears, the city burns, trenches hold, and a fateful hospital scene follows with a wounded reunion and a brotherhood of former foes.
A Gentle Nurse Brings Hope to a Wounded Colonel
In a Atlanta episode a grizzled veteran doctor doubts fate yet a nurse Moll Ve arrives at the old church hospital seeking Colonel John. He regains his senses and, after a slow recovery, resolves to speak and face love, while Mollie’s aid breaks a prior bond. The long vigil ends with uncertainty as Mollie’s visits cease.
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Carnegie Funds and the Scientific Spirit Joke
The article notes Andrew Carnegie’s generosity toward science and his sharp humor about scientists. He reportedly joked at a scientists’ supper about a patient named Blank, where the physician’s hopeful greeting was followed by a quip that the disease might be named after Blank if autopsy confirms it.
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Geometrical Lays by Henri Allorgs Poems
French poet Henri Allorgs issues The Spirit of Geometry a volume praising geometry terms including the clinse clipse parallelepipedon and the asymptote in a compact verse collection.
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Nevada mining revival sparks copper boom in Ely district
Nevada rises from slow population and dormant mines to a copper led revival led by a new district around the town of Ely in White Pine County. Copper promises vast wealth with estimates of tens of billions in copper value and billions in silver and gold, while gold mining wanes. Banks and railroads are expanding as prospectors flock to the camp, signaling a major western mining growth era.
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Teeth that were useless tale of a drive and lost teeth
Harry Leon Wilson recounts a Connecticut summer with artists and writers. He befriends two men, they drive away, a telegraph pole crashes the horses, and two men tumble. One man loses two front teeth and asks his companion what to do with them, as Wilson feigns concern.
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Social wit and polite barbs quoted in papers
A playful exchange between rivals in high society features gracious backhanded compliments and sharp jibes about aging and beauty. The Philadelphia Ledger notes a belle telling a rival she looks older, while the New York Press quips that praise must be coupled with work to prove true beauty.
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Peruana praised as stomach catarrh cure by readers
Mr J Henneman of Oakland Nebraska reports long stomach catarrh cured after using Peruana with improved appetite and weight gain. The letter notes catarrh known as dyspepsia and states medicine only helps by removing the catarrh. Another reader, Austin M Small of Astoria Oregon, says Perrin aided appetite during hot weather and served as a pleasant starter.
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