Sheridan compared to Wellington and Blucher in Civil War praise
The piece extols General Sheridan for bold offense against Early in the Virginia Valley and pursuit of Lee. It likens his strategic impact to Wellington and Blucher, notes his rapid rise to lieutenant general, and praises his wartime leadership and lasting vindication alongside Grant and other Union figures.
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Gath
Cincinnati Enquirer
Grant
Sheridan
Secon
Lea
Petersburg
Wellington
Blucher
Napoleon
Spanish
Virginia
Europe
Iberian Peninsula
Army of the Potomac
Army of the Southwest
Shurman
Les
Garnet Wolseley
Lee
Abyssinia
Dahomey
United States
South
Washington
Union
Sharman
Thomas Pare
Nics
Hudson
Chicamauga
Schofield
Lyon
Hancock
Gettysburg
Pope
Abraham Lincoln
McClellan
McPherson
Republic
Silent Widowed Woman Weeps Over Dead Tam Roe ShooR
In a mournful vignette a woman learns of Tam Roe ShooR's death. She fears judgment from townsfolk, sheds tears long unrevealed, and forgives him for his past shame as she moves toward his home. Friends block the door, preserving the final privacy of grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sora
Applause From One-Armed Men Stuns Sweden Theatre
The crowd roars with laughter as two one-armed men rise in the third gallery and join in the applause during Sarah’s Fedora performance in Sweden. The high society boxes react with ire while the audience watches the unusual sight unfold amid the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Sweden
Secn
Fretful Americans Praised and Scolded by British Critic
A British critic declares Americans fretful and nervous in public spaces, noting nine in ten are Englishmen. He recalls a rare tense period a decade ago when Herbert Spencer could not sleep from worry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Chariton
Herbert Spencer
Young Man's Odd Year-Long Contract Near Abbeville
A late 19th or early 20th century rumor from Abbeville, Alabama describes a youth who agreed to work a year for a farmer in exchange for the farmer's daughter and a double barreled shotgun. The tale claims the contract was fulfilled and the man is now said to be content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
Do Fashionable Women Swear at the Opera?
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt describes Clara Belle in a Parisic gown at the opera Faust and a bystander overhearing a split train incident. It muses on whether fashionable women swear, noting mild oaths like darn, gosh, and blow as common among Anglomaniacs, with no plain damn among the elite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Belle
Cincinnati Enquirer
Drafs
New
Opera House
Cristis
Faust
Marguerite
Tere
Toarbie
Fifth-avenue
The Curve Pitch or Put to Philadelphia Record
Aboriginal performers in Philadelphia showcased the boomerang as a curved throwing weapon. Looming crescent-shaped pieces of hard Australian wood were hurled to fly straight about 200 feet then arc back and twist across the field, sometimes landing near the thrower. Spectators, including bowling-like children, watched as the boomerangs spun rapidly, creating a wheellike motion and puzzling scientists on why the curve forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pitcaar
Mourning Garb Address Impresses Chicago Women
Dr. Julia Holmes Smith of Chicago presented a paper before the Association for the Advancement of Women on Mourning Garb. She argued grief customs vary by culture and noted how societies shift from mourning symbols to joy, citing colors worn by different peoples from China to Syria and Armenia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Association For the Advancement of Women
Julia Holmes Smith
Sout Sea
Syria
Armenia
A Suggestion to Pearemakers at the New Camp Anaconda
A fragment describes a peculiar Montana camp treatment for drunkenness. It notes a gang member who boasts of beating the nation is escorted out, then quietly aided to bed. The passage, odd and garbled, hints at crude remedy ideas and social tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Montana
United States
Margery Sherman and the Heidelberg Circus Mystery
Margery Sherman, an orphan raised in Heidelberg, marries in the Church of the Holy Three Kings after a past with Uncle Jack. Timothy Twycross, the world renowned circus clown, daughter Sukey, and stages of a Bristol tour unfold a hidden life. John Sherman, a private gymnastics professor, is revealed as Timothy through a baptism and a rose thrown to a clown. Margery learns of this from Uncle Jack and the two share a quiet revelation toward a life built on memory and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Wi
Independent
Fraulein
Margery
Margery Sherman
Heidelkerz
Jack
Robert Brown
Church of the Holy Three Kings
Dr. Brown
Margetry
Royal London Circus
Bristol
Timothy Twycraas
Timothy Twycross
Sukey
Timothy
Missus
Sis
St. Paul's Rectory
Furn
England
Tommorrow
St. Paul's
Lakey
Nother
Bakey
Mila Elise Viviani
Milo
Elise
Frau Zip
France
Germany
Helderbers
John Sherman
Frau Morgenstern
Heidelberg
Crown Prince
Sweden
Sophie
Mr. Sherman
Imi
Tim
Jacl
Uncle Jack
Himelf
Fran Zip
The Kunny Man Tribulations and Pity
A humorous editor faces the burden of forced jokes and familiar stale humor. The piece lampoons sending worn gags to editors as if new, noting these old pleasantries predate modern wit and persist despite audience weariness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peek
Sun
The Dullness of Humor Discussed By Col Roberts G Ingersoll
Col Roberts G Ingersoll argues that a strictly humorous book is dull and dullness follows after initial amusement. He says humor in newspapers gains from contrast with serious daily records and that professsional humorous columns and grave editorials are often the most amusing. He suggests a work on wit would analyze its nature with illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roberts G. Ingersoll
Proctor Knott
New York
Old New Jersey Man Sees Millionaires In Court
An elderly New Jersey man visited a New York common pleas courtroom where Jay Gould Russell Sage and Cyrus W Field were present. After two hours observing the financiers he declared he could go home satisfied having seen three men with money enough to buy the whole of New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
New Jersey
Common Pleas
New York
Jay Gould
Russell Sage
Cyrus W. Field
Forgotten Crying Maiden and a Proverb Moment
In a New York News column a young girl sits crying on the floor then asks what she cried about. The mother replies she wouldn’t let her go downtown. The vignette ends with the girl resuming tasks and a Russian proverb about finishing dinner properly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York News
A View of a Quiet Homestead Garden Inside and Out
A fragmentary description details a cottage garden with a latticed trellis, climbing roses, and a cozy retreat. The piece praises simple tasteful decor, homey touches like pressed ferns and paper holders, and the idea that a well kept yard reflects care for family and children.
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Wyoming
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Ojuar
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