War time farm couple tale of a soldier captain and wife
In Georgia a Confederate farmer Dickson encounters a Union soldier in a tree who surrenders to avoid capture. The captain’s wife, disguising as a soldier, helps secure the village Blue Rock. After a brief visit, the wife returns home and the Union force withdraws, leaving Dickson amused by the odd wartime encounter.
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Sherman
Blue Rock
Georgia
John Dickson
Dickson
Hal Hal
Tiskeen
Groke
Onder
Blue Jackets
Atlanta Constitution
Gilroy
Cal
Neil
Sargent’s
O'Brian
Bill O'Brian
Fashion and Society Notes Across Capitals and Pies
A collage of fashion notes from Paris to Washington covers dressmaking Worth gowns, chaperons in high society, Lithuanian weddings, and elaborate Tea gowns. It also highlights American pie prowess with a Jubilee Pie of massive scale, ingredients listed, baked in two hours for public consumption.
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Worth
Paris
M. Worth
Tally
Flen
Isle
George III
Waterloo
Detroit Free Press
President Cleveland Urges Tariff Reform to Prevent Financial Crisis
In a December 6 1887 message to Congress President Grover Cleveland warns that excessive revenues and sinking funds have tied up funds in the Treasury. He discusses options to restore money to the people, proposes bond purchase powers with checks, and urges tariff reform to reduce living costs while protecting American labor and manufacturing.
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Congress of the United States
Congress
Shikir
Aldhe Nped Tidegrauntlle
Treasury Department
Absollute Yaril
Tc Jeter
Ayer Verson
Treasury
iSo
T.zens
Europe
Tito
Rap Kee
Hiro
Scouts of Manufactures
USA
Ci Tles
Hbordi
Bird
Kent
Ple
Francis
Eatira
Pat
Gia
Union
Imperial Decree Bans Abbreviations in Memorials
The Pekin Gazette reports a new imperial decree forbidding any abbreviation of province, person, or place names in memorials to the throne. Officials are warned that such shorthand breaches etiquette and will not be tolerated.
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Chicago Tribune
Congress
Rewa
Department of State
Grover Cleveland
Washington
Pekin Gazette
A Mean Man
A fragmentary exchange between a husband and wife expresses affection while joking about sealskin garments amid winter. The readable lines suggest a domestic scene with playful banter.
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Biftings
Oddities and notes from a varied 19th century miscellany
A freeform column surveys diverse topics from ancient plant identifications and artificial pumice in Germany to a tarantula bite remedy and animal longevity data. It blends curiosities, quirky experiments, and casual anecdotes with brief society jottings and light humor.
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Capital Invested
United States
Baye Macaulay
Woashington
Vilas
America
London
Cap and Down
Yellow Ping
Cypress
Panhandle
Texas
Dunkards
Swat
France
Manchester
England
Germany
Switzerland
Jura
Bantam Lake
Connecticut
Alaska
Yaikou
Cassian
Forty-Mile Creek
Yukon River
Dakota
Newark
Gould
J. B. Vincent
Rome
Caps Navarin
Bear
Tchuktchi
Russia
Vincent
Tom
Harry
Poyarty
Yack
B. C. Dodge
Detroit
Free Press
Army
Navy
Chiperon
Tathuinine
Lithuania
New York World
Chantilly
Manly
Fong
Otto von Guericks
Austris
Colin
Marty
Irena
Awell
Theatra
Batar
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