Old Cool the River Soldier and His War Heroics
A wartime reminiscence chronicles Joe Cooley known as Old Cool in a Connecticut unit. He steadied comrades through storms and hunger, shared water, and saved lives while leading by calm example from shipboard duty to rifle pits. It ends with his reunion with family after the war.
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Joseph Cooley
Joe
New York
Ship Island
Watteras
Joe Cooley
Joey
Jon
Cooley
Red Sea
Chapin
Coot
Cool
Cook
Colonel Blank
Agin
Reely
Blank
Port Tudson
Jim
Aleetle
Sandwith
Old Cool
Ife
Bobolink
Livad
Vermont
Connecticut
Tie
Wells
Lynn
William Cable
Muntford
Conn
Christopher Gaffney
Cable
Belling the Rat Tale From a Rag Story
Dy McCresswell battles a rat infestation in a comical tale. A trap captures an unusually large rat that is not killed but chloroformed and fitted with a silver bell. After marking the date, the bell sound unsettles the rat and others, driving the creature from its cage and dispersing the supply of nuts from the drug store.
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Dy. McCresswell
Rata
Dacka
Washburn
Oak
Notices of death by the Columbus Dispatch humorous clipping
A reflective clipping from the Columbus Dispatch writes of a humorous stage caper turning somber as the page reveals notices of death alongside mirth. The poem juxtaposes grief and laughter, noting how one half of the smile is the other’s counterpart.
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Columbus Dispatch
Ambiguous Phrase Refers to Nerve Food and Lime Water
A garbled excerpt discusses a mysterious nerve food brand and the use of lime water to cleanse pantry shelves. The text shows distorted dialogue about personal conduct and cleaning agents with no clear narrative or identifiable persons or events.
Ladies Department and Fashion Notes Across London
The column surveys fashion and society items from London with notes on a monkey dustle and a glove stuffed with curl papers, then markets millinery trends including fichu and bisque designs. It mentions street singers aiding a Hospital Sunday fund and reports on a new women’s law school planned for New York with practices modeled after European universities.
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Mitchioness
Bristol
Lalles Hervy
Hospital Sunday
London Star
Barnard College
New York City
Watus
New York
Fist Fourteenth Street
Law
Europe
Ue Heal
Tha
Rauly Kempin, Led
Zurich
Switzerland
New York World
Reform in Fashion and Horses Echo Napoleonic Tone
A discussion of reformers in women’s dress proposes breeches and a fusion style as a step toward gender-equal attire, while fashion notes list autumn fabrics, trims, and dress features. France’s horse music studies find military signaling and rider guidance, not horse innate musicality, drive battlefield movements.
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Mme. de Valtayre
New League
France
Mirbal
Eminent Physician Probes Wife About Husband’s Cough
An anxious wife answers questions about possible lung trouble in the family as a physician reviews the husband’s recent examination and a mystery about a monument and a sleeping inscription emerges.
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Vine
Floating islands and a moving lake in Minnesota tale
A New York Sun dispatch notes Cajah Pond near Honesdale, Minnesota, hosts several drift islands covered with trees that drift with the wind and may someday become solid land. The lake and its shifting isles fascinate locals as fishermen test lines from the islands.
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New York
Minnesota
J Townsdale
Penn
New York Sun
Honesdale
Cajah
A Curious List Of Movements And A Humorous Summer Arrangement
A German scientist calculates speeds for a snail and various objects from a second to a year, including the moon and an equatorial point. The piece ends with a light sketch where Emma faces a social snag over a winter coat and a forthcoming engagement amidst quirky dialogue.
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Emma
Mr. Coldsnap
Mer Cooler
Frugal Can Do It Yourself Preserves and Tea Guide
A 1900s style home recipe note covers peach puree, plum and pear butter, beef tea, corn omelet, stuffed tomatoes, and household tips. It includes method steps, substitutions, and cautions on cooking times, cleaning, and pantry tricks.
Tontino Syston and Conti's Annuity Plan Origin
Fragmentary historical note describes Lorenzo Conti, a Neapolitan, introducing a tontine-like system circa 1659. It mentions subscribers funding a general annuity and a surviving share, with references to altered plans and improvised details, plus unrelated dialogue fragments.
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Tontino Syston
Lorenzo ‘Conti
Pranes
New York
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Tennessee River
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Washington
Rfail
Express
Jcal.foraig
Blaze Board of Torticulture
Australia
Pennsylvania
Weather Service
Johnstown
Cambria Iron Company
South
Birmingham
Ald
Brmingham = Land Company
Richmond
United States
Treasury
Post Office Department
Albany
Jiring
The
Siys
Boston
South America
Washington Star
TY Rose
Terry Cook
Consul Plumacher
Venezuela
Belling the
London
Wepluxion
Sayenu
Giotto
A Law &Cnool For Women
Faille Ira
Juth
Paris
Filkins
Comntery
Joblot
Het Bilkins
Tomi
Tom
New South Wales
Thomas VW. Knox
Glens
Hom
East Side
Lower
Second Avenue
Iwashington Star
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