Commander recounts Civil War romance and deadly ambush
The chief tells of 1868 near Huntsville Alabama where foraging led to a Sunderland plantation and a romance with Ellen Sunderland. After a secret room visit and a forbidden kiss the tale ends with a guerrilla ambush that kills his advancing detachment, while a crimson scarf saves his life.
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Point Rock
Ajax
Stevenson
Paint Rock Creek
Huntsville
Alabama
Aear
Blue Ridge Mountains
Beadside
Ellen
Addie
Josh
La Plata Heralded as New Granado of the South
The 1880 shift of Buenos Ayres capital to La Plata spurred grand construction and a harbor plan backed by $30 million in public works. The city, set on swampy ground near Ensenada, is praised for electric lights water works and granite edifices.
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Buenos Ayres
la Plata
la Ensenada
New Granada
New York City
Ensenada
United States
Buenos
Ayres
Chicago
South America
United ‘States
Republic
Bay
Catte
Hias
Vincente de Mestre
Story of Bishop Simpson and a Humble Encounter
An uncle recounts a night in a mountain town in Pennsylvania when a total stranger named Simpson arrived. The next day he preached at the Methodist church, revealing himself as Bishop Simpson after an awkward moment. The pastor, surprised, led a triumphant reveal as the congregation learned the famous preacher among them.
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Sunderland
Alabama
Tweedon
Ellen
Charles Reade
Ellen Sunderland
Beieve
Ethhrs
Isa
Addie
Eilen
Simpson
Pennsylvania
Methodist
Nand
Readil
Bishop Simpson
The Long Branch Widow
The widow Mrs. Fountaine departs for Saratoga and draws attention for youth, charm, dress, and social flare. Descriptions note her swimming dancing horsemanship and multiple escorts. Locals dispute her origins with possibilities including Memphis Atlanta or Montgomery and mention an income near fifty thousand dollars a year.
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Long Branch
Fountaine
Saratowa
New York
South
Memphis
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Autumn Gown Trends From London Tailors and Importers
London tailors and importers of French costumes hint at cloth gowns for early autumn and winter. Smooth cloths create two color costumes with contrasting skirts and vests, braiding details in dark and light tones, pinked edges, and two color combinations like serpent green with gray and tobacco brown with dark blue.
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London
Harper's Bazar
Curious notes on the first waltz and public manners
A collage of notes cites a Germann composer tracing the first published waltz to a hundred years ago and links it to the Provencal Volta of the twelfth century. The piece mentions cross national dance differences and a cosmopolitan waltzing party, with further vignettes on everyday misunderstandings and a lottery fortune story from Houston.
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Incent Martin
Martin
Europe
Bob Sawyer
Lamb Street
St. James
The Divine Faculty See What All May View
A concise quotation attributed to Lowell on perception notes that true vision extends beyond ordinary sight and into understanding. The line highlights the difference between common observation and deeper insight.
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Lowell
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Etranger
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Davenport Business College
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Main Street
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