The Ghost's Hole Mine Hero Stays to Save His Crew
George Heimers alone notices danger as storm blasts the coast. He defuses a looming flood by guiding workers to safety and sacrificing himself to rescue most and to save Jim Massey, Agnes, and others. The mine collapses into a sea cavern, leaving Agnes a widow and family to remember him.
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Glass fabrics emerge as substitute for traditional textiles
A New York dry goods house exhibits a glass tablecloth and reports a Pittsburgh firm now spinning and weaving glass into fabrics. They claim glass textiles can be washed like cloth, rival silk in delicacy, durability, warmth and fit, with items including glass feathers towels napkins and tablecloths already produced.
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Romantic Virginia River Wedding Surprises Father
A planter named Reed marries Miss Carrie Shoup aged sixteen in a rain soaked crossing on the Potomac. Captain J C Shoup objects, the grandfather aids the ceremony as a white haired witness, and the bride and groom voyage to Missouri before receiving the father’s reluctant blessing.
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Courtroom Ceremony and Dignity Described in Washington Star
A Washington Star account portrays a solemn court routine with oaths and gavel signals. It notes the Chief Justice lead, the audience rise, and judges in black silk gowns, detailing seating and postures as the court opens for business.
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Evolution of the Electoral College and key elections
The article surveys the Electoral College history from 1789 through the Civil War era, noting initial state participation, the shift to party nominees, reforms after the 1800s tie, and major election outcomes. It highlights per-state vote totals for presidents and vice presidents, including Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Polk, Lincoln, and Breckinridge, with growing state counts and elector totals.
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Electoral Vote History Through 1876 Examined
The record traces presidential votes from early elections to 1876. It notes 1860 readings with Lincoln Johnson counts, 1868 Grant Colfax gains and Seymour Blair losses, 1872 Grant Wilson victory, the Greeley death altering votes, and 1876 Electoral Commission tallying 185 for Hayes Wheeler and 184 for Tilden Hendricks. It references state votes and irregularities across several years.
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Bears and Hornets in Pennsylvanian Wilderness Tales
An old Pike County hunter describes signs of bears in fall swamps and their methods for finding food such as acorns, crickets and yellow jackets. He recalls a Pinchot Swamp bear killed while raiding a hornet nest, then details how bears exploit hornets and rocks to access nests and honey. The piece blends anecdote with natural history from turn‑of‑the‑century hunting lore.
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Sparrow Funeral Observed By Local Resident
A Holyoke Massachusetts resident reports a scene where sparrows gathered around a dead bird on a two board. More than fifty sparrows cried in distress as a large sparrow carried the corpse away by the neck and disappeared over the house.
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Two Stockmen Plan 150 Day Sheep Drive to Montana
Two California stockmen prepare to drive 15,000 sheep from Fresno and Los Angeles to Montana in spring. They expect a lengthy 150 day trek via Walker's Basin Owens Lake Eureka Nevada, Pleas ney divide, and the line of the tah and Northern Race.
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Pipe Styles Highlighted by Historical Figures
The passage compares David Davis smoking a large meer schaum pipe with a long stem and Hannibal Hamlin with a cob pipe and short stem. It notes occasional interest in a five cent cigar as an example of extravagance.
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Waiter Bursts Secret, Betrays Trust in Alleged Incident
A waiter known for loose lips reportedly cannot keep a secret and is said to betray confidences. The incident raises questions about discretion in service roles.
Soldiers Enduring Fire and Lessons on Combat
The article recalls Civil War scenes with sharpshooter discipline in defense at Malvern Hill and Mine Run, noting how many soldiers waste ammunition. It cites repeated charges, casualties, and the stubbornness of under fire crews while contrasting cover versus open fighting and urging willpower over trembling. Also included are notes on global religion and education trends, missionary work, church attendance in New York, Shiloh Baptist associations, and a Boston corporal punishment debate in schools.
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A Boy's Rhetoric and Parental Commentary in Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript reader comments on a boy's rhetoric praising extensive research and apt quotations. The letter notes the son's erudition surpasses the father and jokes about unfamiliar expressions like biting off more than I can chaw and the bun. The writer expects gradual understanding with more correspondence.
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Denville Man Keeps Unusual White Hen Across Seasons
It will interest ladies who are fowl fanciers that Mr. J. S. Tilton of Denville Vermont owns a hen whose summer plumage is brown but winter plumage is as white as the white logs in the Young Besder of our Youth.
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Odd Fragments From Various Newspapers
A collage of humorous, aphoristic, and anecdotal quotes drawn from multiple papers. The items range from a New Hampshire bootjack tale to a surgeon’s timing joke and a father teaching courtesy, with brief quips about a deaf man’s expression, a cold North Pole scene, and Schwatka’s polar expedition near Esquimaux huts.
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The Pleiades: A Starry Guide and Its Lost Pleiad
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