Guerrillas Rounded Up After Cavalry Raid Near Bolivar
A Union cavalry detachment led by Col Feeling Horse pursued guerrillas near Bolivar Tennessee. In a Saulsbury area encounter the colonel was wounded by a misfired pistol, but the men captured 38 rebels and 27 carbines taken from Union posts.
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Bolivar
Tenn
National Tribune
W. F. Mosier
Sixth Tennessee Cavalry
Alvord, Tenn
Feeling Horse
Saulsbury
Col. Horse
Old Soul Street
Headless Soldier in a Civil War Desperate Charge Recalled
Capt. Warren Mosely recalls a tragic Malvern Hill scene when a shell from a gunboat exploded near a Louisiana brigade as he advanced with his Georgia troops. A private, later identified as the speaker’s brother, fell headless with bayonet drawn, blood spattering the uniform, a memory etched for over 40 years.
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Malvern Hill
Warren Mosely
Louisiana
Mosely
Georgia
Capt. Mosely
Louisiana Brigade
Capt
Mr. Jemison
Macon
Calibre fifty four hero at Vicksburg remembered by Sherman
A young helper to a regiment at Vicksburg crosses a hail of iron to supply 54 calibre ammunition. Sherman orders hospital care but the boy insists on completing his mission. The tale names QO. P. How, later an Annapolis cadet, as the hero.
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Vicksburg
Malmsbury
General Sherman
Sharp
The
American Tribune
QO. P. How
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Unconscious Humorist Compliments Critic’s Probity
A humorist remarks on a critic’s opinion praising his probity and discernment. Mr. Storminton Barnes notes the critic’s favorable comments on performances. Washington Star quotes the exchange highlighting mutual respect.
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Storminton Barnes
Washington Star
Jones Marries Widow With Children, Affects Family Ties
In a quirky note from Puck, Jones marries a widow and thus gains stepchildren. The observer jokes that this constitutes his immediate family, highlighting changing definitions of kinship in social circles.
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Jones
Puck
Gettysburg Gun to Be Honored With Tablet in Rhode Island
Rhode Island considers a $300 appropriation for a tablet marking the place where the Gettysburg cannon from Hazards Battery 3B First RK is last fired. Alfred G. Gardner died after placing the shot. William Jones was killed, with Sergt. Albert Straight aiding as the gun seized the shot in the muzzle.
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Rhode Island
General Assembly
Alfred G. Gardner
Hazard
Second Corps
T. Frederick Brown
Gettysburg
William Jones
Gardner
Jones
Albert Straight
Sergt
Straight
Seret
Rout of Second Kansas Bees Invasion
A Second Kansas regiment scout spots bees near a Missouri farmhouse and raids the hive with a musket butt and bayonet. The bees mount a fierce counterattack as the unit routs, while the men feast on honey and flapjacks, chasing more bee action.
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Kansas
Missouri
Camn
American Tribune
Her Experience in Love and Matrimony
A St Louis social figure praises her husband John revealing unusual domestic harmony. The Louisville Courier Journal notes the remark as part of a broader society vignette on marriage and personal happiness.
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John
St. Louis
Louisville Courier-Journal
Ore Hopeless Wish. The Wife and Mother Exchange Words
In the Cleveland Leader item a wife laments marriage as a hopeless wish fulfilled by her husband while the mother questions the promise. The wife responds she would rather not have married him.
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Huhe
Cleveland
Misread Bill at Shin Nem Hotel Causes Tip Confusion
A departing guest jokes with a Shin nem hotel clerk that the staff count is inflated. The clerk notes 800 servants, while the guest quips he may have overlooked four or five tips, sparking humorous confusion.
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Shinnem Hotel
The Land of Death Scriptural Authority
A brief notice echoes Exodus 12 29 in a religious context exploring the meaning of death and divine judgment. It references scriptural authority and frames the topic within biblical analysis and moral reflection.
Pharaoh's Night of Fear Ends in Exodus as Plague Reaches Court
In the palace frenzy a fatal trance strikes Pharaoh's son during a royal feast as the Hebrew warning of midnight judgment echoes. The king, witnessing his son and others drop dead, orders Moses to depart with the Israelites after a final plea for mercy. The crowd pursues Moses toward Goshen while urging immediate departure.
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Moses
Egypt
Temple
Jehovah
Goshen
Pharaoh
Israel
Eyes and Eyebrows: The Soul Windows of Beauty
A dated, opinionated piece extols the eye as a key source of truth and emotion. It describes eye color as fixed while brightness comes from the cornea and emotions, warns against belladonna, and urges gentle care for the eye’s delicate anatomy. It emphasizes gaze over words and the eye’s role in expressing character.
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Paradise
Order and Disorder in House Fight Over Points of Order
John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee loudly challenged a point of order during a legislative debate. He argued the House was in disorder and should be in order before any further points of order could be raised.
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John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Wooden shoes and leather footwear trade in France analysis
The article explains why US exports of boots shoes and leather to France are low. It notes peasant use of wooden walnut and birch shoes, and a smaller rural class wearing cheap leather footwear. It describes full wooden shoes carved from a solid piece and nailed uppers when only the sole is used.
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United States
France
Berlin's Virchow Hospital to Open With 800 Beds
The Virchow hospital in Berlin will offer 800 beds and cost about $5,000,000 to construct. Attending physicians' salaries will range from roughly $1,400 to $800 per year.
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Virchow
Berlin
Farewell Dinner Quotation Ideas And Bridal Shower Fun
A selection of farewell quotations for a guest starting a long journey and notes for a linen shower and bride’s trousseau games. Include heart shaped place cards, transposed word puzzles, and a hide and seek package game set to music. Also suggests a character costume party with prizes to boost engagement.
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Trousseau
Originality marked hostess party with portrait guessing game
A hostess sent invitations on red cards in a Chinese style for a portrait contest. Guests drew faceless figures labeled with the subject’s name on back, keeping secrecy. After displaying the portraits, prizes were awarded for best likeness and most correct guesses at a chafing dish supper with palette place cards.
Bath Bag Beauty Secrets for Women
This advice promotes a two thirds bran or oat meal bath bag with soap and orris root to lather the skin, recommending two uses per bag. It also describes a fresh almond custard cream with eggs and milk for complexion, and nightly routines of simple cold cream and gentle washing for facial care.
Beautifying Washington A Dream City Of Grand Buildings
The article envisions Washington evolving into a city of numerous architecturally splendid structures. By decade's end there will be about a score of great buildings, making the capital a must see, with collective grandeur surpassing any single edifice.
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Washington
Light Colors of Summer Fashion Notes
The article notes a trend toward pale pink blue and cream gowns on city streets, paired with bold reds and pinks. It highlights durable light fabrics like browns and tans and offers a skincare tip using rose water borax and lemon juice, advising against facial soap before outdoor exposure.
Birds Build Nests In Humble, Ingenious Ways Across Times
The article surveys ancient and modern nest building across species. It notes ostriches and Talegalla turkeys using sun heat and earth warmth, birds lining mounds with vegetation, and moor hens fleeing floods. It highlights tailor birds sewing leaves, magpies using earth, swallows tiny openings, potter birds with mud structures, salanganes for birds nest soup, and wedding bowers in Australia built from twigs and grasses.
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Talegalla
Turkey
New Holland
South America
Australia
Java
The Telephone Telegraph Bird Tale
A poem from St Nicholas by Julie Fay Shipman describes a green bird on telegraph poles that overhears news from all over. It explains how the bird spreads secrets and will tell on mischief, cautioning children to truthfulness. It mentions glass insulators as the bird’s home.
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Nou and I
Julie Fay Shipman
St. Nicholas
The Bottle Cannon Experiment
A one third full vinegar bottle becomes a small cannon using baking soda and tartaric acid in a rolled card cartridge. When corked and set on pencils the cartridge dissolves, carbonic gas erupts, and the cork rockets free. A harmless, pretty science stunt for imitating artillery.
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Chicago News
Class joke on oxygen and ancient life
A chemistry professor extols oxygen as essential to life and notes its relatively late discovery. A student asks how animal life existed before oxygen was discovered, prompting a light moment on scientific history.
Snails in New York Reach High Weekly Demand
The article notes about 20 000 snails are consumed in New York City in a peak weekly period. French supply fuels these tastes and ep icures pay high prices, driving snails to outprice grapes in some vineyards.
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New York City
France
They A' Hing Thegither Red Macgregors Scene
A fragment shows Ally Sloper style dialogue with a guard asking about a missing black macintosh and a passenger reply that all are Red Macgregors, echoing a comic mood from the period.
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Sloper
Literary Husbands and Making a Living
Quote from Chicago Record-Herald contrasts fiction writing with pretended literary status. It implies one husband earns a living from his writing rather than merely presenting himself as a man of letters.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Dapper Lunch Flirt Tries Direct Approach at Chophouse
A sharp dressed man in a downtown chophouse flirts with a lone office girl dining at noon. He explains he answered a personal and has an engagement with a woman he has not met, while claiming his lobster order is late in a playful Globe style scene.
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