Hidden Money and a Plan to Save Belongings in Atlanta
A Georgia narrator recalls the Civil War era around Atlanta, detailing an enslaved community, a plantation near Peachtree Creek, and the Hooper family. The grandfather hides money, watches, and valuables as Union troops advance, while stories of Marie Tom Curtis, Miss Verlia, and Marse Will unfold amid battles and social upheaval.
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Ole Murster
Georgy
Arbout
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Kerridge
Linkum
Linkum Soyers Was In Georgy
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H. Stephens
Dar
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Gettysburg
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Will
Massachusetts
Skule
Marie Tomis
Ole Marster
Sally
Uncle Pete
Ocean
Will Hooper
Callina
Richmun
Dixie
Marie Tom Curtis
Vleria
Marse
Agen
Qie Marster
Secret Buried Box at Spring and the Atlanta Escape
A slave narrator recalls Marster hiding a money box beneath a chestnut by the spring to keep wealth for freedom. Jezebel overhears and reveals the box to Union soldiers. After battles and loss, Marse Will is killed at Gettysburg while Tom Curtis returns, and plans of matching kinship unfold as the authors depart to Alabama.
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Atlanta
Chillens
Dar
Oman
Chile
Atlanty
Marster
Gettysburg
Marse
Tom Curtis
Vleria
Go it telescope Sir Frank Lockswood quips back
The late Sir Frank Lockwood, tall in stature, faced an unruly audience member who shouted go it telescope. He replied that the term misapplied him and that the man should claim it for himself, saying he could see through and shut him up.
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Sir Frank Lockwood
Sir Frank
Klopstock’s Unsolved Stanza Inspires Students
A group of Gottingen students admired Klopstock and asked the German Milton to explain a stanza he once wrote. He reread it thrice, then admitted he could not recall its meaning but called it among his finest works and urged them to dedicate their lives to uncovering its sense.
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Gottingen
Klopstock
Milton
The Appetite of the Ostrich
A story explains ostriches eat almost anything and seem to have no sense of taste. A girl at a zoo had her gloves snatched and eaten and returned with more gloves, which the birds promptly swallowed as well.
A Changed Man Pin a Baillie
A Scotch magistrate, newly elevated, boasts of his status with swagger. He collides with a cow in the road, the owner correcting him as she declares, I am no longer a man. Pin a baillie.
Thirty Caliber Nitro Rifles Dominant For All Round Shooting
In this Outing excerpt, discussion favors the thirty caliber nitro rifle over black powder guns for general use. It notes flatter trajectory and better effectiveness within 75 to 200 yards, while acknowledging tradeoffs in accuracy and bullet performance. It emphasizes high velocity nitro rounds as superior to open ground shooting needs.
Adventure of a Reporter Who Was In Search of Mews
An old Times-Democrat reporter recalls a failed bid to glean a police scoop. He sneaks into a jail to speak with a crook, but the turnkey locks him in at noon and he spends the day confined before escaping at six. His rivals publish the tale with the headline A Scooper Scooped.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Loss to Science Joke About the Sun’s Corona
A story about Professor Snell of Amherst who asked a student for a corona definition. The student admitted knowing what the corona is but had forgotten. Snell reacted with a tragic, emotional remark that it was an incalculable loss to science that the only man who knew what the sun’s corona is has forgotten.
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Professor Snell
Amherst College
Two Thirds Versus Three Quarters Confusion in Lesson
A teacher quizzes Johnnie on comparing fractions two thirds and three quarters. He prefers two-thirds of an apple but locks into the idea that two thirds are less than three quarters, admitting dislike for apples. The exchange shows learning hurdles and the child’s honesty about preferences.
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Johnnie
Very Comforting Exchange From A Curious Letter
Willie Wibbles tells a girl he might die for her if she marched him, citing an imagined proposal. The girl screams and begs, then responds not with a police report but that her mother plans to re wallpaper the room.
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Willie Wibbles
Tinevah
The Wily Barber in Paris Hints at a Coin Remedy
A traveler in France recalls a barber who pressed on the customer’s corn while shaving. The client pleads to stop, prompting the barber to reveal a sly sales pitch for a coin-removal remedy at a franc a bottle.
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France
Paris
Monsieur
Dividing the Fee Between Minister and Lawyer
A New York preacher debates wedding fees with a church lawyer. The minister estimates a $20 average, accepts a $10 half-fee deal, and ends by delivering a priceless pup instead of cash. The tale ends with a quip on cash and consequences.
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New York
New York Times
Moving Mountains claim from railroad official
A western railroad official asserts mountains move, citing tunnel and track maintenance costs. He describes staking mountain sides and returning months later to find different locations, concluding the mountains gradually seek the sea level. This claim appears in the Baltimore Sun.
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Western Railroad
Baltimore Sun
Great Rood Cross at St. Alban Holborn Unveiled
The Church of St. Alban Holborn houses the Great Rood, the largest cross in a church. It stands over twenty five feet high, hangs from the chancel arch, and is painted and gilt. The crucifix features arms with flowers-de-juce and Tudor roses, with St John the Divine and the Virgin as Mater Dolorosa on either side.
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Holborn
John the Divine
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St. Peter's
Louvain
Oplinter
Brabant
Memory for Faces of an English Peer
The late Lord Charles Russell of Killowen remembered a theater actor as the original Father Tom from The Colleen Bawn, recalling the production night twenty years earlier. A humorous exchange then follows between the boy and his mother about hair and shaving.
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Lord Charles
Tom
Colleen Bawn
Russell
Boy’s Monday Bear Tale Highlights Weeklong Feast
A child’s short composition recalls killing a bear on Monday with his father and feasting through the week, claiming meat lasting all days from Tuesday to Sunday. The simple anecdote reflects playful storytelling and rural humor from a young writer.
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Johnnie
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