The Seventy third Illinois at Stone River and Franklin
A veteran account traces the Seventy third Illinois volunteers known as the preacher regiment through Stone River Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. Sheridan directs action, flag bearers fall, and casualties mount as regimental diaries recount stubborn defense and decisive charges at Franklin.
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Lewis
Beta Newlin
Brown
Art Terrell
Pellmell
Smith
Lewis, Brown
Newlin
Sheridan
Seventy-third
Illinois
Chickamauga
Thomas
Mission Ridge
Kyger
Chattanooga
Opdycke
Franklin I
A. C. Nicholson
Missouri
Rebo
Reuben Jack
Company E
Unclear missive from Pretoria shows odd marriage plea fragment
A fragmentary 1807 letter from a boy once in Pretoria asks a friend for support as he plans marriage in November. The text includes odd spellings and garbled phrases about gifts and health, ending with a signature line from an aunt.
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Pretoria
Port Extrabern
R.R
Deak
Rogseah
Jonn
Indian Doctor and the Belpre Boarding House Miracle
A long oft told tale describes an early healer known as the Indian Doctor near Belpre Ohio. A drover Joe Robinson drunk on a trip with seven caras meets a flour bag of toads snakes lizards and an owl released by prankster boys. The chaos stupefies Robinson who flees in fright as hopping creatures scatter through a boarding house and hotel room. He vows to reform after this bizarre encounter and later contemplates his misadventure with the doctor’s dubious medicines.
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Keeley
Dwight
Belpre
Joe Robinson
St. Louis
Baltimore
Piedmont
Ohio
Robinson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Harry Stone
Hughey Drain
Dopranda
Czar
Russia
Napoleon Bonaparte
Mr. Robinson
Feller
Beggar Seeks Lost Arm in Hasty Encounter
A passerby notes a beggar claims to have lost an arm and asks for help finding it. The exchange occurs in haste as the beggar pleads and the passerby apologizes for not seeing anything of the missing limb.
Across the Ocean Challenge Sparks Boy's Defiant Answer
A Chicago Post excerpt shows Willie urged to measure distance across the oceaan and declare doubt, while his mother questions the feat and Willie recalls his father's advice to try before judging limits. Willie vows to attempt the challenge.
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Willie
Crown
Oceaan
Pop
Chicago
Post
Question of the Hour Hinted by a Curious Man
A man hides a curious side item and twists to view it while his wife asks what he wishes to tell. He wonders aloud whether the gaps in his goods are natural growths or mosquito nudetures, as reported in Washington. Stur.
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Washington
Stur
Ookman
Amerigan Monthly
Americas
Wrong at the Start: Strikers Silence Blame
The passage records a bantering exchange between Meandering Mike and Plodding Pete over sympathy for strikers. Mike downplays calls for sympathy while Pete insists workers chose to strike, arguing there is no justification for their action and defending accountability.
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Mike
Pete
Plain Bracelet Becomes Preference for Dollie
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt shows a vain suitor offering a plain bracelet or a pendant. The soubrette Dollie prefers plain jewelry, recalling a former suitor who gave a diamond ring with a string.
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Dollie
Cincinnati Enquirer
Time museum finds lynching tee, owner refuses to sell
A museum manager discovers a tree used for lynchings and offers to buy it. The owner refuses, saying it is “the best tree in the neighborhood” and that the vigilante violence is not finished yet.
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Atlanta Constitution
Should Be Severely Punished The Railroad Killed Him
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution criticizes railroads for causing deaths and urges strict action to restrain rail transportation after fatal accidents. The excerpt reflects public anger toward rail safety and accountability.
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Atlanta Constitution
Farmer and balky horse clash over murder plan
A farmer curses his balky horse and ponders killing it, joking about arranging the railroad to do the deed, as reported in the Cincinnati Enquirer. The exchange highlights rural humor and crude plotting in a clipped newspaper quote.
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Cincinnati Ennquirer
Relief For an Old Saint
A playful exchange in the Chicago Record about defending the Santa Claus myth against efforts to destroy it. The dialogue notes that without the myth families would need to rely on inexpensive gifts and self-made presents.
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Chicago
One Kind of Pessimist Cartoon Phrase
A Cincinnati Enquirer cartoon caption defines a pessimist as the man who always tugs a round trip ticket to the races. The wit contrasts perpetual doubt with gambling optimism in a light humorous note.
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Bobby—Popper
Mr. Ferry
Cincinnati Enquirer
Not the Only Ones
A brief note suggests humans share affection with non humans, citing the railway engine as an example of tender attachment. The source reflects casual, literary commentary on companionship beyond people.
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Lowél
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Jacquess
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Camp Butler
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Trishman
Stone River
Cedar Creek
Johnson
Davis
Alsop
Cedars
Rosecrans
T. D. Kyger
J. F. Jacquese
Carter House
Adna Phelps
Motherspaw
Wilmer
Gil Harbison
Harbison
Kenesaw
Grover L, Krier
Kaffir
Amy Sesom
Bangor
Springfield Republican
Kila
Scorty
Cole
Ely’s
ELY Brothers
Warren
New York City
Mesmin
EU Radio Rand
Thos Sands
Mesmin Chemical CQ
Dermott
Boom N. M. White Drug Store
Dillon
HMC
Huy
Burlington
Denver
Omaha
Kansans City
W. F. McMillan
Gen
W. Temple St
Salt Lake City
Cheap Tribune Pub. CO
Dillon, Mont
Senora
Mont
Aks Carertisige Calito
P. Fisher
Merchants’ Exchange
San Francisco
Hig
U. S
Thave
A. H. Hersey
Washington, D. C
Straus—Notarial
Stenorns
Bavars
Ouxroxs
Tripunn Pus. Co
Tribune Publishing CO
Montana
Europe
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Tribune Publishing Company
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