The Girl in Uniform and a Chicago Love Story
A wartime reminiscence recounts Colonel James A. Sexton recalling youth in the Civil War era. He describes meeting a shy girl, a regiment formed from religious ideals, and a dramatic farewell parade where a captain's uniform marked a turning point in their relationship. A second tale from Youth's Companion notes a daring fire scene where a janitor turns a crowd-saving “human ladder” by steadying a flimsy ladder for evacuees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Sexton
Chicago
Camp Douglas
Laura
Garate
Sher
Aready
Chicago Times-Herald
New York
Sheep stock growth in Australia New Zealand and Tasmania
The article notes a dramatic rise in sheep numbers from 29 head in 1788 to 60 600 000 in the early 1800s. It cites Australia New Zealand and Tasmania as major producers and claims totals around 180 000 000 across the region, more than four times earlier figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
The Hidden Design of a Watch Mechanism
A passage explains how a watch’s inner works reveal design when viewed as a cohesive system. Separate parts show no purpose, but assembled and set to work they demonstrate deliberate adaptation and intelligent guidance behind every gear and spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eucing
Harper’s Round Table
Diners Arrested Over Bomb Allegation in Baltic Port
In a Baltic port a foreign ship captain faced a judge who demanded a bomb as evidence. After officials brought a suspected dynamite crate, the judge identified the item as a coconut, provoking a rare, unjudicial laugh in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic
London
Roosters Peek From Barn After Conferenc e Face Joke
An old Buffalo Express item recalls Methodist preachers opening their annual conference with a hymn and a town hospitality flood. Houses groaned with fried chicken and yellow gravy as fowls were killed to feed guests. The evening paper showed two scrawny roosters peeking and crossing necks in a joke about seeing each other’s faces.
Revenge Echoes in Tennessee Obituary Notice
An obituary notice from a Tennessee editor recounts a deceased rival who owed ten years of subscription fees. The piece depicts the man as having fallen so low that he had to climb uphill to reach perdition, using stark moral contrast to conclude the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Kansas City Times
A Joyous Moment in Detroit Poem Notice
A young but melancholy contributor reads his final poem while the editor thanks the Lord and clings to his chair to avoid dancing a hornpipe in the Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Free Press
Plague Peculiarities in 1865 Major Cities
During the cholera plague of 1865 the greatest mortality occurred on Sundays in Rome and Madrid, on Wednesdays in London and Berlin, and on Saturdays in Paris.
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Rome
Madrid
London
Berlin
Paris
Swiss Savings Banks and Depositors Reach High Count
Switzerland has as many as 557 savings banks with 1,196,549 depositors, over a third of the population, holding bank deposits.
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Switzerland
Shooting Deserters in Civil War Lincoln Era Policy Described
An excerpt recounts Confederate deserters executed as bounty jumpers and explains Lincoln and Stanton debates. It notes a 1863 shift toward shooting deserters in the Union Army to enforce discipline, with executions conducted before their units and a marked drop in desertions afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Linccula
Fredericksburg
Pennsylvania
Fifth Corps
Rappahannock River
Lincoln
Secretary Stanton
Stanton
Chicago Times-Herald
Faith and the Universe and a Ghost of Venus
A literary fragment by Joseph Trunan in Spectator contemplates faith and science. It frames a pale wanderer and a moonlit world as symbols for doubt in the face of cosmic vastness. The verse questions whether truth rests in a sun of reason or in a benign divine force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Jupiter
God
Joseph Trunan
Spectator
Spider Fight and the Death of a Pet Gladiator
An unnamed narrator recalls raising a spider as a pet then releasing a rival to battle. The two fighters clash with deadly precision until Tiger, the victor, dies soon after from injuries and paralysis. The piece ends with a reflection on courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanticleer
Tiger
Manchester City News
The Love Charms of Sicily and Their Odd Methods
The article describes several Sicilian love charms. One uses a sun exposed eggshell with lover blood mixed into coffee or wine for influence. A second charm involves a witch undressing at midnight and a ritual bundle placed on her head. A third uses colored ribbons bought from three shops to bind a target, worn under the left knee at church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Macmillan’s
First Meeting With General Grant Described by Peyton
In a reminiscence, Grant as a 16 year old boy is described visiting Flat Rock Kentucky. He helps in the country store, drives a horse blindfolded to Georgetown Ohio, and shows industrious grit despite rough dress. A side tale about a quarrel ends with a coy retort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse K H. Peyton
Grant
Flat Rock
Bourbon County
Ulysses
Georgetown
Great Chemist Slocum Offers Free Cures for Consumption
Dr T A Slocum promises three bottles of his new remedies mailed free to any afflicted reader who sends address to 98 Pine Street New York. He claims the treatment cures consumption and other bronchial lung diseases and urges mentioning the paper.
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T. A. Slocum
M. D
Pine Street
New York
Webster and Taylor singlest out by praise and wit
The piece recounts Daniel Webster praising General Taylor's military service despite opposing his presidential nomination. Webster quips on crowds and retirement, while a remark on a woman's eyes leads to a grave correction that heat lightning never strikes.
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Daniel Webster
General Taylor
Taylor
Mr. Webster
Trolley Ride Said to Cure Brooklyn Man’s Headache
A Brooklyn man told a reporter that riding a trolley for three miles after a long day at the office cures his headaches. He believes the car’s air is filled with electricity and that is the cure, though it may simply be the fresh air.
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Brooklyn
Immodest hints and odd world notes from a fragment
The excerpt reports gossip about Miss de Pink and Miss Highup from a New York Weekly remark, adds odd geoglyphs from Saxony including Linden trunks and Schneeberg trees, warns about potted plants turning toward sunlight, and cites Africa’s desert heat with a 150 degree Fahrenheit reading.
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Miss de Pink
Cumminsville Sage on Rights and Demands
A Cumminsville sage says a man who defends his rights often believes he deserves anything he wants. The remark appears in the Cincinnati Enquirer reflecting on self interest and entitlement.
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Cumminsville
Cincinnati Enquirer
Beav erhead Justice of the Peace summons Isaac Forst
In Glendale township Beaverhead County Montana Justice E H Harvey orders Isaac Forst to appear August 13 1897 at 9 am to answer Thos D Powell suit for fifty nine dollars and costs. Default leads to judgment against Forst for fifty nine dollars. June 1887.
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State of Montana
County of
Beaverhead
Justice Court
Glendale Township
E. H. Harvey
Sh. Powell
Isaac Forst
Harsey
Thos. D. Powell
KE. H. Harvey
Missoula
Montana
John Walchli
William W. Bentley
Beaverhead County
Nontana
Dillon
L. J. Price
Register and
United States Land Office
Joan M. Evans
Register
Ue Land Office
Oerms
Emma Bentley
D. L
Township
Range
He Reed
Hewister and Heceiver
Avyguet
John Movans
Deite Register
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Sexton
Russia
Buffalo Express
Faith and the Universe
Chicago Post
Tribune Publishing CO
Tribune Pub. CO
Dillon, Mont
Philadelphia Truss CO
Phiadelphia
Natire Age
Washington
D. C
Alta
Mining and Scientific Press
Marker St
San Francisco, Cat
Cushman
J. Lennox Browne
F. R.C
Central London
Coshman
Browne
Anya
J. H. Salisbury
SS. Bishop
Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary
Sera
Wanter
Cashman Drug Co
Vincennes
Ind
Dearborn 8
Carthage
Jay
Salem
Ala
Gortiatett
Cushman Drag Co
Indiana
Schwarzenberg
Saxony
Schneeberg
Gsun
Globe
Great Desert
Africa
Butte
Anaconda
Anada
A. Augendre
France
D. M. Newbro, Drug Co
Butte, Mont
Tripunn
John Wedderburn & CO
Washington, D. C
Tribune Pub CO
Agentr
Ditton, Montana
America
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Broadway
Poindexter & Orr
Bex Veriead Coy
M. T
Cronk
Valiev
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