The Man Who Struck Himself and the Silenced Claim
A tale recounts Jason Elder a self styled critic of others misfortunes who schemes to ruin Marin Lee by exposing a defect in his title. Elder’s plot backfires as Lee’s tithe proves sound and Elder’s own malice triggers a ruinous legal and financial blow leaving him dubbed the man who struck himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason Elder
Jason
Javon
Helen
Marin Lee
Enous
Ler
Aho
Saime
Lee
Laconis
Elder
Earl
Durkin
Jon Detvet
Mr. Leo
Mr. Lee
Bin
Bari
Larkin
Poe
Jace
Jason Eidos
Mr. Early
Hitler
Leo
Leonld
Hharin
Capt Speke and the Giant Boa Constrictor Encounter
In a 19th century expedition narrative Captain Grant and I pursue hippos and elephants when a massive boa springs from a tree. The snake ensnares me while I escape by ramming the beast and freeing my arm. The beast grows to fifty one feet two inches, the largest in recorded memory, before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Capt
Ny Noble
Jon
bin L
The Vote and the Nation in Wartime Speech
Brom Chas and Samaer Honeui halt speech attacks a McClellan vote as a vote for rebellion and disunion. Lincoln and freedom are praised as the path to peace and restored Union. The speaker urges support for November elections to secure liberty and national honor. A stray line about an IPA choir member’s marriage to a short man ends the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brom Chas
Samaer
Honeui
McClellan
Mo Uonn
Mexico
Earth
Abraham Lincoln
Wader
Republic
Wendell Phillips
Richmond
Charleston
New York
Boston
Canada
IPA
Jefferson Davis Last Speech Analyzed in Macon Letter
A magazine summary reviews Jefferson Davis's Macon address of September 24 as a mix of defiant phrasing and deep despair. The piece compares his rhetoric to Miltonic Satanic rallying cries and notes pervasive hopelessness despite assertions of resilience amid losses. It cites Charleston Mercury and Richmond Whig reflections.
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Jefferson Davis
Macon
Milton
Satan
Davis
Charleston
Mercury
Richmond Whig
Benjamin
Macau
Feeding Experiments on Sheep Under Varied Shelters
Experiments tested four months of feeding with one pound oats and turnips on three nearly equal sheep. Unsheltered, open shed, and dark close shed produced different turnip intakes and weight gains. Results show cooler, ventilated conditions improve digestion and that ground or cooked feeds yield more nourishment than raw. Fattening cattle dressing losses noted.
Radway pills and ready relief touted in telegraph notice
Telegraph notices promote Dr Radway’s pills as the only pure purgatives for indigestion constipation and other ailments with claims of curing rather than merely relieving. Radway’s Ready Relief touted for external injuries and various pains with quick comfort, priced at 25 cents a bottle. General Sheridan’s victory described with Confederate efforts at Cedar Creek and Middletown, heavy fighting, captures, and pursuit, noting Sheridan’s dramatic return and a large number of casualties and captured weapons.
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Radway
R. Anaurytio
New York
Herald
Sheridan
Cedar Crees
Thorburn
8Th Corps
Penn
Crooks Corps
Thornburn
Cedar Creek
Crook
19Th Corps
Maine
6Th Corps
Sth
Sigor
Winchester
Sim Herall
Middletown
Sikth Corps
Merritt Sion
Serosa Codur
Strasharg
Rawuecaur
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An Thur
Martin Lice
Mr. Rider
Jim
Speke
Carpenter
Crayon Art Gallery
Broadway
Eighth Street
Cabinaecin
Ddr
Chase
Belore Hius
Stanton
Thas
Secretary of State
Blair
Legal Service
Bates
Saith
Gideon
Alka
Umeanvacs
Chace
Jand
Home Journal
Lincoln
Presidential
Marynd
Auburn
N. Y
Chicago
Telegraph News
General Sheridan
Longstreet
Cepan
Dinnater
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