Fading Telegraph Lines and Congressional Giggles
The slice notes telex work in the U S with lines from 2 000 to 15 000 miles and the first Washington to New Orleans run. It also criticizes Senate committees with names like Mogrs Douglas and Shields and mocks Whigs, Democrats and several lawmakers. Curiosities on Congress blend with jokes about Virginia Meade and a North Carolina gadget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ieveld
S. States
Hafitas
N.S
Quebec
N. O
Washington
Gallimore- Meamagee
New Orleans
Seaboard
Mobile
Boston
U. S. Senate
Mogrs
Douglas
Shields
Ilinois
Messrs
Seward
Pish
Silyns
Frremen
Gov. Fish
N. Y
Congress
Miller
Taylor
Carter
Fuller
Chandler
Miner
Fowler
Alvo
Senate
Cooper, Miller
Mazon Ani
Smith
Wells
Brooks
Spow
New Hampshire
Capital
Virginia
Meade
Missouri
House
McQuren
Tennessee
Horace Mann
Clinghant
Chapman
Penniman
Cattman
Mangum
Price
Rodman
Vermont
Mississippi
North Carolina
Out of the Tavern Verse Hints at a Bad Plight
Fragmentary verse fragment shows a speaker scolding Streat for drunken missteps and disarray. The quatrain mentions both hands out of place and a clear case of trouble, implying a tavern related incident or misfortune. The lines carry a rustic humorous tone.
Dandies and a Widow on a Highland Coach Ride
An Edinburgh to Glasgow stage coach tale shows two dandies in white coats and Belcher kerchiefs, a modest widow with an infant, and a plain young man. The journey includes a charity act, weather threats, a cloak gift, and a quiet moral contrast with social pretensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Scotland
Prince Street
Coritosphine
Tom
Uphall
Jack
Roy
Tirning
Quarty
Genttleman
West Craig's Inn
Erlinburgh
Thosts
Aintrie
Christ Jesus
Seorluul
Lalf
Yorkshire
Carringe
Este
Tilbert
Earl of IL
Earl of H
Kossuth and Buda Siege Amid Hungarian Strife
A dramatic account follows Kossuth during the siege of Buda with Hungarian troops, Poles and Bohemians, detailing assaults, reprisals, and a dramatic near-mortality moment. A later scene shows a Bohemian assassin sparing the Hungarian leader and a tense night awaiting fate before the fall of Buda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Gea Icapha
Walla
Buda
Kosguth
Tie Rose
Ling
Rose Suth
Agvin
Anid
Don
Aanin Tossuth
Hungary
Willaroy
Donly
Noize
Cretha
Rosenth
Iossyth
Tama Bohemian
The Great Storm of 1703 on Britain’s Coasts
A fragment recounts the violent 1703 storm that struck Britain from November into December, detailing a preceding whirlwind and the deadly destruction across Bath Wells and surrounding districts. It notes many perished under collapsing dwellings and the widespread terror at sea and ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larope
Great Brithain
Bath
Iace
Bish
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Elitria
Lorain CO
Orid
Orne
W. Vincent
Lock Wood & Bagg
Sora
Chancery
Otice
Beebe’s Block
Elgria
Lockwood
BAGG
Tae FF. Hamlin
Ofice
Verwin It
Alt Go
Wasujurn
Vincent
Tilvia Ghio
J. Wyeues
Gounslllof
LAW Tor
Chanenry
West Side
Ginse
Lovee &c
Nitr D Watgiea
Alter
Ud Deweley
All Minds
Nitr Crook Warry
Resi
Lumern
Comnee
Balincall
Main Street
Twiss Reor, Alueeser, & Druss-Maker
Qijin Cowles
Patsons & CO
C. White
Elyria
Kendall
Sia
W. Hingersolvester
Parsons & CO
Pageard
Crane
Geig
Gunn
Elvin
Java
Col Sale
R. GC
DeWlt
E.W. Hubbard
Tie
Nzile
Welegrai Graphing
Senate Committees
Europe
West
N.S. Free Trade Papers
Barnum
Toen
Inexas
Thrasher
Spain
Badger
N.C
Boatvid
Ark
Clemens
Ala
Mason
Morton
Florida
Underwood
Portip
Knickerbocker
Reades
Sean
Dilworth
Atnon
Airdrie
Earl of 47
James Anderson
Blinkbonne
Jean Bon St. Andre
Kossuthr
Thaecannop
Buta
Anatria
Woeriv
Teizuna
Euile
Pasion
Viiv
Kossinska
Doles
Koseinsko
Koseiasta
Legion Polonaise
Thom
Austin
Tungary
Kosanth
Shang
Enda
Norking
Shumli
Koseath
Tam
Deah
Fritz
Kossarli
Kulayah
Iver
Vyi'z
Constantinople
Areena
Janet
Prita
Barawell
Kotsuth
Wruyra
Shou
Indiana
Hur
Srious Benedict “Arnold
Norwich
Conneticut
Gerat
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