The General Lee Remains Hopeful Amid Retreat Assertions
A Civil War era statement attributed to General Lee reflects on his retreat after Sailors Creek. The account depicts Lee near Rice's Station and discusses strategic goals, Sheridan’s movements, and the perceived inevitability of Confederate defeat.
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Lee
Davis
Mide Bight
Rice
Lim
Marshal
Salle Creek
Davin
Danville Road
Sheridan
Burkville
Southelde
Lynchburg
Bess
Manansas
Sharpsburg
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
John B. Wine
Circle Magazine
A Witty Judge and His Bright Barbs from Ditto Trial
The text honors the late Hon. Noah Davis known for presiding in Western New York. It praises his honesty humor and fairness as a jurist and notes his literary bent. An anecdote about a Niagara circuit ejectment case during the early seventies is mentioned.
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Sne
John A. Ditto
Buffalo
A. R. True
Niagara River
Falls
True
Ditto
Davis
Daniel H. McMillan
Noah Davis
Bonar Tweed
New York
Orleans County
Niagara
Dayly
Man and His Sweet Tooth Tradition on coffee sugar habits
A stenographer from downtown notes a tradition of heavy sugar use among men in lunchrooms. She cites men adding six lumps of sugar to coffee or chocolate and then consuming highly sugared apple pie, contrasting with women’s supposed sweet tooth.
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New York
Courant Letter Sparks Gossip Over Spelling Critique
A Courant item notes a girl once mocking poor spellers now receiving three fat letters weekly from a man who misspells yet owns a large house and wealth. The bank adds intrigue as the spelling issue becomes a talking point.
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Howard
Courant
The Tuppence Habit Across London Life
The piece describes tuppence as a dominant, ubiquitous charge in London life. It notes its use in meals from poor to middle classes, prices for drinks and pastries, and the expectation of tipping in restaurants and transit. It also mentions the ubiquity of the tuppenny tube and its role in daily transactions.
Taximeter and tipping shape city transport
The New York Post argues that transport workers expect tips or extra fees from riders. Porters and baggage handlers demand usual fees for small tasks and extended help. Cab drivers, quick to demand higher tips, steer tipping norms and even mock social status when faced with larger payments.
Telegraph Mix Up Fuels Farcical Dover Trip
A proud MP, about to speak, receives a telegram misread by his wife. He confronts her in anger, then discovers the joke when she reveals she merely sent a tea invitation in Dover Street. The humor rests on a telegram mix up and a witty twist.
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M. P
Charing Cross
Dover
Mr. X
Dawn of Reason in Humans and Animals
John Burroughs discusses the emergence of reason from animal instinct to human consciousness. He notes the gap in the chain of evolution and suggests early humans show only gestural, stimulus driven behavior before reason dawns, while higher apes hint at its distant presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burroughs
U Outing Magazine
The Charges in a Lawyer's Speech
A brief dialogue from the Liverpool Mercury illustrates a heated defense with severe accusations by the defendant's lawyer. A retort notes the contrast between strong charges and the defendant's reaction.
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Ford
Brown
Liverpool Mercury
The Cold Key and Ancient Nosebleed Remedies
An article reviews historical nasal hemorrhage treatments from cold applications to ligation and folk remedies. It notes that cold, especially water, is the most common remedy, with iron objects and even a large key used as hemostatic aids. The piece cites medical authorities on cold’s effect in contracting capillary vessels and the persistence of popular practice.
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Apollonius
Nero
Galen
Guyon-Dolois
Helot Pos
M. Helot
Pata
New York Medical Journal
Commutation Final Proof Notices from North Dakota Lands Office
Two notices filed under the Department of the Interior Land Office in Bismarck listing Adam Paul of Winona and Carrie Waage of Marie as filing for final proof on homestead entries. They name witnesses for residence and cultivation and set final proof dates in May 1908 in Linton, North Dakota. Also an item about Linton State Bank advertising real estate loans on farm land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department OF the [N]eaton
Bismarck
N. D
Adam Paul
Winona
N.D
Fifth
P. M
P. G. Rooks
District Court
Emmons County
N. J
Linton
Karl Bachmeier
Strasburg
Peter Masset
Stanislaus Masset
Andreas Richter
M. H. Jewell. Register
Department OF the Interior
Land Office
Carrie Waage
Marle
N. BE
N. BE. Y
L.A. Weatherby
United States
Paul Senger
Marie
Jacob Kuntz
Joseph Feist
John HW. Reamer
M. H. Jewell
Register
AreAty
Ue Dow
Goaster
Eifirscot
al Linda
Allorde
Oni
L. Mead
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Smith
OIGAR
Linton, Nok, Dak
A.M. Britts
Emmons County Abstract Company
LL. A. Weaturgey
All Landa
HLAG
American Kety CO
Jack Ramey
Linton Bazar
Hart-Parr
Gay Akr
Mamarck
Livona
North Dakota
Smith & Irvine
Linton, North Dakota
Tage Sa Mannemexre &C.s
Brenden
Washington
Sailors Creek
Trus
London
America
Walter
Bootblack
New York Post
Louis Globe-Democrat
Linton State Bank
Ani
Linton, Nok, DR
John Peterson
Hazelton North Dakota
W. C. Wolverton
Flaherty
Will
BOO
Oscar H. Will & Company
Ak Ise
Chicago
SPANY
Ill
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