Histories of Civil War Courage and a Baltimore Anecdote
A Baltimore Sun note recalls Col. R Snowden Andrews of the Confederate artillery who survived a devastating cedar Run wound after doctors fought with scant tools. His tale contrasts with President McKinley’s wound, while additional passages cover Yale baseball, Virginia bachelor legislators, and a bachelor farm near Mount Airy with a 1500 acre lineage.
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McKinley
Baltimore Sun
Col. Andrews
Andrews
Richmond
Confederacy
Old Dominion
Charles EB. Miller
Pittsylvania County
Miller
Mount Airy
Old Place
Mr. Miller
Crenshaw Miller
Chicago Chronicle
Remarkable Pear and Potato Encircled by Objects
French naturalist M Henri Gourdin reports curious garden occurrences. A pear grew through an iron netting opening and expanded to either side shaping the fruit. later the network had to be cut away. In a kitchen garden a large potato grew around a buried copper ring, the belt encircling the spud without enhancing its appearance.
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M. Henri Gourdin
Language Joke and Golf Inquiry in Brooklyn Life Tales
A brief humor snippet from Brooklyn Life shows a distressed father asking about his daughter’s golf. The Lover responds with a gentle paradox, while the father laments not getting a chance to speak in the family tongue. The exchange mirrors light domestic humor from the era.
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Daugher
Brooklyn
Early history of asphalt pavement and its adoption
The text traces the origins of bituminous pavements from natural rock asphalt from Swiss mines in Val de Travers discovered in 1721, to noting its road use in 1849. It describes the rock yielding 8 to 14 percent bitumen, and how traffic and sun hardened a road surface, leading to macadam asphalt, with Paris trials in 1854 and widespread London use by 1869 1870.
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Val de Travers
Canton
Neufchatel
Switzerland
Rue Bergere
Paris
London
Threadneedle Street
Cheapsie
Magnet in Surgery Draws Out Shrapnel Nail in Child
Dr Garel of Lyons removed a two inch French nail from the bronchial tube of an 18 month old boy from Buenos Ayres after long coughing. Rontgen rays revealed the location and an electro magnet extracted it. Dr Piechaud of Bordeaux performed a similar case in a 3 year old, opening the trachea to retrieve the pole near the nail.
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Garel
Lyons
Buenos Ayres
Piechaud
Bordeaux
London Globe
Indirect Classification Quip From The Chicago Post
The Chicago Post quotes a remark about New York hosting a social innovation called the dog luncheon where invitees bring a poodle or puppy. The exchange hints at humorous regional ideas and a plan to travel to 111 if such a trend spreads west, concluding with a light remark on popularity.
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New York
West
111
Chicago Post
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Yale
Willie
Hall & Ruckel
Sthmalena Ayene
Stee WY
Stanrp
Bhli, Company
Philadelphia
Burenamton, X. T
Jaye
Fteth Ie Ray Hye A Te
McIli
Douglas Union
Ajor
Jolly Tar” “Bootjack” “Piper Heidsieck” ‘Drummond Naturalleaf
Nobby Spun Roll
Granger
Greenville
Cross Bow
Planet
Neptune
Razor
Goth
Continental Tobacco Company
Hy. Brown
Folsom Ave
St. Louis, Mo
Sugar Shell Rogers
Serme Relple
Vam
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