Life of General Sickles A Tale of Tragedy and Forgiveness
A biographical sketch of Daniel Edgar Sickles, born 1823 in New York, detailing his political rise, Civil War service, Gettysburg injury, and the sensational 1859 Key murder case. It highlights his wife Teresa and his controversial decision to forgive her, shaping his public image and legacy.
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Daniel E. Sickles
Sickles
Daniel Edgar Sickles
New York City
University of the City of
New York
Excelsior Brigade of Volunteers
Gettysburg
Regular Army
United States
Spain
Grant
David B. Fill
Congress
Legation
London
Lady Palmerston
Lady Clarendon
America
Washington
Lafayette Square
Philip Barton Key
Francis Scott Key
District of Columbia
Mrs. Sickles
Willard
Key
Rey
Butterworth
Mr. Butterworth
Mr. Sickles
Buchanan
Stanton
Third Army
Joked With a Bear in a Tennessee Hunter Tale
A Tennessee possum hunter recalls a bear outwitting him with honey traps and pranks. The bear repeatedly outsmarts backwoods tricks, finally fleeing to a neighbor as winter boots fund his end, leaving the hunter with a missed payoff.
The Oldest Ornaments and Widespread Bead Trade
The article traces bead origins from natural materials to glass beads, noting ancient Egypt Carthage and Phoenicia as bead makers. It cites Venice exporting 320000 quintals of beads every ten years worth 65000 lire and mentions the spread to Zanzibar and Africa. It ends with a cautionary moral about carrying pistols.
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Venice
Vénice
Zanzibar
Cave
Africa
Solomon
Ophir
Tyre
Sidon
Land of
Ant
Zambezi River
London Mail
A New England Thaw and Bits of Gossip
A Chicago Record note: inquiry about a daughter married to a Boston man and a cordial reception from the husband’s family. The item also mentions a quarantined theatrical company, implying a contagious issue tied to the tray gossip.
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New England
Boston
Chicago
Rat Leads Miner to Hidden Gold Mine in Arizona
N R Ingoldsby, while camping near Mammoth on the San Pedro river, observed a rat taking small items and leaving pieces of quartz with free gold. He traced the rodent to a ledge where gold bearing quartz originated, concluding the Rat Hole mine holds substantial value.
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N. R. Ingoldsby
Arizona
Rat Hole
Ingoldsby
Mammoth
San Pedro River
San Pedro
Santa Catarina
Mr. Ingoldsby
Moral Effect of Pistol Toting
A moral discussion argues that constant pistol ownership habituates a person to killing. The author suggests carrying a firearm desensitizes the holder to the sacredness of life and frames violence as a solution, asserting the weapon exists solely to kill.
Fragmentary remark on a friend and stock schemes
A garbled dialogue contends about a friend who claimed a perpetual motion soda formula and potential legal trouble. The speaker muses on whether the person is jailed or has formed stock companies and remains comfortable.
The North Pole and Its Polar Day Phenomena
The north pole is described as the mathematical point at the earth’s northern axis end. The text notes the sun’s appearance during polar day and the stars’ visibility at night as phenomena associated with the region.
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North Pole
Animal Instincts and a Thunderbolt in Hagerstown
A discussion on animal aggression contrasts with a dramatic lightning event near Hagerstown. A vixen trapped by steel is said to be killed by mates, while herd and pen dynamics show animals assaulting injured or confined companions. A thunderbolt destroys a green white oak tree, splintering trunk and roots across the ground.
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Hagerstown
Indianapolis Journal
Plenty of Sleep Guards Against Heat Prostration
Medical authorities warn that heat prostrations result mainly from exhaustion due to successive hot nights and insufficient sleep. To endure heat waves, avoid anything that deprives us of sleep during the hot season.
Century plant in Brooklyn park greenhouse to bloom in June
A century plant in Prospect Park greenhouse Brooklyn is expected to bloom in June. The flowering stem stands about ten feet high and will continue to grow until the blossom appears. After flowering the plant will die.
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Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Elie
Poaching In London Parks
Report highlights widespread poaching in London parks with edible birds as targets. It recounts a tale of two impecunious artists who survived a week on pigeons from Lincoln's Inn Fields and notes birds sold to shady dealers are often spared in parks.
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London
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Law Court
Marys Lamb Transforms In Railroad Stock Tale
The poem recasts Mary’s lamb as a business-minded creature misusing rocks to trade railroad stocks. A bear ambushes the lamb in a pit and, after the bear departs, the lamb is upended by the narrator’s clever action. Mary ends with no lamb, having swapped the fleece for the bear.
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Mary
Sensational Newsboy Pushes Rumors on Street
A street vendor shouts sensational promises, not in the paper, prompting comment by the Great Editor Gee Whittaker. Townsfolk note the chatter swirls around rumors rather than verified news.
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Gee Whittaker
New York Weekly
The Joker's Addition at the Window Sign
A grocer posted a sign declaring only fresh laid British edge old here. The next morning a Joker scorned the message writing We scorp the foreign Tit- Bits beneath the line.
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