Independent Booth Quip Reflected In Senate Class Count
A fragment from a historic page notes a Senate Independent count affecting Booth, a mock lament from Butte Record, and a verse aside. It also includes a War Department recruit standard for artillery infantry cavalry and a French execution anecdote.
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Asoruen
Senate
Booth
Butte
War Department
Mr Curd Astonishes His Friends With a Candle Calamity
A Kentucky host named Curd buys a large candle for illumination at a supper near Bristow. The candle ignites, causing a chaotic blaze that destroys the bed and leaves guests angered. Curd sues the shop, learns the candle was misrepresented, and vows to avoid such novelties in future feasts.
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Curd
Bristow
Cord
St. Louis
Dizzying Tongue Twister Test for Sharp Spellers
An excerpt presents a rapid-fire passage designed to stump strong spellers. The scene features a maligned cobbler, a peddler’s wagon, a Gallilean Sadducee, and a Sibyl. amid a cascade of rare terms, curios, and arcane references, a judge-like challenge ends with a cryptic exchange on ellipses and dimes.
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Itig
Gipsey
Capitol
Mendelssohn
MacMahon at Sedan and the failed break
A fragmentary account recalls MacMahon wounded at Sedan and Napoleon's mixed position after the rout. General Wimpffen faced slander charges by a Bonapartist editor, was acquitted, and Ducrot testified the French army was routed. Ducrot recalled urging flight rather than costly resistance, while Napoleon urged resignation to avoid more killings.
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MacMahon
Sedan
Napoleon
Wimpffen
Wimpffén
Jules Favre
Ducrot
William
Wilhelmehohe
The Minister's Experiment With a Dormant Wasp
A minister carried a frozen wasp indoors to test if wasps dormancy persists through winter. He warmed its tail then watched the head stiffen, and the wasp revived briefly as he watched. The creature was discarded into a lamp chimney amid his wife’s tears and children present.
The Early Rising Bore And Diverse Congress Crowd
A satirical portrait of the early rising bore who proclaims moral superiority by waking early and policing others. The piece notes his ritual queries at breakfast and disdain for sleep, followed by a reference to St Louis Globe reports listing Congress members across trades including cler gymen doctors an actor monographer jeweler tailor omnibus driver engineer editors printers carpenters soldiers and a hotel proprietor.
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St. Louis Globe
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Beret
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Detroit
Boston
Free America
Down East
Johnny
Billy
Johnone
Roland Patterson
Lancaster
Mr Curd
Morganthaler & Schmidt
Front
Basin Streets
Hamilton, Ohio
Asull, Wallie
GEO. UM. Philips
Walker & Phillips
N.E. Cor
N. Alstatter
Tin
Dodge
Hic Sr
P. H. Gilbert & Co
Undertakers
Hald
North Side High Street
Third and Railroad
Hamilton, O
Fred. Merker
Iligh Steet
Court House
Lamilton,o
Second & Basin Sts
Hamilton, Onno
Sortman & Blum
Bet
Devidson & Schliep
Hamilton House
Adam Snyder
Marin Street
West
Hamilton
A. Hafertepen
Tulip Street
Third St., W. Side, Bet. Basin and High
Ohio
Medical
Chas. P. Marshall
Niagara Street
Buffalo N
Ansiens
Aef. Wilson
Penn
Walliametmrg
N.Y
Tleman
Trent Debihiy
Devay
Ani
Andressing
John Rr.ogden
New York
C. Morgenthaler
Cor, Front & Stable Sts
Phillips
Casons
MRS
Third Street Ludlor, and Railroad
Freshman
Mrs. Gale
B. Hafertepen
Basin ST
E. Kxox, Jr
W. W. Stevenson
E, Knox Jr. & Co
Coal and Wood
Bovoinet
A. Hutzleman
J. Troutman
Hutzleman & Troutman
Southside Basin
Hamilton, C
Fausts
Canal and
LuvLow
Eugene Kothe
Mathushek
Main Street
West Hamilton
Ezra Potter
Beckett
Ilamilton, Ohio
MiamMi Valley
D, Black
Calkins
Carland
Carr & Fisher
Christina Dien
Butler Compey
Aird
Col. Pieat
John J. Dixon
John 1. Dixon
Chrisina
Dixon
Court of Common Pleas
Briler County
Whig
J. Hargitt
Moore & Moore
Bedi VE