Boots Changed His Can ee f A Southerner
A Confederate officer’s son recalls a childhood duel over a pair of boots that changed his life. Bare feet in Virginia days gave way to a schoolyard fight with a doctor’s son over leather and steel, ending in a dramatic victory and a later rise in confidence.
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Virginia
Tweedledum
Tweedledee
Mather
Vilage
Paul Jones
Lady Jove
Malicione Jay
Delia
Jackson
Jones
Telia
Naware
Della
Questioning Public Interest in a New Enterprise
A Washington Star snippet questions the level of public interest in a nascent venture. It ponders whether the initiative will attract much attention and if it will be dividend-bearing for investors.
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Sarg- Rem
UTC
Washington Star
Waterspout Hits Schooner Near Point Reyes
Captain Hice recounts the Metha Nelson encounter with a waterspout about thirty miles northwest of Point Reyes while en route from Makawel to port. The vessel listed, rolled, and was hurled as the column swept past, causing minor structural damage but no loss of life.
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Ricé
Metha Nelson
Point Reyes
Makawel
Hawaiian Islands
Ike
San Francisco Chronicle
Wife of Cabinet Officer Chooses Husband’s Clothes
A wife, wife of a former Cabinet minister, visits a Fifth Avenue tailor with confidence, selecting three suit patterns and guiding measurements for her husband. The tailor agrees, noting she knows as much as the average man about men’s clothes, and the ex-minister allows her control.
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Fifth Avenue
Didad
Washington
Wives of Presidents: A Gallery of First Ladies and Their Charms
A retrospective sketches prominent First Ladies, from Mrs. James K. Polk to Mrs. McKinley, describing their beauty, bearing, and social influence. It notes Mrs. Washington, Mrs. Monroe, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Madison, and others, highlighting appearances, manners, and public perception across eras.
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White House
James
Cleveland
Neta
Europe
Washington
George Washington
Monroe
John Adams
John Quincey Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
Tyler
Virginia
Willam Henry Harmscon
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Zachary Taylor
Major Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Adamees
Congresa
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
Miss Lane
Arthur
Herndon
Harrison
McKinley
New Spring Discovery Told by a Young Woodsman
A visiting congressman John Taylor Gilman toured early Saratoza with a woodsman’s son. After returning to a cabin the boy exclaimed that they had found a new spring. The boy then pointed to the distinguished lawmaker and said you found it. He added the name Coreess as a playful mispronunciation. The spring helped make Saratoza a sanitary resort long before it became fashionable.
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Congress
John Taylor Gilman
Saratoza
Butte
Les Ching
Home Journal
Early Urals Excerpt Reflects a Child’s Ambition
A fragmented dialogue describes a boy’s future goals. An adult praises a small boy while asserting he will become a business man, noting guidance given about behavior. The passage conveys a parental tone and a moment of aspiration amid garbled OCR text.
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Pacific Ocean
Point Heges
Mtakawell
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Wilson
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M.d.gibbs
D. H.blatherwick
J .8. Wilson
State Bank OF Hull
E.W. Relmann
A. P. Jensen
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Miles
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Rocky Mountains
Seattle
Wash
Great Northern
F. I. Whitney
St. Paul, Minn
C.w. Edmonds
Pioneer Drug Store
N.G.C. Coad
Hunt, Iowa
G. R. Lanning
Selon, Towa
Dnce
Dr. Cram Jn McKeerar Lock
John Jansma
Hmorghoelng
W. RW
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Rocky Mountain
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