Diary of Confederate prisoner escape attempt detailed
A fragmentary diary from January 28, 1864, recounts an escape attempt by John L. Hidden of the Ninth Michigan Cavalry from Confederate confinement near Belle Isle, Richmond. The entry notes cold, cloudy nights, recruits sleeping outside, and plans to cross the river after being stripped of clothes.
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Jeriings
Belle Kele
Richmond
John L. Hiddin
Michigan Cay- Ann
Rancor
Tollown
Mustard
Heni
Diary of Escape From Belle Isle Prison
A gaunt diary entry describes an escape plan from Belle Isle, signals to guards, and a trek toward Richmond. It recounts meetings with a guide, later capture by Lieutenant Bosgigux, gagging and cross questioning, and punishment including forced labor and confinement as the diarist clings to hope of joining the northern army.
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Richmond
North
Tyry
Belle Isle
Bosgigux
Uhar
Ndryx
Atay
Bossieux
Fragmented Civil War Era Dialog in North Carolina
A garbled reminiscence depicts post squabble rivalries between Carolinians and Virginians near Gettysburg. A Virginian asks a North Carolina native about home and the response mocks tar and tax issues tied to Davis. The passage captures cross-state tensions and political sentiment during the era.
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Pettigrew
Gettyebure
Wise
North Ne
North Carolina
Virginia
Davis
Banquet Banished Elk Meat After California Deer Law
About 120 Kika members at the Mikes lodge in Ban Rafael staged an elk feast to honor hunters L F Douglas and John J Deane who returned 67 pounds of elk from Wyoming The banquet was interrupted by Deputy Game Warden Hunter who ruled elk meat illegal as the closed deer season began in California The group then ate beef and dispersed
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Ban Rafael
L. F. Douglas
John J. Deane
Douglas
Deane
Wyoming
Hunter
California
San Francisco Chronicle
Twinned Musicians Missing Notes Spark Mild Confusion
Two brothers practice for an amateur band concert for three weeks. Joseph plays cornet though he claimed trombone last night. A young woman compliments their music and asks about saxophone without realizing the mix up.
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Joseph
Joel
Tramp Uses Mat Invitation Before Bushby House
Miss Lucy Halcomb, noted as a fastidious Bushby housekeeper, encounters a muddy tramp at her door who misreads a stay out mat invitation and plans to ask for breakfast before moving on. He arrives with scraped shoes and awkward lines, prompting her astonished, silent response.
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Lucy Halcomb
Bushby
Lucy
Misa Lucy
Jewels of Indian Princes at 1008 Durbar
At the 1008 durbar Indian princes displayed jewels surpassing Abdu l Hamid. The Maharajah of Darbhanga wore a diamond necklace valued at £90,000 and a large pearl necklace. The Maharajah of Gwalior showed a sash studded with stones, and another rajah bore a sword-hilt carved from a single emerald. The Nizam of Hyderabad wore the Nizam diamond weighing 277 carats, worth more than twice the Koh-i-Noor.
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Abdul Hamid
Darbhanga
Gwalior
Hyderabad
One-Time Tramp Reaches Honor in England Pension List
William H Davies, a 19 year old Welsh tramp now settled in England, has been placed on England's royal pension list at a yearly sum of about pounds. Davies, long a wanderer, reportedly remains afoot after a stolen train incident. After years of hardship he turned to writing, producing both verse and prose, and now earns this national recognition.
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William H. Davies
England
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Davies
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