The Warrens of Virginia and a web of stratagem
A Civil War era tale unfolds with General Warren and General Griffin facing off near Appomattox. Ned Burton carries a spy dispatch amid personal entanglements with Agatha Warren while a danger-filled visit to Warren’s home looms. Burton seeks to protect Agatha as true love battles duty and danger.
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Charles Somerville
Buck Warren
Virginia
Jim Griffin
Appomattox
Warren
Lee
Griffin
Gon
Ned Burton
Arthur Warren
Young Warren
General Warren
Agatha
Burton
West Point
Ned
Gen. Warren
Gen. Griffin
Blake
Bion
Agatha Warren
Humorous Sayings on Society and Money
A collection of aphorisms critiques social climbing and male vanity. It wryly notes that prudence rules finances while women and mind reading are joked about. The lines poke at indulgence, debt, and self interest in urban life.
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Cleopatra
Helen of Troy
Aspasia
Josephine
Madame de Maintenon
George Sand
Ninon d¢ Yenclos
Christmas Eve Hymn by Miss Anna M Moore
A devotional poem questions Christmas hurry and seeks the heavenly star guiding to Bethlehem. It recalls the Saviour in a manger, lanterns trimmed for watchful prayer, and angels outside the pearly gates offering entry to all who enter in.
Home Recines and Checkerboard Cake Recipe Fragments
Reciped fragments describe smoked sturgeon salad with cucumber eggs onion pepper and fat removed, plus checkerboard cake with white and brown batter layers and spice notes, and pie crust molding advice for one crust pies.
Divorce Colony Playdate Sparks Hatred for New Papa
In a satirical snippet from Lippincott's, a young De Jones girl tells her friend Lucy van Smith that they have a new papa named Mr. Hayes. The girl expresses disdain, noting they had Hayes before and did not like him.
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de Jones
Lucy van Smith
Lucy
Mr. Hayes
Absent minded Carson in a fetch for a watch
The item recounts Carson as the most absent minded man. He believes he left his watch at home and then checks his pocket to see if he has time to return home for it. The quip comes from Lippincott's.
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Carson
Lippincott’s
Slippery weather teaches humility and common sense
A reflective piece argues that icy days strip away self importance. The narrator recounts slipping, losing purse and muff, while a neighbor helps, and mocks pompous rivals. Slippery times are seen as good for all, bringing people back to ordinary care and compassion.
Buttermilk a Life Saver Says French Doctor
A French medical man urges daily buttermilk for longevity. He claims lactic acid cleanses blood vessels, prevents chalky deposits around joints, and reduces poisonous muscle waste. Regular intake could delay aging by ten to twenty years, with a quart per day as a minimum.
A Versatile Fellow and an Odd Pair of Horses
A fragment from Kirkcudbright shire Advertiser notes a versatile young man in an odd scenario referencing a revolving cage and white mice. The nonsensical line hints at whimsical or satirical content, suggesting a short, quirky local column.
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Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser
Puanch
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Penn
St. Esther
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Taft’s Dental
Wee
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New York
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Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P
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Adams St
Chicago
Indiana Union Fraction Co
California
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Chicago Daily
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Electric
W. H. Connor
G. A
East 4Th St
Cincinnati
Anna M. Moore
Bethlehem
Winifred Black
Beth
Petersborough
Dea Cole
Denta
del Ware and
Ohio Streets
Hartmann
Waetts At
C. Koehring & Bro
Virginia Ave
Indiana Automobile CO
E. New York
America
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ST. Louis
Toledo
Cleveland
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