Cavalry Charge at Gettysburg Described by a Dragoon
An 1863 cavalry narrative recalls a charge on the Gettysburg field. The narrator details Jeb Stuart and Mosby units, the clash with Union artillery, and a brutal melee where 500 attackers press a 1,000-strong dragoon line. He is wounded, soaked in blood, and carried from the saddle.
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Gettysburg
Jeb Stuart
Ashby
Hapaton
Imboden
Rosser
Mosby
Old
Virginia
Masa
Sven
Fashion Notes Inspire Spring Dresses and Vintage Silhouettes
A fashion overview highlights silver link belts polonaise dresses and new ginghams for spring. It notes long sleeved radingotes of saaket cloth, black lace collarettes, and accessories like crepe sleeve caps. Also mentions retired items and whimsical remarks on timepieces and Easter party wear.
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Eaton
Public Figures Recall Humorous Past in English Memoir
The reminiscences recount John C. New in spats with a tailor and Harrison, Clemens’s lamp post moment with a cigar box showing blues socks, and a dressmaker wax figure misstep. Chicago News and Boston Transcript note Chicago preacher actors, Old Dan Rice’s fading fame, and John A. Logan’s youth as a fiddler and social heartthrob in rural counties.
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England
John
C. New
Washington
White House
Harrison
Chicago News
Clemens
Capt
Edward Poole
Mark
Alta
Boston Transcript
Chicago
Rev
Milo
Rav
Lorimer
Dan Rice
Long Branch
N. J
New York
John A. Logan
Logan
Luce
Carbondale
Shuffie
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Health, whisky and weather in a fragmentary note
Digest of advice on health and lifestyle warns against overwork and heavy clothing while praising light woolens and whisky as a tonic. Mentions snow near Pittsburgh aiding logging, a livery team pressed into service, and a New York post office attache mocking the two cent stamp. A St. Louis dog attends city funerals, drawing curiosity and expectation among mourners.
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Elliot Shepard
Pittsburg
New York Post Office
St. Louis
Masucline Mentor and Fashion in Pictorial Notes
The excerpt highlights Rosa Bonheur as masculine in dress and aging rapidly, Kate Vaughn as inventor of the accordion skirt for dancing, Gertrude Atherton described as beautiful and interesting, and a general portrait of notable women. It also notes ten thousand women washing linen daily along the Manzanares in Spain, with a picturesque river scene. The Portuguese queen dowager, an Italian princess, is cited for extravagant purchases including 1000 pairs of shoes from Paris and 69 dresses from Worth, with losses at sea necessitating a duplicate order.
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Rosa Bonheur
Kate Vaughn
Gertrude Atherton
Harmia Suydam
Manzanares
Spain
Portugal
Paria
Worth
Cat Survives 85 Days Amid Ash Pit After Lynn Fire
A live cat was rescued on February 19 from the ash pit of an old brick oven in the Newhall house rear area near Joseph E. Huse’s store on Broaderrest. The animal, confined since the November 26 fire, reportedly survived 85 days with no food or drink, a remarkable feat noted by Philadelphia Press.
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Joseph E. Huse
Newhall
Lynn
Philadelphia
Testimonial for Guat Wis Chinese Remedies Cures Catarrh
James Duffy, a longtime driver on West Maryland Street, praises Guat Wis Chinese Remedies for curing his chronic catarrh after many doctors failed. He says the remedies relieved his blocked nose, headaches, and grip like symptoms within weeks and notes the testimony of BR. HR. Rouse supports the claim.
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West Mevally Street
Guat Wa
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Traveler's Register
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Moodus
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