Civil War items span Grimball's Plantation to Yorktown
Fifty years ago this week on April 29 to May 5 1862 Union gunboat Hale of Com motors DuPont's squadron attacked a Confederate battery at Grimball's Plantation near Dawho Powtow and South Edisto rivers. battles near Bridgeport Purdy and Yorktown, with Confederate cavalry actions at Pulaski and Lebanon. President Lincoln and Secretary Cameron debates and naval actions, plus speculations on foreign intervention and martial law announcements.
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Hale
Commotors DuPont
Grimball
South Carolina
Inez
Confederatan
Pope
Monterey
Tennessee
Timothy Webster
Richmond
E. Kirby Smith
Bridgeport
Alabama
Lincoln
United States Senate
Charly
Stone
Montgomery
France
Pittsburg
Purdy
Nationale
Memphis and Ohio
Corinth
Simeon Cameron
United States Houre of Representatives
Alexander Cummings
Morgan
Mitchell
Esquadron
Pulaski
Gllen County
Grant
Thomas
Army of the Ohio
Army of the Tennessee
Barah
Hull's Bay
South Dakota
tHockider
Louisiana
Canby
Poralto
Tex
Butler
New Orleans
United States
Yorktown
Horton's Milla
Newburn
N. C
Pollockville Road
Clark's Hollow
Steward
Edward Wilson
Savannah
Tenn
Tyler Satan
Heauregard
Halleck
Shiloh
Elkhorn
Army of Virginia
Nashville
eMeory
Charlestown
Santiago de Cuba
New York
Elia Warley
Nasous
D. C
Jefferson Pavin
Confederate Statea of America
Lee, Wice
Buchanan
McDowell
Wyoming
McClellan
War Office
Williamsburgh
Smith
Atrong
Somerset
Parla
London Daily News
Washington
Rappahannock
Fredericksburg
Mallory
Cincinnati
Memphis
H. M. Rector
Arkansas
J. E. Johnston
Willamsburgh
Johnston
General Butler
Dumont
Woodford
Kentucky
Wood
Lebanon
Jef Thompson
Dresden
Fort Wright
Mientaeippi River
W. G. Chapman
Fragmented verse and dialogue mingle in strange manuscript
A disjointed, archaic style passage blends memory and nature with fragmented dialogue. References to birds, forest play, and a wandering figure hint at a poetic, almost diary like scene. A new boarder and a caretaker exchange terse, unrelated lines about grounds and complaints.
Lent era news dulls. Mephisto cites hushanda spring bonnet
Dante seeks Mephisto’s take on the season’s dull news during Lent. Mephisto argues the tally drops in some lines but compensates with hushanda facing a spring bonnet proposition, implying a shift in attention or tone.
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Dante
Mephisto
Hushanda
Impertinent Prescription Signatures Stir Meddergram Dilemma
In a rural exchange, Mr. Meddercram scolds over a bill and a prescription signed by M D. He claims the signature reads Money Duet and questions the propriety of the doctor’s name being reused. Mrs. Meddergramn asks what is wrong with the signing. The heated moment centers on trust and billing norms in the household.
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Mr. Meddercram
Fimudgere
Mrs. Meddergramn
Springtime Dreams and Fashion Costs Inspire Delayed Marriage
A fragmented verse notes a young man in spring pondering costly bonnets and their prices. He recognizes the expense and mutters that he must delay marriage until he can afford the women's hats, reflecting economic restraint influencing romantic plans.
Couldn't Tame Her Lion Tamer Injured Night Show
The lion tamer is injured and cannot perform tonight at the museum. The manager asks what happened as an attendant notes the cook was to be discharged this morning.
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Ile
One Good Thing About Classical Music Opinion
There is one good thing about this classical music, Mr Med dergrase says. You can part or stop anywhere you want to without applying the name of the place.
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Mr. Meddergrase
Air Restorer Menace in Odd Advertising Claim
Fragmentary OCR notes question a dubious air restorer advertisement claiming to revive drowned people. The garbled text names an unnamed Mra or Mrs and a dubious product. No clear event, date, or location is identifiable from the readable fragments.
New Jersey Passes Pioneering Tuberculosis Law
The National Association lauds New Jersey for enacting what may be the most advanced TB bill in the world. It allows compulsory segregation of patients who refuse health board rules, with confinement in designated institutions and possible isolation. The law also requires counties to create TB care facilities within six months with state funding tied to maintenance costs.
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National Association For the Study and Preventon of Tuberculosis
United States
New Jersey
Wilson
Tate Board of Health
State of
Eacherson
Terrible infant suffering cured by Curicura remedy
A mother recalls her six week old baby's severe sores and sleepless torment. After trying many remedies and doctors, she credits Curicura Soap and Ointment with relief in six weeks, and notes a sample and book can be obtained from Curicura Dept. L Hopton.
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Noble Tubman
Dodeon
Mont
Cleaning Anxiety Drives Family Tension in Aust Beulah Tale
In a folk tale tone, Ought to Be Satisfied portrays Aust Beulah's burden of cleaning year round. Lumbago and fatigue follow her efforts to care for family, prompting her sister to suggest maid help while Aunt Healah laments dust. The Smart Little Boy interrupts with blunt humor, noting her pain.
Missing the Point in a Curious Telegraphic Exchange
A Washington correspondent reports a humorous exchange with a Colorado representative about tariffs and sugar. The dialogue includes a mother asking about elephants and billiard balls, highlighting a playful mishearing of planed keys in a rural bulletin.
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Hucker
Colorado
Washington
Indy
Bulletin
Correction notes at Towton firm offer free Tartine Antiseptic
A Towton firm promises a large trial box of Tartine Antiseptic, a delicate fog and germicidal toilet preparation, free to any woman upon request, as part of a correction about paternal government phrases.
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Parton Toilet Co
Towton
Mans
Lewes Single Binder Mgar Shines in Gallery Seats
A faded fragment hints at a theater scene with Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup and various misprints. The passage mentions audience members in the gallery, a notable criticry from the gallery, and a plea to ask for a LEWES Single Binder product.
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Freiuillena
Lewes
The Ruling Passion and a Child’s Dress Admiration
A young boy Wille, described as an embryo veterinarian in a school world, notices his mother in a new black trimmed gown. He admires the dress, exclaiming it is “all trimmed in pub buttons” as the judge observes. The moment reveals his growing interest in study and taste.
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Wille
Willie
Damma
Getting Americanized in a Bat tery street scene
A newly arrived man, wrapped in a canvas trunk and wearing a bright orange hat, walks Broadway toward the Battery. The fragment describes Americanization and social misunderstandings with humorous asides about marriage, fashion, and manners, ending with odd phrases about drink and health.
Free Advice To Sick Women From Lydia E Pinkham Co
An offer from Lydia E Pinkham Medicines Co inviting women with private illnesses to write confidential letters to their Lynn Massachusetts correspondence department. The firm promises courteous, private, woman‑to‑woman advice with no payment and cites vast experience. Also promotes a 80 page Text Book free by mail.
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Lydia EL Winkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Sands
Addrew
Lydia EL Pinkham Medicines Co
Lynn, Mann
Pinkham
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Chie Cincoer
Wildur D.nesbit
Aucain
Carlo
Ben the Sond
Feedem
New Bhouwader
Glen Wdaus
Jeremy
Ecline
Mra
Winslow
Arietia Ao
Chee
Garheld
Heer
W. L. Douglas
W. L.douglas
W . LL Douglas
L. Dow
Putnam
Carter
Muntara Farms
de Pemyoe
Thor
Monte
Reonavice Hara Coachgemia
Agen
Malai
Oregon
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Mesa
Bahay, Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
State Street
Consolidated
Booker
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