Weekend Weather, Romance, and a Rainy Brooklyn Plan
A rainy March day sparks a comic romance in Davenport with Dick, his uncle, and Annie Fielding. Dick frets over theater tickets and money before a letter saves the evening, leading to a proposal plan as the uncle hints at retirement and a future with the couple.
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Bini
Scott
Richard
Davenport
Dick's Incle
Eaj
Hs Biel
Raze
Julian Cesar
Booth
Martin
Issy
Siva San “Sue
Brooklyn
Martin Davenport
Booth’s
Horhin
Ali
Jerusalem
Kilpatrick’s band party in a Virginia grove 1862
A Missouri Republication account recalls Kilpatrick, then lieutenant colonel, directing a lively Virginia camp band in a grove near Fredericksburg. He urged the darkey dancers to keep going, then distributed a hat full of coins, prompting a frenzied scramble as officers and contrabands joined the revelry before Kilpatrick left with a genial bow and a quip about keeping them entertained.
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Kilpatrick
Fredericksburg
Missouri Republican
Incks
Virginia
Kil
Gen
Killpatrick
Power of Sympathy At French Academy of Medicine
Dr Brown-Séquard cites a striking case showing sympathy’s power. A Batignolles girl’s window fell injuring her arms, and her mother fainted yet afterward reported identical bruises on both arms, corresponding to the child’s injuries. Women tourists bring Eastward Dakota sweet grass varieties. A bit of glass kept in a room over Jenda yielded a fine tune.
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French Academy of Medicine
Dakota
Prairies
Jenda
Cast Iron Man John Collins Sworn In At Geological Survey
Pittsburg Dispatch reports John C. Collins known as the Cast Iron Man was sworn in as a laborer at the Geological Survey and assigned to the Slava tor. A former English prize fighter with a private boxing gym, he trained public figures like Senator John A. Logan and even met President Grant’s entourage in exhibition sparring. Collins earned his nickname from his endurance and ability to take punishment. In a late story, a young Englishman named Sartoris, Grant’s son in law, knocked Collins out in three rounds, proving Sartoris’s superior sparring.
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Washington
Pittsburg
John C. Collins
Geological Survey
Collins
John A. Logan
Logan
Ilinois
Grant
Col
Bred Grant
Col. Grant
Stu Mered Collins
Hrimwell
Matchel
Sartoris
Opposed to Bathing Humors at Pittsburg Grocery Counter
A South Side grocer recounts his anti bathing stance with boastful vigor. He claims to stay healthy by rare baths, bathing only on January first and July fourth, and relies on rubbing with a towel nightly. He asserts immunity to contagions and mocks conventional hygiene.
Diet in Later Life and Teeth Preservation
The text argues the later years favor soft easily digested foods like cereals soups and fish, while excessive flesh intake declines health. It praises dental art for articulation and appearance but notes teeth mainly aid chewing for elderly. It suggests lifelong vegetarians may keep teeth longer than meat eaters.
The Boy Cannoneers of Richmond Battery Story
A Confederate battery known as the Parker Battery of Richmond Virginia comprised many young soldiers who enlisted with parental consent in 1862. The unit fought from Manassas to Gettysburg and Petersburg, suffered losses, endured harsh campaigns, and was finally with Lee at the end of the war in 1865.
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Richmond
Parker Battery (Confederate) Association
Appomattox
United States
Manassas
Jackson
Longstreet
Porter
Lee
Antietam
Frederickshays
Bedgwick
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Parker
Pickent
Low
Georgia
Chickamauga
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
Bean's
Heid
Rapidan
Cold Harbor
Possum
General Lee
Petersburg
Confederacy
Chesterfield Courthouse
Reflections on Civil War Battery Life and Faith
A fragmentary reminiscence of Civil War service recalls a battery's retreat from Richmond, captures Union cavalry raids, and notes the author's pious training. Amid battlefield hazards, conversions, sermons, and a belief in the right, the work includes nine heliotype portraits of officers.
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Richmond
Berore
Gettysburg
Arkell the Mohawk Valley Press Publisher Survives Fiery Blast
W J Arkell publisher of the Albany Journal, 31, survives a gas explosion in a factory. He is hailed for his courage as doctors transplant 856 skin grafts from donors to rebuild his burned face. Senator Arkell, on upper floors, escaped by jumping. Arkell aims to a high position in newspaper publishing despite severe injuries.
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New
Saratoga Corrynpoudynee
New York World
W. J. Arkell
Albany Journal
Mohawk Valley
Joseph W. Drexel
Arkell
Senator Arkell
Arkell Wats Nan
Wilson
A Sierra Volcano Emerges Near Mammoth
News from Bishop Creek reports a volcanic eruption sixty miles southwest of Bishop Creek. A party of frightened sheep herders fled to Candelaria with dust covered clothing and holes from fiery debris. They described a ground tremor and a towering column of flames and smoke, followed by ash and cinders blanketing the area near Mammoth as others head to the scene.
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Sierra
Candelaria
Bishop Creek
Mammoth
Town Records of Sa Tans Show Odd Salem Entries
The Salem town records reveal quaint orders from July to 1004, including appointing officials for Sunday worship, blocking exits at meetings, and a corporal use of a stick with a knob or foxtail to rouse sleepers, reflecting early civic control and religious discipline.
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Salem
Ian
Beautiful Town Heats Ground Amid Erie County Adverts
A fragmented note describes a hamlet near Erie County with a notable heated ground site and a wooden hall nearby. The readable text hints at a townsite boundary and local meeting spaces. No clear date or organization is present in the surviving OCR snippet.
Original Towne Site Plats Three Adjoining Additions
Proprietor announces three adjoining additions with streets and alleys. Early blocks on Maite Street remain for sale to civic minded buyers. Climate praised as ideal, rainfall ample, water pure, making Dakota county appealing for settlers. contact for further details.
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Maite Street
Dakote
Oltn
India
Delmoiz
Dakota
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Lesa
Annie
Julius Casar
Minechief
Annie Fielding
South Side
Sa Tans
W. C. Morris
Jeweler & Optician
Kimball
Lamberson, Furman & Co
E.remington& Sons
Broadway
New York
Western Offer
Armory
Remington
FR. E. Miller
Dawora
Bonanza
Dikenson & Gates, Gen. Agt’s
Scotland
Oak
Forsalehy
Ochsner Bros
Kimball, Dakota
Ter
Brule County
Best
Faming
Milwaukee & Pan
Mitelwtt
Chamberlain
Hanlin Yards
Careyines Iurmens
Traite
Rountey Demas
Ven Sresit
Erie County Agricutreal
Gaynds
Unil
D. Warner
House Coudity
G. J. Ross
M.D
Paysician and Burozon
Int
Main St
Caus
Tina
Ohio Medical College of
Incinnatland
State Medical Society of
Lowe
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