Capture of the Colors at Fort Fisher on Christmas Day 1864
A Vermont lieutenant led a daring assault to seize the enemy flag at Fort Fisher, slipping through a stockade to reach the parapet and reclaim the banner. Years later a regimental reunion highlighted his bravery and a soldier’s candid remark about actions in war.
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Curtis
Fort Fisher
Porter
Johanles
Lez
Richmond
Goke
Federala
Johnnle
Vermont
Fisher
Leutenant
N. Y
Diversion at the Front and Card Game for Fort Trade
A veteran recalls a quiet frontier post where two garrisons watched each other across a river. They bonded over clandestine card games with a captain and a major, ending in a tense debt dispute and a clever ruse that restored balance. Also recounted: an ex-confederate tale of a chaplain forbidding stolen meat yet accepting gravy, and notes on Grant’s rapid rise and counties named after soldiers.
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Detroit Free Press
Grant
Belmont
Drs. Grant
Ulysses
N. Y
Kansas
Osborne and Ronks
Chicago
Blind Man Helps Woman Cross Busy Broadway Crossing
A blind man without a guide on Twenty third Street and Broadway offers his arm to a woman who fears the jam of tracks. They cross safely and he reveals his blindness, thanking her for helping him avoid the dangerous crossing. The woman expresses reproach at his mistaken perception as an oncoming light is noted as having been run over.
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Santa Little
South Carolina
Emal
Jersey
Twenty-third Street
Broadway
N. K. Tinics
Minsesasa Summer Resort and Hotel Lafayette on Minnetonka
The Minsesasa Summer Resort near St Paul and Minneapolis describes Minnetonka as a premier yachting and fishing locale with 150 miles of shoreline, Forested scenery, and lakeside cottages. Hotel Lafayette at Minnetonka Beach opens June 20 1897, a five acre water facing summer house reached by Great Northern trains. manager E Holcombe, St Paul.
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Lak Minnetonka
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Union
Longfel- Joy
Lafayette
Minnetonka Beach
Twin Cities
Holcombe
Ann
Barber Orders Shaving of Hair in Argument
A Boston Courier fragment shows a barber and customer in a heated exchange over shaving and mowing hair. The terse dialogue depicts insistence and confusion as the barber claims prior instructions. The piece reads as a chaotic street vignette with no clear resolution.
Canadian Government Emigration Trip to Northwest Lands
An 1897 notice invites renters and aspiring homeowners to join an excursion from St Paul and Minneapolis on June 23 to Canadian government lands offering 100 acre plots. It promises rich soil, good stock and dairy potential, low train fare, and a chance to settle where land is affordable. details via Emigration Agent Benjamin Daves in St Paul.
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Frey
Northwest
Fins
Parsons
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Benjamin Daves
East Od Be
Paul
Minn
Umbrella chatter at street corner noted
Brief overheard exchange in Cleveland features a plea to borrow, a reply about keeping a borrowed umbrella for someone named Joan, and a plan to meet soon. The dealer adds a quick confirmation of taking an umbrella.
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Joan
Cleveland
Hoatetter’s SI Hittera Boosts Health and Digestion
A tonic and dietetic prep touted as essential for back weakness rheumatism and kidney disorders. Claims: strengthens the spine via improved digestion and invigorates the stomach as the mainstay of all organs. Describes the product as a pure vegetable stimulant for dyspeptic and bilious individuals.
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Hoatetter
The Report Sufficient Laughs At A Child’s Joke
A stranger asks a child what he will be when a man. The child replies I’m a little gith. The moment blends humor with a shy reply as the scene unfolds in a family setting.
Chesapeake and Ohio Highway Route Promotes Mountain Rail Tour
The notice touts the Chesapeake and Ohio four route train service from the seashore to New York and Boston via Fort Monroe and Point Comfort. It invites readers to request tourist rates and descriptive pamphlets from U S Truitt at 944 Clark and company. The fragment references an exhibit and a telescope display attracting ladies and gentlemen with a humorous London anecdote.
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Raise Mountain
Chesapeake and Ohio
Tue Ridge
Seashore
New York
Boston
Qld
Point Comfort
Fortreas
Monroe
U. S. Truitt
Clark
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Foot Relief Promo
An advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease powder for curing painful feet and easing tight shoes. It claims relief from sweating and callouses, notes a 25 cent price, and offers a trial package from LeRoy New York. It is followed by a humorous anecdote about a flood survival linked to a pianist wife and a folding bed.
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Allen
Bree
Allen S
LeRoy
N.Y
Dropsy Treatment Promised by Atlanta Specialists
In a candid ad style note the text promotes H. H. Green & Sons of Atlanta Georgia as dropsy specialists offering pamphlets with full information on the disease and its treatment. The excerpt relies on domestic humor before shifting to medical advertising.
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H. H. Green & Sons
Atlanta
Georgia
Hall's Catarrh Cure patent medicine oath and ads
Frank J. Cheney of Toledo acknowledges the firm of J. Cheney & Co will pay one hundred dollars for every uncured catarrh. The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and Hall's Family Pills, with testimonials and free samples offered..sworn Dec 6 before WL Gleason Notary Public.
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Brats
Ouro
Dirtor Totspo
Louis County
Frank J. Cheney
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Gleason
Fragmented quotes from杂杂 OCR reading reflect literary snippets
A garbled OCR fragment shows characters reading aloud and debating authors including Nansen and a misquoted line about packing and the ice. The text blends Household Words and Weekly issues with broken dialogue and misspellings, indicating damaged page copy and partial sentences.
Winchester Repeating Arms Promotes Quality and Selection
An 1880s style advertisement extols Winchester Repeating Arms of New Haven Connecticut as the most particular buyers in the country will choose only the most perfect rifles. It highlights strict quality in materials and manufacture and notes Winchester products cost no more than poorer makes. The piece also includes unrelated quips on cremation, tobacco, peony season, and Piso a Cure for children’s coughs.
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Detroit Journal
Wincheater Repeating Arms
New Haven
Theo
Tammany
Star Toabacco
City Hospital Emergency Ovariotomy Recovers Woman
An urgent call and rapid sequence at City Hospital led to an ovariotomy after a left ovarian rupture threat. The patient survived the operation but endured severe pain before relief. a vendor's testimonial promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female diseases, citing Agnes Tracy of Valley City North Dakota.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mass
Aaxis Tracy
Valley City
N. D
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Indianapolis Journal
Wines
Washington Democrat
Nirror
Boston Courier
London
Johnstown
N. Y. Journal
Maria
Ale
Nansen
York
Nature
North Dakota
Edgar A. Heath
Raere
Bicleand
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