Grand Army Notes And Echoes Of The War
Civil War reminiscence piece recounts frontier skirmishes near Sandford Galt and a night raid on a Confederate-held house. Soldiers Luther Reynolds and T. S. Smith describe guiding locals, raiding a rebel camp, capturing prisoners and horses, and returning to camp after a tense scouting mission.
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Grand Army
Luther Reynolds
Co. G
10Th
Ohio
Sandfoen
Galt
Andy
Lane
Johnica
Anus
Armin
Heddquirters
T. S
Smith
Dassston
Bich
New York Snake Show Planned at Grosvenor Hall
New York will host a nationwide snake show opening November 12 at Grosvenor Hall 152 Easy Fifty-second Street. Experts from across the country bring varieties of reptiles for education and competitions including the intercontinental snake charmer championship. R L Ditmars of the American Museum of Natural History coordinates arrangements. Premiums honor best overall reptile displays and terrarium concepts.
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New York
Grosvenor Hall
Easy Fifty-second
Ue Sug
R. L. Ditmars
American Museum of Natural History
New York State
Strength of the eaten t oyster is one of the strongeat creatures
The text notes the oyster as a strong creature and mentions an oretests n than 903 Unies its weighs, implying a superlative claim about strength and weight.
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Earth
Local Retail Ads Describe Miscellaneous Goods on Sale
A fragmentary 19th century advertisement lists breakfast items, cakes, buckwheat flour, bread, vegetables, and clothing at W. J. Cox’s store and T. Shanahan merchant tailor. It mentions rag recycling for Chas E and October November cash deals.
Uniformed officer fights through smoke in pajama suit
A father recalls his son aboard a battleship during a fierce engagement. Describing the heat and chaos, the executive officer remains clothingless for much of the battle, later appearing in a nightgown with a pistol at his belt as the smoke clears. The anecdote highlights naval discipline and the officer’s devotion to duty.
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Celyad
Indiana
Carrera
Tadlang
Hess
Steasson
Irkaht
Surat
Washington Post
Boon to stokers on warships feeding balters described
The article explains automatic coal feeding in ship furnaces using tunnel shaped contrivances over the firebox to drop coal from beneath decks. It notes Edison Works uses funnels from carts and imagines shipboard carriers delivering coal from bunkers to a magazine above the fire pit for efficient fueling.
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Washington
State
Edison
New Knife Making Method Draws Interest in Field
An article notes a novel machine in Sheffield Bestland that forms all steel knives by hydraulic pressure. A round steel bar becomes a knife with blade bolster and handle, with the finish ground and polished. One machine can produce many all steel knives daily at a relatively low cost.
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Ralves Afade
Sheffield
Bestland
Max
Jabar
Fragmented OCR shows garbled exchange on sewing machine deal
A disjointed 19th century text depicts a supposed customer and an agent arguing over a sewing machine. The dialogue contains garbled phrases about honesty and value, with references to praise and market quality as the discussion derails into mock questions about summer plans and races.
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Roman Machtyoe
Yants Bacheler
Growing Taller At Modern Weddings And Social Standards
A 19th century column notes rising female heights at fashionable weddings and social events. It cites Duchess Marlborough and others, suggesting women are growing taller due to lifestyle, exercise, and evolving beauty ideals. The piece discusses public speculation and regional surveys on average statures.
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Dave Tylawi
Af Marlborough
Bates
Bate
Poe
Singoler Fact From Self Experiment On Height Change
The account discusses an angular fact about neck and length changes and suggests that height variations are minimal. It describes experiments with baths and rest, claiming a small average morning and evening variation of about half an inch. It mentions a man who stood nearly an inch taller briefly and stayed in bed for days.
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Nort
Carolina
Woods
Ong
Ashe
Culpepper Coathouse
Anda Juan
Patel
Miles
Coodené
Lekasa
Youléman
Ramin Ofide
Dan Libery-stuble Mts
Joan de Morin
Setten
Soliers
Jampin
Hess
Eniay
Ebery
Mate Flowers
Gmes
Sackamstanes
Matton
Ravebear
Fragmented School Lessons and Pilgrim Ponderings in Zurich
A garbled narrative discusses slate use in Zurich schools, contrasting slate writing with pencil marks and handwriting strain. It mentions lessons on sacrifice inspired by true giving, quotes from Br George Combs, and musings on education, commerce, and future Chicago development amid diverse, jumbled remarks.
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Zurich
Land
George
Combs
The Perpetual Hour Glass Clock Description
A fragment describes an apparatus called Atacapherin Stock, likened to a perpetual hour glass. It compares to a thermometer with a tulbiotmercury at the bottom and a glass he. eighthe of an inch in, suggesting an intricate clocklike mechanism.
Fragmentary nature scene hints at speech on ants
A clipped readable fragment depicts an ant and a speaker in a natural setting. A dialogue touches on enjoying nature and a quiet moment by a park, with a côté of informal banter and a brief lull in conversation.
Quivering Sprint Tells of Shifting Civic Echoes
A fragmented excerpt reflects on public life and civic duty with satire and references to political roles. It juxtaposes a sprinting race remark with remarks about Alvars Ableska Willing and a string of April to October roles. The passage includes humorous exchanges about electricity, light, and citizen responsibilities.
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Alvars Ableska
St. Louis Repubtiee
Local Meat and Textile Goods Advertised for Washcxrox Market
An advertisement lists sausages such as Frankfort and Bologna along with various pork products and a note that they can be procured at Washxcrox Manner, Spending Table Supply House. It also promotes large underwear sizes 44 and 43,403 and directs inquiries to T SHANATAN, a tailor and clothier in Mecshell.
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Wqinem
Frankfort
T. Shanatan
Eycei
Jan Bice Jou
Man
West
J. W. Freed
Khiarshall
Mich
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Ghiberfi
Sig
Fropcheschini
Church of Santa Croce
Plorence
Te Wis
Florence
Michael’ Angelu
Farndi
France
Triza
Gymbiena
The
Democrat
Ted Heck Crane
Farratone Iglands
Sitios
de Soy
Wei Pever Burk
Ae Rad
Cox
T. Shanahan
Merchant Wailor and Clothier
Marshell
Chas
Spoend
Boon
Stokers
Vile Brent
Cpt
Newhrad
Wallace
Chicago
Seognee
Mecshell
the News
State Street
Freed
Big Alives
J. Shanahan
Merchant Taller and Clothier
Marshall
J. R. Cummings & Co
Leeds
Eagle Street
Main
Green
Staers- Marshall
Atich
DR. N. B. Sherman
Hart
Vfarterir
Brawersiby Keods
Manson
Marshal
TOM & Dan
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