Man buys Evangeline picture and learns to value inner beauty
Mr. Dixon purchases Evangeline without a frame for his wife, hoping to please her. A costly frame revelation exposes a flaw in the picture, sparking a quarrel that shifts Mrs. Dixon to reflect on judgment and grace. Months pass. a surprise gift surfaces, revealing his quiet generosity and her later realization.
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Mr. Dixon
Feed
Vonsilerét
Dixon
Eie
Dre. Dixon
Henry
Vertono
Evangéline
James MaGra
Mrs. Dixon
Evangeline
Eaid
Mra. Dixon
Privilege and the People in North and South Debate
A heated discourse on aristocracy and popular liberty contrasts a noble class’s fears with promises of emancipation. The piece cites abolitionist progress, Sherman’s land settlement plan for freed blacks, and appeals to universal human brotherhood to redefine power, labor, and governance in the postwar era. It notes New York press on Swany Pox and includes a fragmentary street exchange about a gambler Bill and a bet.
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Pishop Simpson
Alucaday
Lem
Norway
Scandinavia
Europe
Snathher
Washington Chronicle
Sherman
South Carolina
Georgia
Charleston
Cantrat
Vislanda
Feneral Sixton
Union
N.Y. Leening
Signing the Pledge and the Sailor Preacher Tale
A comic tale follows Rev Jol Abbott and William Johnson who vows to abstain for a year. The landlord mocks the vow, predicting a short life, while Johnson quips about extending or renewing the pledge in his own way. The yarn plays on temperance humor and stubborn resolve.
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Jol Abbot
Johnson
William Johnson
Bill
Mr.Johnson
Mr. Abbot
Jack
Miserable Receipts and a Descriptive River Falls Tale
A grim spoof on miserliness urges harsh conduct toward neighbors and the poor, urging harsh self-doubt and distrust alongside a long anecdote describing an eastern gentleman’s journey to the Great Falls on the Snake River. He details the ascent and the falls’ vast width and height, praising the scene as sublime and worth a year of life.
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Quyusimr Tuan Mracans
Great Falls
Snake River
Oregon
Lome
Rood Creek
Niagara
Six tinspren rebels exchange in Mobile harbor
Fragmented report says six tinspren rebel prisoners were exchanged in Mobile harbor while 200 captured at Fort Gaines died or were wounded. Rebel papers claim their troops were driven back at Poegtoliva and 25,000 Southern troops moved from Nashville to New Orleans. A Newcastle Egret incident involved a woman turning a kerosene lamp, dying as she tried to escape arrests while preparing for her wedding.
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Mobile Harbor
Fort Gaines
Hays
Tie
Poegtoliva Ond
Nashville
Nei
Onlea
An Offer to Murder President Lincoln
A lengthy, scarcely legible plea in the Selina Dispatch advertising columns promises a sum of one million dollars to kill Abraham Lincoln, William Seward, and Andrew Johnson before March. The notice seeks cash or securities from Southern Confederacy supporters, claiming peace in exchange and warning of a larger bounty if the attempt fails.
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Selina
Miryron Doutians
Confedera
Abrahama
Lincoln
Willian O. Seward
Andrew Johnson
Magck
Cababoy
Alabama
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