Unsettled Civil War Figure Bragg Officer Removed
A Confederate officer of high birth and military promise faced censure for a reckless outpost inspection with a fellow officer. The plan, executed with disguise and haste, failed to aid the South and led to dismissal from Bragg’s military family. The incident, tied to old school ties and suspected spying, ended in conjecture about motive and fate.
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Equeter
Daea
Robert EE. Lee
Orton
Laurence
Winfield Pl
Virginia
Scott
Fort Warren
Tharmilesa
Bragg
W. G.eter
Baltimore
Amoi
Col. Baird
Cal. Watkins
Williams
Thirty
Indiana
Jame Point
Gol Watkins
Hill
Nashville
Maney
United States
Persd
Austin
Unitedtates
Noahville
The Tragic Execution Narrative and Aftermath
Spies seized Col. Baird amid a clash with Col. Watkins of the Sixth Kentucky Cavalry. Baird sent for inquiry, but the suspects fled, were captured, and later exchanged harsh words as they were escorted to Col. Baird for questioning. The piece shifts to the brutal hanging of conspirators Col. Orton and Lt. Peter for murder, detailing the rapid court-martial and the execution at dawn, with vivid descriptions of the scene, the gallows, and the interment.
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Baird
Watkins
Kentucky Cavalry
Col. Watkins
Col. Baird
Gol Watkins
Hig ‘Tant
Col. Walkine
Col Dsind
Arront
W. G. Peter
Peter
Licus
Xeter
Havelock
Rosecrans
Seventy-Eighth
Alexander
Forrester
Sargoo
Kntucky Cavalry
Moss
Onty-Eighth
Sinoia Infantry
Newad
Lila
Preauers
Santen
Sither
Inky
Laurence Williams
Georgetown
D. G
Bean
Capt
Williams
Monterey
Acci
Guy
Winfield Scott
Gen. Led
Rappahannock
Brogi
Lawrence W. Orton
Cy. P.A
C.A
Provisional Army
Confederate States of America
Orton
Anton
Sapere
Orion
Gol. Watkins
Second United States Cavalry
Watkine
Walter G. Peter
Arary
Col. Orton
Europe
Col
Ool
Thoraine
Fronda
Alston
Cox
Nilma
Aleto
Pald
Stern
Col. Alston
Baing
A Detroit Lawyer's Counsel on Confidence and Brains
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a wise lawyer advising a young attorney that confidence may fade with time, but true brains matter. he jokes the young man should avoid a risky move like buying a pickax and long-handed shovel. The piece ends with a Fall River tragedy about a swallowed toy balloon killing a child.
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Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Chinese in Havana and the Mon Jinus Arrival
The article notes a large Chinese population in Havana formed by imported coolies under eight year contracts. After term completion, many moved to cities, forming districts with Monjinus. It describes wealth, hard work, and struggle for basic food, plus Chinese youths adopting Cuban urban life and fashion amid a cosmopolitan scene dominated by narrow streets, salons, and a lively theater culture.
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Havana
How Carthage Appears Today in a Foreign Letter
The article recalls a visit to Carthage, noting the paradox of approaching a vanished capital by rail. It describes Father Bresson at St Louis chapel, the ruined Temple of Iscalapius, the palace of Dido, Jupiter’s temple ruins, slingstones, Adrian’s aqueduct, Regulus’s last battle site, the Carthaginian circus, and the Punic elite quarter with the Vis Calestis, theater remains, harbor fort, and a Gothic arch reservoir over a Venetian canal.
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Carthage
New York
Rome
Damascus
Father Bresson
St. Louis
France
Lsculapius
Dido
Jupiter
Bannibal
Adrian
Regulus
Martyra
Marvels of Runners and a Train Law
The article surveys feats of endurance by Orientals and Persian couriers, noting Teheran to Ispahan runs and a chariot challenge that ends in tragedy. It cites Ohio Supreme Court rulings on railroad ejectees, holding the railroad must protect passengers and is not liable if the drunk passenger is injured after ejection.
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Wennesnas
Jaw L. Q
Senate
House
Menominee
Menominee Trou Range
Delrosky
Estilo Creek
Ioscumamon County
Bouse
Cheney
Chicago and Lake Hargo
Escarsba
Delta County
Edward PF Lott
Filnt
Eant Saginew
Hopcommon County
Fatpax
RenaTe
Rille Pareo
Michigan
Oceana County
Pou Manufacturing
Cairo
Pyramids
Teheran
Ispahan
Shatir
Supreme Court of Ohio
Tom
Union
Republic
Egypt
Marriages and elopements across scenes of love and fate
Dying wishes and wedding tales span cities from San Francisco to Denver. A San Francisco millionaire seeks to witness his daughter’s marriage at his bedside. another dies urging his daughter to break her engagement. In Detroit a Count pursues wealth after marrying the bride’s money. A Pittsburgh sleeping-car section leads to Harrisburg nuptials with a cleric aboard. A rustic Washington meeting ends in a rushed ceremony aided by an oyster seller. Miss Locke wed a supposed wealthy Christian in Denver only to learn he is a horse thief and part ways. Miss Ruggan’s Texas wedding ends with tragedy after a lover’s note.
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Christ
Dr. Watts
Christ Jesus
Lot
Cromwell
Jesus
Parente
Rev
T. L. , Cuyler
Independent
Matthew Crooks
San Francisco
Hayden
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Washington
Locke
Aiken
Denver
Col
The Ways of Trade in a Dinner Family Row
Young importer Hyson returns home to a quarrel over Lanterns bought from Veneer on Washington Street. Mrs Hyson defends a small purchase of lanterns at 31 each while Hyson laments shipping 4000 lanterns in the Mandarin, noting only 100 sold for 15 dollars. Commercial Bulletin.
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Massachusetts
State Board of Agriculture
Jabez Fisher
Fitchburg
Paris
Nicana
Hyson
Harry
Boston
Commercial Bulletin
Fragmented historical scraps from a 19th century page
The text compiles jumbled excerpts about misheard words, a dropped high feather reference, jokes, and verses. It includes anecdotes about a conductor and his wife, charity irony, a Minot School flogging, and Thoreau era humor. It reflects a chaotic collage of advertisements, poems, and stray dialogues.
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Mae
Rte
Rere Pinot
Aneton
Fen
Liberty and Union
Jonzvin
Marshall
Calhoun County
Ich
Lieut
Clark
Nashville American
R.A. Alston
Atlanta
Edward Cox
South
Theodosia
Aston Burt
Mades
Alstons
Whan
Wees
Bob Alston
Gordon
Georgia
Alaton
Gen. Gordon
Walters
Howard
Capitol
Gov
Colquitt
Capitol l
Prof. Moore
Arcio
Cliver Johnsen
Ttia
Dulga
Frank H Taylor
Harper's Magazine
Sprit
Idl
Executive Department
Congress
Cca
Charlevoix
Emmett
Upper Peninsula
Insu
Kalamazoo
Moxpar
Saginaw County
Torspat
SexaTs
Church
Literary Socistica
Mutual
Fird Tneurance Company
Penis
iNtadala
Lenawee
Jackson
Ingham
Shinwassee
Livingston
Geneseo
Macomb Sum St Clair
Washtenaw Ant Mourve
Sanilac
Hurau
Tuscola
Rilla
Coldwater
State Land Office
Ohecy
Superannuated Aid Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
John Ericsson
Col. W. C.church
Ericason
Monitor
John
Erics
Sweden
Togla
Crusoe
John Erliagon
Count Platen
Gotha Ship Canal
Brieves
Swedish Corps of Mechanical Engineers
Ativelienr
Leveler
Grand Canal
Baltic
North Sea
Ericsson
Fall River
Axornious
Tee
Disraeli
Martin
Joan Bux
Almerica
Siam
Yonkera Gazette
Botey Gort
New York Graphic
Creedmoors
Fred
Golagy
Loularilie CourierJournal
Minot
Neponset
Bumbib Ronsta
Jobo
Coli
Donn
H. D. Theresa
Boston Herald
K. W. Emerson
Emerson
Mrs. Emerson
Thoreau
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