Cocktails, Politics and a Duel at the Veranda
The excerpt recounts Colonel Bunker and General Bob Taylor during a postwar discussion over cocktails. Taylor boasts of a Civil War charge while Bunker disputes credit, leading to insults and a proposed duel that is averted when a misread insult about a Confederate officer and a political plan surface. The tale frames drinking as a tool in southern politics and memory.
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C. BR. Lewis
Colonel Bunker
Bob Paylor
Kuroel
Dob
Delailias
Ruusel
Bob Taylor
Hemajah
Gaines Mill
Kurnel
Cnaiwh
Tus T Boron
Ledettat
Wien
Chancellorsyttle
Sul
Bunker
Polk
Magali Bob
MaJan
Sui
Unuttar M. Quad
Eccentric Dine Binod and Potsdam Milk Oddity
In a New York Weekly snippet Mrs Highstuyn-Do and Mrs Waryupp discuss a curious rumor about Emperor William drying milk from his Potsdam farm and selling it in Berlin by wagon. They reference family memory, noting that such acts were once common in their era.
Advance of Science: surgeon cites fee of five thousand
A Baltimore American excerpt quotes an eminent expert stating a surgical operation would cost 5000 dollars, prompting the patient to exclaim at the high price. The reply notes a historical contrast with royal executioners who charged far less, under ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Vandable Ambition and Reform of a Wicked Man
A New York Journal item depicts a character asking for a serious purpose and expresses a desire to find a wicked man to reform him, framed as a theatrical or moral inquiry into virtue and reform.
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Warry
New York Journal
Farewell to Aarons and Other Reedings in Winter
Fragmentary verse laments fading nature and departed companions with imagery of withered ferns and bare hills. The speaker, though weather turns harsh, claims inner gladness and a nostalgic, resilient tone amid lost associations and changing seasons.
Quick Card Duel Hero Saves Tie Jiu From Death
An old frontier tale recalls Big Jim Robinson at a California card table during the gold rush. With three opponents sharp as cards, Robinson loosens his grip on a hidden derringer and kills two men from his chair, then guns down the third in a rapid, defensive burst. His measured shot saved his own life as danger flashed, leaving behind a legend of sudden fame.
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California
Frederringer
Big Jim' Robinson
Robinson
Rolinso
Holinson
Howeve
Jock Seomed
Fine
Lins
Wiselair
Ings
Taleinson
Wasseon
le Big
Wan
Hsaie
Washington
Tornado Safety Advice From Observations
The piece explains that warnings appear to observant residents before a tornado. It notes signs like dark clouds and still air, advises moving to the right, and declares underground shelter as safest. It contrasts brick or stone houses with wooden ones, and urges underground refuges reinforced for protection.
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Sud
Tormado
The Love of Mothers Across Species
A San Francisco Bulletin excerpt discusses how maternal instinct fades in animals after offspring gain independence, contrasting with human maternal love which it claims endures and deepens as children mature and moral character changes, citing a blunt comparison about a “stone black sheep” as the best belived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Engagement Dilemma in Small Town Gossip
In a local exchange, Henry announces his engagement to Sally Jenks, while Jimmy congratulates him. Sally Jenks is also confirmed to be engaged to Henry by another party, sparking a conflicting mutual engagement claim and town chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Sally Jenks
Henry
Sally
Trizhiler Considered More Trouble Than Worth
Los Angeles Herald notes that Ithy Worth and Naggsby view Trizhiler as more trouble than he is worth. Waggsby counters that he has not been troublesome, reflecting local discourse on the figure’s influence.
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Ithy Worth
Naggsby
Trizhiler
Waggsby
Los Angeles Herald
Heart Cure, Nervine and Pain Pills Featured in Mrs Hurd Testimony
Mrs C D Hurd of Muscatine Iowa tells how LaGrippe and nerve trouble caused sleeplessness headaches and breathlessness. She credits Dr Miles remedies for relief and notes her son improved after Pearl Cure Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills. She praises Anti Pain Pills and asks others to send for a free back of Nervous and Heart Diseases.
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C. D. Hurd
Third St
Muscatne
Yowa
Miles
Philippines
Ahee
Huilalo
Mies
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
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Scientific American
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Champ Clark
Edward Everett Hale
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Joseph H. Choate
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William M. Vart
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Neopy
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