Lincoln’s Joke Points to General Lee for Harper’s Ferry Blame
The Saturday Evening Post recounts how Lincoln sought who was responsible for Harper’s Ferry. After hearing from Halleck Milroy Schenck and Hooker, Lincoln declares General Lee the culprit with a twinkle, leaving the four generals humorlessly puzzled and determined not to be blamed again.
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Lincoln
Lee
Harper's Ferry
Halleck
Schenck
Milroy
Saturday Evening Post
Two Minds Changer in Lancashire Courtship Tale
A Lancashire village pair long courtship ends in a comic ruse. The man pretends to marry, then refuses at the altar, claiming he changed his mind. the woman reveals she too has altered her mind, leading to a humorous wedding twist.
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Lancashire
Sali
Will
There Was Sorrow There.
A colonial rider halts before a Dakota dugout and asks for food water and directions. A sixteen year old girl, wary and blunt, explains the family is in misery with a dry spring, a drunk father, toothache mother, a sick brother, and a recent tragedy as a go shot by an Indian. She warns him to ride in and stop asking.
Bright Side of Ft Jack Moment of Rebuff to Cholly
The scene centers on Cholly who laments a proposal rejection as Jack and others console him. The dialogue turns playful with a joke about making the woman happy by kissing her nose, reflecting lighthearted domestic humor.
Miner in Boiler Cabin Fends Off Bear and Rattlesnake
Jake Adrieh, a Diamond Springs prospector in Dorado county, slept in an old boiler to escape rain, but a bear and rattlesnake invaded his improvised den. He shot the rattlesnake and killed the bear with a revolver, securing a perilous escape.
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Jake Adrieh
Jake
Diamond Springs
Dorado County
Tts
Antiyv
Wes
Jear
Brain
Take
Bruin
Clock that haunted a doctor’s quest in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia doctor hunted a personal clock through New England and the mid-Atlantic, using a snuff box to revive a dying patient when medicine failed. The clock owed its origin to the doctor’s birth hour, and he later received the grateful clock as a gift from a grateful patient.
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Philadelphia
New England
Delaware
Maryland
Grate Lander
New Method Detects Steamer Propeller Noise From Shore
A novel approach uses submerged transducers on land connected to a receiver on a second ship to locate a distant steamship by the loudest sound direction. The apparatus acts as a directional acoustic locator to determine the compass point toward the target vessel.
Grand Mackinac Island Outing by D C Steamers
Visit Petoskey Mackinac region with grand summer resort at Mackinac Island. Round trip from Detroit to Toledo Cleveland costs about 15 plus meals and berths. Steamers offer electric light bathrooms and ample comfort, with daily trips linking Detroit Toledo Alpena Mackinac St Ignace Petoskey Chicago Marquette Duluth.
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Grea Lakes
Detroit
Toledo
Cleveland
Tri Mackinac
I Island
Alpena
Mack Bac
Bt. Ignace
Petoskey
Chicago
Marquette
Duluth
Putin Bay
D&c
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New York
Jack
Cholly
Eveachaw
Phonographs
Western Pennsylvania
W. E. Stieren Coo
Smithfield St
Pittsburg
Kyon JN
Bac-Ben Block
California
Oregon
Union Pacific
North-Western Cine
Boston
C. Traver
Smithfield Street
Chicago and North-Western Railway
J.W. Foltz
Clothier
E Main St
Massillon, O
Our
Vermont
Suances
Florence
Red Royal Blue Marble Quarries
Mieney
SNK
Severpetan
Sears, Roebuck & CO. (Inc
Ill
France
France Medical Institute
Canton
DR. Edson France
Sec’y
Franklin Ave
Colutribts
Chio
Urine. Org
Edson France
Columbus
Ohio
Pctoress
Miggeniag Island
Buffalo
Ity
Erie
United States
Mads S
Sil Eastern
Illustracead i
F. Merstan
General PagsensEa
Caquata
SILES
H.temason Chemical
Ooathe
UGK & CO
Sears, Roebusk & SO
Ghica
Sears, Roebuck & A Ag
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