Courageous Molly Atkins Uses Revolver To Escape With Captured Union Officer
In 1883 near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Molly Atkins a young country girl masquerading as a farm trader infiltrates Tullahoma to gather military intelligence. She seizes a revolver, confronts Captain Robbins of the general staff, and guides him toward Confederate lines before outwitting pursuers and escaping with guards.
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Army of the Cumberland
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Tullahoma
Bragg
Tennessee
Molly Atkins
General Bragg
Molly
Msobey
Aid
Murfreesboro Road
Moly
Robbins
General Staff
Robbina
Molly at the Tullahoma Campaign Mission
A narrated wartime episode follows Molly guiding a captured prisoner through dust and danger to reach a German-speaking picket and report to the general. Her success aids a bloodless, yet trying, advance in the Tullahoma campaign.
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Molly
Tullahoma
Bonnet and Reticule Match for Elegant Dress
The article notes how afternoon wear pairs a graceful reticule with a frock and hat. It describes violet and rose pink shades with dull gold highlights, ivory white voile frock, chiffon trim, and gloves with violet and rose embroidery, matching a dressy hat.
Impudent Question Delays Diner Call
Rivers answers a caller with a comically long false name then resumes dinner, unaware that the prankster complains to central about receiving the wrong number. The scene captures a humorous misunderstanding in a Chicago Tribune excerpt.
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Rivers
Driner
Don Hippolito Lopez Pomposo Antonio Ricardo Doloreso
Central
Chicago Tribune
Towser Not In Parlor Sparks Quiet Exchange
The passage shows a domestic moment as a daughter and her beau discuss Towser’s absence in the parlor while a mother from the next room questions Towser’s presence, prompting a pause in conversation at the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Towser
Vary the Horse Ration For Appetite Loss
If a working horse loses appetite avoid alarm. It may be due to a 100 monotony in ration. First change the diet, and if there is no quick improvement give a purgative and a tablespoonful of aniseed. Aniseed acts as a tonic by soothing the stomach and stimulating hunger.
English Wit's Burnished Edge in Brookfield Stage Censorship
The New York Evening Post recalls Charles Brookfield London's assistant examiner of plays famed as a wit. It recounts Windham’s Garrick allusion and Brookfield’s sharp retorts about actors out of work, including Grossmith, amid private parlor performances and clubroom banter.
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Charles BE
Brookfeld
London
George Windham
Windham
David Garrick
Garrick
Brookfield
George Grossmith
New York Evening Post
Little Surprises from a Chicago Tribune Column
A sequence of quirky exchanges from a Chicago Trib une item includes a lost rope of pearls not requiring a reward, a baby overheated at home, a church board raise with vacation for a staffer, seating shifts at a play, a resignation from a bid for office, and an unpaid cook trial. The tone blends social anecdotes and light workplace observations.
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Chicago Tribune
Enlightening the Court in a Rural Hearing
A humorous exchange shows a witness refusing to plainly state his occupation. The witness replies he works as a weather predictor in summer when not fishing, sometimes killing alligators, selling rattlesnake buttons, or attending campaign barbecues and voting.
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Atlanta Constitution
Spiders on Chalkboard and Benches at Chrystal Lesson
Professor Chrystal demonstrated applied mathematics with chalk webs on the board. A marble rolled from the top to bench 41 as students giggled. He counted each bump and then asked the student at bench 41 to stand, noting the marble’s descent.
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J. M. Barrie
Chrystal
Strand
London Globe
Women’s Secrets Revealed in Gossip Row
A fragment from the New York Mail shows a triadic exchange about a private secret. The speakers quibble over who told whom and promise not to reveal confidences in a terse social note.
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New York Mail
Only One He Knew
A Houston Post quotation notes a married woman married to a genius and offers a dinner invitation to meet the man. The fragment suggests a social anecdote about literary or artistic circles and personal connections.
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Houston Post
Alpine Chauf eur Survives Snowslide Tale
A humorous exchange features Mr. Pumper recalling a thrill in the Alps. He says he served as the chaufeur of a snowslide during an alpine incident, as quoted with Miss Plumper in the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Alps
Pumper
His Busy Pen and the Constant Header Mystery
A light exchange in Yonkers Statesman notes Wright questions a writer’s role in signed communications. The quip centers on who authored pieces under the Constant Header label and implies a prolific yet anonymous newsroom legacy.
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Wright
Yonkers Statesman
Fragmentary note hints at family and insurance matters
A garbled line speaks of children and efforts, mentions wife insurance and luck, suggesting a personal family note or casual reminiscence with unclear context.
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Mac
Points for Mothers Points for Mothers The Home Play Hour
A home craft guide suggests vegetable furniture activities for children. It details making tables and sofas from carrot slices and match sticks, shaping moss from lentils into apples, butterflies, stars, and circles, and ends with baking day delights.
Swimming Without Water Teaching in German Schools
German schools teach swimming without water by suspending pupils from an overhead rail with belts while ropes attach to their feet. This method trains breaststroke motions, reducing fear of a ducking and making the movements instinctive before entering the pool.
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Germany
Chewing Gum for Children Aids Clean Mouth
Dr La Grand Kerr argues in American Medicine that maintaining oral cleanliness is crucial to prevent secondary infections in children from infectious diseases. He suggests chewing gum as an easy and effective aid despite children's resistance to cleansing.
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la Grand Kerr
Return of Letters and Gifts Ends Courtship Tangle
The woman sent back all letters and gifts from their courtship. He retaliated by sending six boxes of face powder with a note about carrying that much away on his goat collar.
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New York Mail
A Candid Conclusion on Canal and Railway Surveys
A Washington expert notes that Nature is a magnificent scenic artist yet a mighty civil engineer summarizing views from canal and railway survey observations.
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Washington Pte
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George Arnold Welsh
Louisville Courier-Journal
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