Quips and quirks of notable figures in historical vignettes
A collage of anecdotes features George Washington's humorous exchange with Mehetabel Sherman, Moltke in a Zurich attic, Sir John Lade’s naked bet, and Lord Leighton's witty reply about his name. Other scenes include Daniel Webster, Tazewell, and Jackson’s Navy secretary debating river crossings, plus a bear encounter sparked by brandy and fire.
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General Washington
Roger Sherman
Mehetabel
Gin
Carlyles
Cloyne Row
Sar Ogsti
Matthew Arnola
Cornwell
Arnold
Cholmondeley
Pickaback
John
Lord Leighton
James McGarel-Hogg
Lord Magintorumone
James McGarel-Hogey
Moltke
Zurich
Wiliter
House Committee
A. T. Stewart & Co
Stewart
Louis Lang
Daniel Webster
Tazewell
Gen. Jackson
Webster
Daniel
Branch
Donal
Wille
Chicago
George Affolter
the Record
Uke
Too Crowded Mrs. Dawson Reconsiders Cook Applicant
In Pittsburg News, a busy household discussion reveals Mrs. Frazier’s candidate was praised as a first rate cook but the Dawsons decline due to limited space for a piano, bicycle, and sewing machine.
Encouragement and rebuke in a tense exchange
A tense dialogue centers on Miss Gotrox and Maud as one character accuses another of false encouragement. The dispute touches pride and financial worth, with claims of a personal fortune and dignity under pressure.
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Miss Gotrox
Maud
Six Great Powers of Europe and the Cretan Question
The article reviews Russia England France Germany Italy and Austria as Europe’s six great powers. It argues they maintain large armies to preserve a fixed balance and prevent Greek or Crete upheaval that could upset Mediterranean trade and Ottoman control. It notes monarchs and presidents and the bloc’s cautious, often secretive diplomacy.
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Aarkable
Crete
Greece
Russia
England
France
Germany
Italy
Austria
Europe
Turkey
Egypt
Mediterranean
Wilhelm
Nicholas
Czar
Francis Joseph
Umberto
Francois Felix Faure
One of the oldest ships True Love afloat as coal hulk
The Philadelphia built bark True Love of 1764 was found to be still afloat as a coal hulk in English waters at Gravesend and Rochester after a collision with the Gravesend. At 296 tons and 96 feet 8 inches long she is cited as the oldest ship of her era still active in trade, having sailed from Philadelphia in 1765 and later serving in London before sale and conversion.
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Swinburn
Christina Rossetti
Mr. Gosse
Istina G. Ros
True Love
Philadelphia
Maritime Exchange
Schower
Rue Loye
Delaware
Hamburg- American Packet Company
Ennsylvania
Commerce
White Star
Ivigut
Greenland
Thomas Nathaniel
B. Crowley
Lloyds
London
Hull
England
G. Dahl
John 8. Ward
Philadelphia Press
Would Not Hold Still Pictures Defy Amateur Photographer Claims
An anecdote recounts amateur excuses for failed photos at Bunker Hill Monument. A photographer says he tried to capture an instantaneous view but the monument seemed to move as he exposed the plate, challenging his claim of success.
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Affolter
Attolter
Bunker Hill Monument
Deaf Mutes Ball in New York Plays Loud Music
A New York society of deaf mutes held its annual ball with louder music to create vibrations that help attendees keep time with the music. The event followed typical ball traditions, adapted for deaf participants.
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Music For
New York
Love and crises echo in tales of turbulent unions
An aphoristic note compares common love affairs to the long and troubled rule of the Sultan of Turkey, suggesting frequent crises and turmoil within intimate partnerships.
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Turkey
Brave officer's Libby prison escape and New Hope Church ordeal
A veteran recounts a Libby prison tale of Capt. Ebenezer Gordon, an Indiana officer wounded at Chicamauga who survived with his arm broken, then escaped through the Carolinas to rejoin Union forces. Separate vignette describes a Union Colonel's New Hope Church battle ordeal in May 1864 and General Sumner praising the Irish Brigade at Fair Oaks.
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Meade
Acker Post
St.aal
Minn
Libby Prison
Chicamauga
Tie
Indiana
Libby
Columbia
Carolinas
Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Phat
Ebenezer Gordon
New Hope Church
Nancock
Howard
Tammany
Hancock
Second Corps
Iish
Fair Oaks
Virginia
Sumner
Pair Oaks
Edward Field
Fourth Artillery
The War Death Toll and Enlistment Figures
The report cites 2000 plus Civil War skirmishes with heavy losses on both sides. It lists total killed wounded and missing in major engagements such as Gettysburg 54 000 and Vicksburg campaigns. Also notes 3 000 000 enlisted and adds prisoners of war deserters and unknowns to death toll. A labor church conversion in Leek England follows with a Quaker meetinghouse repurposed.
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Shiloh
Antietam
Stone River
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
McClellan
Peninsula Camp
Grants Peninsula Campaig
Sherman
North
Leek
Staffordshire
England
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Nevada
Kent
Edmund Gosse
New Forest
Faure
Nici
Olas
Duper TE
Ranz Jose
Yvaah
Old Orchard Hill
Heaven
Chicago Times-Herald
Robert M'Intyre
Wotal
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