Brave Sailor Jouett Leads Bold Rescue Aboard Santee
A historical account recalls Lieutenant James E. Jouett commanding a volunteer party to sail from the Santee and destroy two Confederate vessels General Rusk and Royal Yacht in Galveston harbor on November 7, 1861. Despite wounds and heavy odds, Jouett redirects, captures the schooner, and returns to the Santee with prisoners as Carter and others endure intense fire and pursuit.
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Royal Yacht
New York Herald
Jim Jonell
Santee
Galveston
Texas
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Jouett
Carter
Mitchell
Attaox
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Bell
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Painter
Cnvil
Mr. Carter
Jonet
Jouell
Cuwler
Carter Tun
Jonett
Navy Department
William Carter
W. C. Adams
New York
The Battle at the Heights and the Retreat
An eyewitness account describes brutal combat as Union and Confederate forces clash at the heights. Armistead’s brigade surges forward while casualties rise and leaders fall, then a Federal flank pressures a retreat toward Confederate lines.
Remarkable Escape of Lieutenant Spence from Nashville Prison
J W A Wright recalls the bold daylight escape of Lieutenant Spence from the Nashville provost marshal's office in January 1863. Spence, using a civilian disguise, slipped past guards as officers marched to record names, vanished on the street and was never seen again by the prisoners.
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J. W. A. Wright
Hawkins
Spence
Nashville
James K. Polk
Veteran Corps
Biographical sketch of Brigadier General Henry R. Jackson
Henry R. Jackson born 1820 in Savannah Georgia. Yale graduate 1839. Admitted to Georgia bar 1840 and served as U S District Attorney. Commanded a Georgia regiment in the Mexican War. Judge of the Supreme Court Eastern District of Georgia 1849 and Minister to Austria 1853. Later Georgia Supreme Court judge 1860 and Confederate General captured 1864 imprisoned at Fort Warren.
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Irvin McDowell
San Francisco
Franklin County
Ohio
West Point
Bull Run
Washington
Henry R. Jackson
Savannah
Yale College
Columbus
United States
Georgia
Supreme Court
Austria
Supreme Court of
Fort Warren
General Jackson on the Manassas Field A Vivid Reminiscence
Thomas M. Boyd recounts his lone field sighting of General Stonewall Jackson at Manassas Hill near Henry House. Jackson, pale with blazing eyes, urged Bayl or to use bayonet tactics and inspired troops as Federal troops faltered. He was wounded at the bridge hand yet refused aid prioritizing wounded soldiers.
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Stonewall Jackson
Thomas M. Boyd
Henry House
Manassas
Baylor
Augusta County
Bee
Jackson
Beauregard
Imboden
Sugge
Hinelf
Women and Their Fragile Health in Society
The Cincinnati Engwirer critiques women as overly introspective and emotionally sensitive. It blames schooling, fashion, and social life for weak constitutions, urging exercise, proper diet, and restraint to prevent morbid degeneracy and misdiagnosis.
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Zephyr
Iesun
Cincinnati
Cement the Cellar as Malaria Cure Claims
A correspondent argues damp underground cellars breed malaria due to trapped gases and moisture. He promotes cement sealing with water lime and sand mix as a cheap fix, noting two coats and simple tools suffice. The piece ends with a bizarre note about a Swiss schoolmaster using an electric whip.
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S’estern Rural
Grand Union Hotel Promotes Value for NYC Travelers
The notice touts the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot with 618 rooms, costing about one million dollars to fit, and daily rates from $1. It highlights baggage and carriage services, European law elevator and restaurant, and access via horse cars, stages, and elevated rail to all depots. Families are urged that they can live better there for less than other first class hotels in the city.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Lord Randolph Churchill and the Robe of State
London Truth reports the robe of state worn by Lord Randolph Churchill at the pricking of the Sheriffs. The gilded garment costs about £1000 and is normally used twice yearly by a Chancellor of the Exchequer. Custom dictates the robe passes to successors with payments recouped. Disraeli refused to sell his robe to Gladstone, necessitating a new robe with skirt length adjusted for Harcourt or Randolph.
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Lord Randolph Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Disraeli
Gladstone
Sir William Harcourt
Lord Randolph
London
Dr. Pierce tonics praised for women chronic weaknesses
The notice extols Dr. Sage and Dr. Pierce remedies for worn out teachers and overworked women, claiming Favorite Prescription restores strength, with price and order details. It also cites other cures and humorous asides, ending with a Vermont female voters note about property ownership.
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Womp
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Main Street
Buffalo
N.Y
Promising Stomach Bitters Positively Boosts Health
The advertisement promotes Hoster’s Stomach Bitters as a blood purifier tonic and alterative. It claims to aid digestion and appetite, purify the blood, strengthen nerves, restore vigor, and arrest chronic decay by removing prime disease causes. The snippet then shifts to a courtroom exchange about hanging and damages.
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Iran
Brave Chemical
Haltinore
Great Oser Ad Offers Home Work Profit Promises
A solicitation from Hallett & Co. of Portland Maine urges readers to mail for free information about at home work. It claims earnings from five to twenty five dollars and up daily with some over fifty dollars daily, no capital needed, all ages and both sexes welcomed, and immediate start promised.
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Hallett & Co
Portland
Maine
Light and darkness reach at extreme atmospheric and ocean depths
The text states if the atmosphere stretched to 700 miles the sun’s rays would not penetrate and we’d be in darkness, while at 700 feet underwater light ceases with seven feet of water absorbing half the light. It also notes medical remedies and lighthearted quotes from various sources.
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Omaha
Ocean
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