The Field of Battle and the Gallant Boy in Gray
In a Civil War era reminiscence Corporal Jack is traced from brave acts to desertion and a fatal confrontation with guerrillas. His final burial notes him as dying in the line of duty, with readers cautioned on duty, death, and memory. The piece blends veteran tales with reflections on generals and the war era.
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Corporal Jack
Jack
Free Press
St. Nicholas
Thomas
William Mahone
Virginia
Chamberlain
Washington Post
Military Historical Society of
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Texas
New York
Marcy
Curing Brown of Skepticism
Brown, a relentless skeptic of omens and superstitions, becomes convinced by a dream of a newspaper clipping linked to a yacht collision. His friends uncover a self-created omen using a torn slip from a book, showing the dream mirrored a six month old newspaper fragment. Randall and Ferguson weigh whether to reveal the truth or let Brown absorb the lesson.
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Rown
Brown
Ferguson
Randall
Great Eastern Common
Verguson
Wall Street
Boston
Mhore
Sean
Old Brown
Forty-second Street
Evi
Great Eastern
Puget Sound
N. Y
Amusing Advertisements and Mis spelt Tales from Vienna to Edinburgh
A column recounts humorous classified ads such as a rich lady financing a medical student until his degree and a prince seeking a million-dollar dowry. It also notes a monkey and parrot buyer, wigs for intellectuals, a glove-spelled tincture mishap, and Sir Walter Scott style remarks on heat in London and Edinburgh.
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Vienna
Peruquier
Walter Scott
England
Scott
Sir Walter
Edinburgh
Rosin Bible Version From Jeremiah In Douai 1609
In 1609 at Douai the Holy Lamb shop published a Bible edition noted for its odd translation of a Jeremiah line using rosin. Modern readers recall it as the Rosin Bible with the text reading balm instead of rosin in the famous verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douai
France
Galaad
Giant maize varieties from Peru spark Secretary Morton hopes
Samples of a giant maize species named Zea amylacea reach the U S Department of Agriculture from Peru. The grain is four times larger than ordinary corn and highly starchy. Ten varieties exist with one suited for canning. The plant likely stems from ancient Mexican maize, with Maya, Inca, and early U S cultivation noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Department of Agriculture
Morton
North America
United States
Mexico
Tehuantepec
Peculiar Death Reported at Mount Eden Kansas
A man named Arch P. Brown died after a tick bite during wheat harvest. The tick head remained in his neck, causing inflammation and a malignant carbuncle that led to prolonged agony before death.
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Mount Eden
Kan
Arch P. Brown
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Robert
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Chicago
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Liza
Mary’s Hill
Jeff Davis
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Isaac Bassett
Capitol
Jeff
Bassett
Capt. Bassett
Hoar
Sherman
Ikind
Williams
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Tinksher
Mer
Hobson
Holmes
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Saffert
White House
Washington
Simpson
Telissier
Pelissier
John Adye
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