Seventy five miles an hour on a speeding rail tale
A first person reminiscence details a dramatic 75 mph run on the F and C railroad in the 1850s era panic period. The engineer Harry faces heavy grades, a hot engine, and a crucial midnight dash to reach C station by 12. Roberts, Aldrich, and the President figure in a tense plan to save the line and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adban Quachine
Aldrichy
Aldrich
Roberts
Harry
Sone
Saad Caasre
Canada
Roberta
Dreams and Foreshadowed Deaths In Civil War Tales
A series of wartime anecdotes recount dreams of battle outcomes and near misses. A Michigan soldier warned his regiment of heavy casualties and was killed soon after in Cedar Creek. Confederate scouts were captured after a sentry’s dream guided a patrol to the right log barn. Other dreams foretold captain injuries at Brandy Station and a near miss for a Union officer when a shell missed his group. The anecdotes illustrate how dreams reportedly influenced battlefield decisions and fates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ior Oaksa
New York
Third Michigan Infantry
Cedar Creek
Sheridan
Brandy Station
Ius
Tonas
Garth
Wats
Ohuo
McClellan
Yorktown
Aind
A Hint for the Girls About Wood Engraving
A wood-engraver explains why he hires men over women. He says men see engraving as lifelong work to secure fortune and family, while women, even if poor, may expect marriage and thus quit the trade early. The remark reflects gendered expectations shaping labor choices.
Common Seed Eating Birds and Modern Times
A lively note describes seed eating birds like the chipping sparrow the purple finch and the yellow bird with bright plumage. It blends natural observations with reflections on technological advances and a call to consider social changes such as slavery abolition and republican progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tfsen Jook
Chip
Ike Jenny Wren
Calfornia
The Escuriel Palace of the Kings of Spain
The Escuriel, begun by Philip II in 1562, cost 6,000,000 ducats. It forms a vast marble square with 14,000 doors and 11,000 windows and would take over four days to traverse its rooms across about 120 miles of internal passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escuriel
Spain
Philip II
Francisco de Los Santos
Fragmented text about pathways and change in a poetic fragment
The readable lines describe a shifting pathway and themes of change and doubt. It references elements like water, brook, and forsaken paths, with scattered names and phrases suggesting a stream of consciousness or poetic draft.
Pleasantiries and Wit Across a Garden of Aphorisms
A digest of humorous and pithy sayings from various sources. The piece relays quips about conversation, serenades, Plato and Socrates melons, English horses, coffee versus beer, a girl’s confidence, an artist and orange peels, and an Englishman Yankee exchange about national character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Plato
Socrates
Englash
England
Hento
Snopson
Binns
Boston
Washington Star
Heaton
I'm Resigned. A Village Band At The Departing Bed
A dying man in a village surrounded by friends asks for the village band to play under his window as a final request. He struggles to accept death but finds a quiet moment as the band plays and he whispers I’m res igned before his light goes out.
Railroad to Saratoga Springs The lake line planned
A railroad is to be built from Saratoga to Saratoga lake using a New York elevated style system. The line runs along the northern springs, avoids carriage roads, and will not disturb carriage riders. Fares are 5 cents to the springs and 10 cents to the lake. Rights of way and materials have been bought and paid for.
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Saratoga
Saratoga Lake
New York Elevated
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Harold
Young
West
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Milita
Aldmeh
London
de Launay
Paris
Itan
Larimay
Ain
de Titinay
South America
South American
Milwaukee Nene
Queen Victoria
United States
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Iss Amit
Pleasantiries
Conway
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