Mosby Captures Stoughton and Delivers Hair Token
Colonel Mosby and twenty troopers capture General Stoughton at his camp after midnight. Lincoln jokes about losing horses. Mosby later meets a Dutch woman and sends a lock of hair to the White House with instructions to tell Lincoln that Mosby sent it.
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John & Mosby
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Fairfax
Boston
Lee
Hooker
Colonel Mosby
Osby
Stoughton
Lincoln's Ball Sent By Woman To Col Mosby
A fragmentary account recalls Colonel Mosby receiving a newspaper strap from a roadside cottage old woman who claimed a Lincoln's ball would arrive via Youth's Companion through a messenger.
Mark Twain Home Stands As Beacon Of Hospitality
The Hartford residence of Samuel Clemens, famed as Mark Twain, drew writers and dignitaries who praised Mrs. Clemens for her grace and intellect. William Dean Howells lauded her as a beautiful soul and a woman of remarkable power, making the home a hub of refined visitors and literary exchange.
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Twain
Mrs. Clemens
America
William Dean Howells
Clemens
Hartford
Mark Twain
Domestic Strategy. Suspend
A fragmentary dialogue describes a wife uncertain to leave and a husband urging action. The wife exits to her room for half an hour while the husband continues his tasks, implying a tense domestic scene with a plan in progress.
Argentina could feed 100 million if temperate regions expand
The author argues Argentina, with similar land quality to North American or European lands, could easily support 100 million people if most of its territory lies in temperate zones. Small areas would remain outside the temperate climate, limiting growth.
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Argentina
North America
Europe
The Darkest Cloud and Its Silver Linings Exchange
The optimist and pessimist debate a dark cloud in a brief exchange. One asserts a silver lining while the other counters that it is still a dark cloud. An authorial note attributes the line to Erchange.
Billy Fellow and the witty quip in urban papers
The Philadelphia Record notes a masculine line about happiness by Billy Fellow, while the Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a joke about a wife planning “an eight room house with 132 closets” as a playful observation on domestic life.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Ireland Through Geography and History from the National Geographic
The National Geographic Society Bulletin sketches Ireland's withdrawal from cultivation, potato origins tied to Sir Walter Raleigh, and landscape features from McGillicuddy Reeks to bogs. It covers canals, coal, wool, linen, whisky, shipbuilding in Belfast, fisheries, climate, Torr Head to Scotland, and the Giant's Causeway.
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Ireland
Penu
Walter Raleigh
North Carolina
Cork
Europe
Killarney
Ed Kingdom
Dublin
Belfast
Equally Effective in a Quip About Servants
A Birmingham Age-Herald quote has a mother declaring her daughter needs three servants, while the suitor promises to prove she can exist with only one. The exchange underscores a witty take on provisioning and proving sufficiency.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Locating the Blame in the Meter Mystery
A father questions a sudden gas bill rise while speaking with his daughter’s young man. The young man suggests a faulty meter, a cause the father accepts as plausible in their London Telegraph dialogue tone.
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London Telegraph
The Elect and Nonelect in Heary Ward Sgecher
A fragment quotes a phrase about the elect and nonelect attributed to Heary Ward Sgecher. The readable text focuses on a theological or philosophical distinction without further context or events.
A Plea for Fewer Studies and Longer Times Devoted
John J Chapman argues in Atlantic Monthly that American education suffers from too many subjects per day. Depth and mastery come from focused study, not breadth, with time for Latin, handwriting, arithmetic, history, or philosophy. He cites Yale critic Frederick Mather and suggests one well taught subject yields world class graduates.
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Alf'useneas
Frederick Mather
Yale
Ita
John J Chapman
Atlantic Monthly
Garrick and Gainsborough Duel Over Likeness Wager
An art tale recounts David Garrick challenging Thomas Gainsborough who claimed he could capture any face. After four sittings the painter is incensed by the likeness and Garrick declares victory, praising his own expression as the most honest. Separately a farm tip explains testing a dead spark plug by using a wooden-handled hammer to avoid shocks.
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Gainsborough
David Garrick
Bibliothek der Unterhaltung Und Wissens
Borough
Garrick
James Atchersom
Imprisoned by Her Tongue Zulu Women's Speech Dialect
A Christian Herald excerpt describes two Bible translations for Zou Lus and other aboriginal people, noting Zulu law forces a married woman to sever ties with her husband’s male relatives and forbids naming them, creating a distinct dialect among Zulu women.
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Christian Herald
Regions Most Prone To Earthquakes And Safer Areas
The New York American lists Japan and parts of the Americas as highly quake prone while Russia Canada Scandi ind iaia and Africa are least affected. It notes the United States and Australia are largely unshaken with few local exceptions. A humorous Baltimore American exchange about a wife on hunger strike ends with a punchline about the husband going hungry.
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Traly
Japan
Pacific
South America
Java
Sicily
Asia Minor
Russia
Canada
Scandi Indiaia
Africa
United States
Australia
New York American
Baltimore American
Randall and Rogers Share Enduring Married Life
In a light exchange from Life magazine, Randall affirms lasting affection for her husband after twenty five years of marriage while Rogers notes she also annoys him in other ways.
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Randall
Rogers
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Trenura
Billy Fellow
Philadelphia
Newberg Feed & Seed Company
John Gower Fener
Oregon
State of
Maine
Northwest
Portland
United States National Bank
Spaulding
C. K. Spaulding
Logging Company
Lone Fir Dairy
Dairy and Food Commissioner
R. B. Lyle
J. L. van Blaricom
Rexall
Lowney
Lynn B. Ferguson
First St
Tal
Newberg, Oregon
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