Race to New Orleans and the Mississippi River Obstruction
The Confederate fleet faces heavy Union and British patrols as it approaches New Orleans. Farragut’s squadron, aided by armor and ironclad defenses, confronts Fort Jackson and Port Hudson, with forts mounting 192 guns and a chain blockade hindering passage. A night escape attempts to breach the channel precede a dangerous river approach.
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sMopsright
G L. Kilmer
Oudih
Mona
Fort Jachson
Port Philp
Farmagat
Tarmignt
Dort Jackson
Cades
Farragut
Theodorus Bailey
Fort Jackson
Hartford
Bailey
Fort Philip
Varuna
Oneida
Brooklyn
Farrasut
Hertford
Farracut
Gartford
Denisions
Fort Philp
Louisiana
Brooklin
Manassas
Saime
Fortieth Anniversary War Story of Farragut at New Orleans
A retrospective narrative recalls Farragut’s nighttime flotilla assault on the Mississippi frontier, the Brooklyn and Hartford engaging Fort Jackson and Fort Philip, the climactic burning of the Louisiana, and the formal capitulation at New Orleans with Commodore Porter overseeing the surrender aboard the Harriet Lane. Confederate losses and the heroics of officers endure in this vivid Civil War account.
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New Orleans
Porter
Fort Jackson
Genera Duncan
Farragut
Duncan
Harriet Lance
Fort Sumter
Wainwright
Harriet Lane
Louisiana
Moore
Beverly Renvon
United States Navy
Farra- Atlas
Ieonge
Kilmer
Dolis and Dolls Through Ages and Regions
The excerpt traces dolis from post empire home manufacture to medieval joints in the Netherlands. It notes these jointed wooden dolls reached England and colonial America as “landers babies,” reflecting their spread across Europe and the Atlantic world.
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Ivers
Which He Did Excerpt Sparks Colorful Exchange
A man declares he will make somebody smart for this as he accuses Lessie of kicking a hat on the sidewalk. He limps homeward and harshly scolds his wife for not having dinner ready in a terse, domestic scene.
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Lessie
Fragmentary note on secret encouragement in papers
A garbled OCR fragment hints at someone named Patrice and a group of girls, suggesting an announcement of encouragement in newspapers. The text is incomplete and reads like a social chatter piece with names and a claimed secret.
Thieves Market and Cold Baths Threads in City Life
A City of Mexico letter outlines a thieves market near the National Palace where stolen goods from household items to art objects are sold openly. The market operates as a city institution with a vast range of plunder traded for cash or commissions, drawing buyers from Mexico and abroad amid curious items like rare books and antique swords. A separate note by Emma F. Walker, M D advises on morning cold baths and morning hygiene, urging brief exposure, possible sponge routines, and warm night baths for cleansing and rest.
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Mexico
National Palace
Nga
United States
Maxmallian
Ian
Watteau
Cortes
City of Mexico
New York Times
Emma F. Walker
M. D
Ladies” Home Journal
A Little Too Late
A Scotch parish minister urges an aged couple to become teetothers. They agree, hoping to keep a bottle of Auld Kirk for medicine. After two weeks the man weakens, and soon he asks his wife for a drink, but she refuses, saying none is left and pain fills his head.
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Jenny
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for recovery
Miss Katie P Juxeras of New Salem Michigan writes to Mrs Proenam praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash. She suffered six years with falling of the womb and ovarian trouble and intense pain but regained health after several months of use and offers her letter for others' benefit.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Proenam
Katie P. Juxeras
New Salem
Mich
Deak Mra. Pryxaan
Mrs. Eris Lox
Pearl St. Bridgeton
N. J
Mas
Prxxuaut
M. W. Maurer
Gulfport, Miss
W. P. Vaterine
Perry Ave
Camden, N. J
The Lord's Nickel and the Lightweight Class
A Philadelphia Record telegraph tale describes a Little Sander schoolboy who receives a nickel from his father for church and a second for himself. While on the porch he drops the Lord's nickel into a crack, clutching the remaining coin he wryly notes the loss. The piece concludes with a humorous line about handling a lightweight foe.
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Philadelphia Record
Sander
Cave
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