War Hero McPherson Fell at Atlanta July 22 1864
George L Kilmer recounts the death of General James B. McPherson at Atlanta during the 1864 campaign. The narrative details his rapid rise from captain to corps commander, his aggressive leadership at Peach Tree Creek and Kenesaw Mountain, and the fatal ambush near Decatur when Confederate sharpshooter Corporal Coleman killed him.
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G L Kilmer
Phil Kearny
Chantilly
W. F. Reynolds
Gettysburg
J. W. McPherson
Atlanta
Stupenst’ Jackson
Chancellorsville
Reynolds
McPherson
Kearny
Jackson
Lee
Mcs
Flory
Donelson
Shiloh
Corinth
Juka
Grant
Vicksburg
Seventeenth
Sherman
Jackson, Miss
Champion
Aillis
Army of the Tennessee
Seventeenth Corps
Frank P. Blair
Kenesaw Mountain
Peach Tree Creek
John B. Hood
Joseph E. Johnston
Hood
Flardee
Feach Tree Creek
Decatur
Georg
MiPieioun Hardee
Thomas
Mel*berson
Seven Corps
Binit
Hood'sorps
Bhp. Cheat
Sata
Hardee
Blair
Bald Hill
Dodge
Sweenr
Fuller
Blairs
Sweeny
Arty
Hanners
Chickammuga
Hapcock
Mel’herson
Blur
Aids
Lore
Tie
Cheatham
Cleburne
Fifth Tennessee
Robert Coleman
Cotumn
Coleman
George L Kilmer
The Police Court of St Heller Jersey Aims for Leniency
The St Heller police court on Jersey Island opens with prayer and often ends with no business after. The twenty strong force serves visitors, with a spacious dock and a court under one roof. A carved rostrum by Coxedve decorates the chamber and the turnkey notes prisoners are released if well behaved. Every bobby must know the Psalms as their sole duty.
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Island of
Jersey
St. Heller
Coxedve
Treasure of Triton Island Mystery Sea tale unfolds
A sailor recounts a 1804 tale of a wrecked junk off Triton Island in the China Sea and a treasure of silver bars worth 90000 dollars. Plans to recover the bars collapse as rivals beat them to the loot, leading to tragedy and a lone bar found in the gravesite.
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C. B. Lewis
John Andrews
Tiveepool
Triton Island
China Sey
Andrews
Singapore
Ile
Sean
Gulf of Slum
China Sea
Hiat
M. Quad
Chesterton's warning to dreamers in London News
A Chesterton quotation from London News urges young men to fix their aims on tangible goals rather than the dream of success. It contrasts fixing on England Alaska or the moon with the peril of chasing success, warning that dreamers’ bones lie wrecked along the shore.
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England
Alaska
G. K. Chesterton
London News
Resolute Hermits Visit Upstart Sister at Luncheon
The Resolute Hermits live apart from society in two studio rooms and vow a year and a day to forego conversations with women. Belle, sister of Mac, arrives unannounced sparking a comic clash of art world quirks, mistaken identities, and the uncle’s $50 bet, ending with a gracious luncheon and a promise of dinner out, check intact.
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Jame
Sir Arthur
Mac
Belle
Arthur
Ana
Helle
Bray
No clear headline from fragmentary text
A fragment discusses American English usage in Norway and the spread of transatlantic accents among Norwegian migrants in the United States. It mentions Norwegian women in domestic service and men seeking fortune abroad, with a driver from London Chronicle noting the phrase You bet.
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United States
America
Norway
Carride
London Chronicle
Respected the Law and the English Gentleman’s Chancery Joke
An English gentleman bursts into a friend’s chambers at Lincoln's Inn and cries that Jones is in Chancery. He seeks a list of abusive names he can use without risking prosecution, reflecting a humorous legal anecdote on reputations and speech under the law.
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Lincoln's Inn
Jones
Jane
Scorched. Crabbe sells laundry misfit shirts
In a brief exchange Crabbe tells the laundryman he won’t call again as the shirts and collars were “too brown.” The Philadelphia Press notes a marketing quip that when goods fail to move it may be the goods and not the ad.
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Crabbe
Philadelphia Press
The Verne Estate Treasure Hidden by a Shadow
Sir Hugh Verne plans a coming of age as debts that haunted the estate vanish overnight. A shadow from a statue guides a vault reveal where a founder’s gold is found. The baron uses the treasure to pay off liens and celebrate a grand ball, marrying the neighboring earl’s daughter.
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Hugh Verne
Lord Montague
Verne
Sir Hugh Verne
Hughb
Thomas Verne
Hugh
Vny
Sir Hugh
F. A. Mitchell
Mirror Crystal and Sword Symbolic Shrine of Japan
The mirror crystal and sword symbolize the Imperial house of Japan and are carried before the emperor on state occasions. The mirror urges self reflection and knowing oneself, the crystal calls for purity and shine, and the sword reminds to be sharp.
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Imperial House of
Japan
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Sam
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