Cedar Mountain Battle Reenacts Civil War Clash 1862
The article recounts the August 9 1862 Cedar Mountain fight near Culpeper Virginia where Jackson opposing Banks faced heavy cannon and infantry. It details Lee A P Hill Gordon Crawford Bayard and Branch combined in a counterattack that halted Banks left and sent Jackson to pursue retreating Federals toward Cedar Creek. Jackson’s leadership and pursuit marked a decisive Confederate engagement amid Pope’s Army of Virginia.
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G. J. Kilmer
McClellan
Lee
James River
Richmond
Washington
John Pope
Pope
Manassas
Fredericksburg
Shenandoah Valley
Banks
MacDowell
Sigel
Rappahannock
Stonewall Jackson
Gordonsville
Jackson
Stonewall
Celerity
Culpeper
Banke
Cedar Mountain
Wnd
3. .W. Crawford
Crawford
G. H. Gordon
Pasera
Jacksen
Bayard
Gordon
C. 8. Winder
A. P. Hil
III
Branch
Cedar Creek
Hohtins
Virginia
Rapidan
Longstreet
Gordonstille
Stuart
Tee
Metaphor of the Sea Spreads Through Everyday Speech
In a hotel cafe a gentleman and three acquaintances discuss how sea language permeates daily talk. They list terms like put in your car, at sea, weather eye, mainstay, anchor, windward, back and fill, steer, taken aback, wind in sails, and many others. The speaker notes how pervasive and expressive nautical metaphors have become in ordinary conversation.
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Torme
Tgt
St. Louis Republic
Choosing a Minister at Diiecton Parish
In the parish kirk of Diiecton the recent ministerial vacancies have unsettled the community. After vetting candidates, parishioners anticipate the election meeting. A humorous exchange shows one woman intending to vote for none, while another proposes voting for the candidate with the best lungs to avoid more decline.
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Diiecton
Marget
Burry
Odd Grecian Dish Described With Fig Leaf Origin
An old text details a mixed dish of boiled hogs lard and milk with thick gruel and fresh cheese, yolks, brains, wrapped in a fig leaf, boiled in chicken or kid gravy, then soused in boiling honey. It notes the name derives from the fig leaf and cites Aristophanes and fragments of comic poets for context.
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Aristophines
See the cob run story reveals spider origin
A girl spots a cobweb then a spider emerges and she says see the cob run. The tale notes cob or cop is a spider name in dictionaries, explaining cobweb or copweb. Cop may derive from attercoppe, an old term for a spider.
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Attercoppe
Pirates of Penzance spoof delights London News readers
A London News cartoon reports a Gilbert and Sullivan style spoof from a London boy on holiday mishearing “orphan” as “horphan” in a country scene. The piece contrasts urban wit with rural carter dialogue and ends with the boy’s humorous miscue. The incident is framed as light entertainment.
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London
Orse
Horphan
London News
Proportion joke cited from New York Times
Benham argues the Bible tale of ten virgins shows too few foolish women, while Mrs. Benham questions the point. The exchange satirizes judgment and perception among women in a humorous newspaper quotation.
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Benham
Claribel and Tentworth in a Stray Stories moment
In a brief stray story exchange Claribel asks about a creature and Laurie mentions Tentworth. Claribel recalls Tentworth’s reaction to her singing improvement and the ideal of the moment.
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Claribel
Laurie
Tentworth
Edwin and Angelina In The Jewelry Warehouse Exchange
A brief scene shows Edwin complimenting Angelina with jewelry-evoking imagery while she sternly reminds him they work in a jewelry warehouse and that talking shop is inappropriate. The moment emphasizes professional boundaries and workplace propriety.
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Edwin
Angelina
Election Promises Frame a Returning Politician’s Duty
A fragment notes a candidate pledging to honor campaign promises after election. The dialogue mentions a manager urging memory of promises and a remark about brushing up for a likely reelect, with a brief reference to Tam Baw.
Easter bonnet showdown ends in mercy and kinship
In Mayville society two rival women Mrs. Wentworth and Mrs. Drewelowe clash over a copied bonnet and social snubs. Revelation comes when the milliner falls ill, exposing petty blame and sparing both from further scandal as they confront classed vanity and mend fences.
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Mrs. Wentworth
Mra. Drewelowe
Mrs. Drewelowe
Euclid Avenue
Mayville
Marla Duzenbury
Wentworth
Titus
Culture Club
Maria Drewelowe
Mrs. Roberts
Drewlowe
Annie Wentworth
Duzenbury
Henry Drewelowe
Sunny Ders
Mrs. Drewe- Jone
Childer
New York
Jclly
Jclly Interrupted Mrs. Drewelowe
Uttle Miller
Unofficial Order Aboard Hind Endangers Parrot Story
In Thomas, tenth earl of Dundonald's Autobiography of 2 Seaman, a midshipman recalls an incident on the Hind. A parrot learned the boatswain’s whistle and triggered a deadly miscue when a shipboard party of Indies was hoisted, leading to a near tragedy before quick rescue.
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Thomas
Earl of Dundonald
Indies
The Quiet Word and the Bread as Clues
A meditative man muses that a small word can spark vast thought while a caustic man cites how the word but reveals conflict and tone. Notes from Exchange on how bread functions as a locating tool for drowned bodies in Europe, often with quicksilver as a weight in England.
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Iteelf
England
Cance and Effect Dialect Amid a Waning Honeymoon
A Chicago Post snippet notes waning honeymoon charm. The wife remarks the clergyman appeared solemn at the ceremony, while the husband jokes that the minister is a married man. The exchange hints at marriage strain with dry wit.
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Chicago Post
Stay-at-Home Graham Heroic Rescue in Fairview
Dan Graham, branded a stay-at-home by gossip, dives into a flood to save Gabe Somers as Gabe clings to a cabin frame. Dolly Worth signals the rescue, guiding the skiff and helping pull Dan and Gabe to safety amid raging waters and collapsing structures.
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Dan Grahum
Hamilton County
Dolly Worth
Dan
Dan Graham
Dolly
Fairview
Cuba
Iyar
Gabe Somers
Gabe
Hairview
Sawyer
Wil
Worthiers
Agai Gabo
Dan Gham
Old Gabe
Keat
Hai
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