Civil War Clash Echoes Across Vale as Forces Converge
Fragmented OCR recounts Confederate and Union troop movements near Corinth and Bolivar with Grant at Jackson, Tennessee, 12 000 Federals at Bolivar and 23 000 garrison at Corinth under Rosecrans. Van Dorn unites with Sterling Price to challenge Memphis Bolivar or Corinth amid looming invasion.
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Wepstigh. OY
OL. Aik & V
Voroth
Miss
Corina
Grant
Donelson
Shiloh
Corinth
Memphis
Bolivar
van Dorn
Ken Richy
Desperate Charge Stuns Confederates at Battery Robinett
Confed troops pushed into Federal lines at Battery Robinett amid fierce fighting. Colonel Rogers of the Second Texas stood rallying his men after taking a flag from a fallen color bearer, but was mortally wounded as repeated assaults left many Confederates dead before the ditch protecting three guns. Battery Robinett saw the bloodiest combat of the day as Union artillery repelled the charge.
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Peliniell
Federal Reserve Artillery
Robinett
Rogers
Texas
Eleventh
Missouri Infantry
Ohio
Missouri Regiment
Hogers
Little Fort
Ohio Regiment
Moc
Missouri
Orin B. Gould
Gould
Corinth
Powell
Price
Cali
van Dorn
Mississippi
Bragg
Kentucky
George L. Kilmer
Battles at Corinth and heroism of Davies group
Deserted by numbers Rosecrans lines in front of Forts at Corinth hold to slow Van Dorn's advance. Davies center fights bravely as Hackleman falls, Oglesby silenced, Murray defies capture to save a flag. Night ends brief clash with heavy casualties on both sides.
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Corinth
Ohio
van Dai
Rose
Rosecrans
Axell
Hnes
Davies
van Dorn
Hne
Hackleman
Oglesby
Illinois
Baldwin
Alovei
Maxwell
Fifty Second Illinois
Murray
Murrray
Darlight
All on Him Phamiiman Dialogue Fragment
A fragmentary dialogue notes a struggle with feeding and numbers. Phamiiman and Batchelor exchange lines about months and a hundred mouths to feed, with rough slang and incomplete sentences implying hardship and a mockery of the situation.
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Phamiiman
Batchelier
Batchelor
Mocquitoer
Testing Drinking Water Quality with Simple Home Methods
Health Magazine outlines two quick tests to assess household water safety. The first uses a clean bottle, sugar, and warmth to check cloudiness after two days. The second uses permanganate solution to observe color change over twelve hours, indicating organic contamination or safety.
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Health Magazine
The Hawaiiian as a Diver
The Hawaii islands crews lived in camps and worked in boats and water. A diver, praised for skill, swam deep to detach a hawser from a submerged spar buoy without cutting any cable, then resurfaced with the claim he had beaten the hawser rather than cut it. James D. Hague in Century.
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James D. Hague
Century
Arm in Arm With a Tigress
Sir Edward Bradford, famed as a fearless sportsman, was stalking near a tigress when a shot failed to wound it. The animal mauled his left arm, forcing him to walk several agonizing paces and delaying the beast until a fellow hunter could kill the tiger. The injury required amputation at the shoulder.
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Sir Edward Bradford
Sir Edward
Fireman Mike O Hagan Faces Another Job Hunt
A Dublin style tale follows L Model Fireman Mike O Hagan who, after exits from bus and tram services, joins the fire brigade only to be job hunting again within a month. In a crowded scene Tim recounts how Mike saved a man from a top floor blaze by throwing a rope and pulling him to safety, prompting laughter from friends.
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Mike O'Hagen
Fire Brigade
Fife
Good Points of a Mule in Kind Hands
A historical passage extols the mule as kind, intelligent, and devoted when well cared for, noting its docility and usefulness. It contrasts the mule with horse and donkey in affectionate displays, while urging proper treatment to evoke its better qualities and temperaments.
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Jack
The British Seas Narrow Between Isles and Coasts
The seas around the British Isles are mostly narrow. The English Channel widens to 140 miles between Portland Bill and St Malo and narrows to 200 miles at the Dover Strait. The distance to Ireland is about 140 miles. Tor Head lies twelve miles from Cantire, and the shortest water gap between Carnsore Point and St Davids Head is forty seven miles.
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British Isles
English Channel
Portland Bmi
St. Malo
Strait of Dover
Great Britain
Ireland
Ios
Tor Head
Mall of Cantire
Carnwore Point
St. Davi's Head
Wales
Well Guarded. Office Clock Incident at Work
A terse exchange notes a handsome office clock kept under watch by clerks. One replies that every employee has one eye on it daily, implying frequent oversight or potential mischief at the workplace in New York.
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York
Dying Like a Man in London A Vagabond Hero
A gray haired London tramp known as Bones befriends a child after protecting a poodle. He later dies defending a kidnapped girl from two attackers, dying bravely in a bare room. The girl remembers him as a man despite his shabby appearance.
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Bones
London
Applegate Market
Jones
David Street
Willow Place
Papa
Minnie
Cirt
Lize
Paria Street
Great George
Canterbury
No. 17 Pudding Lane and the Ear Trumpet Man
A narrator recalls posing as deaf with an ear trumpet to avoid questions on a journey. He overhears two men plotting a robbery at No. 17 Pudding Lane in London, informs police, and is detained. The plot leads to the murder of a pawnbroker and the capture of the criminals in Germany with a reward.
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Ulman Stremer
Germany
Stromer
Europe
Italy
Spain
Fabriano
San Felipe
Valenca
Samarcand
London
Liverpool
Stebbins
Nory
Pudding Lane
Hoke Street
Scotland Yard
Sroiland Yard
Uless
Pud Lane
Private
Drummer Injured by Open Sewer Seeks Damages
A town drummer recalls tumbling into an open sewer after a night out. He sought $20,000 but settled for $125 after public opinion shifted and a lawyer’s help. Damages were finally assessed at $5.66, deducted from his settlement.
Lord Kames and the John Gow Encounter at Dunkeld Ferry
Scottish judge Lord Kames spends a night in Dunkeld while traveling south. In the morning he meets a passerby named John Gow who recalls a sheep stealing trial involving the judge and Gow’s wife. The tale ends with a quip about meeting again at the ferry.
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Kames
Perth
Dunkeld
Tay
John Gow
John
Hames
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Stuttgart
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Altea
Washington Star
J. Penetes
A. &. Hichardeon
Webb
Newark
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Jove
New York Times
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