Cavalry Charge Mauls a Stranded Gunboat at Sabine
An April 1004 action at Sabine Cross Roads describes Confederate cavalry led by Generals Green and Mouton storming a grounded gunboat Lexington. A direct volley halted the raid after Green was killed, as Yankee sailors regained control and the vessel resumed its march down the Red River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabine Crossroads
Lexington
Red River
Green
Mouton
American Review of Reviews
Missing Tecumseh Bust Sparks Capitol Inquiry
Richard Livingston, a student of American history, questions why the bronze Tecumseh bust disappeared from a Capitol niche. He recalls the pedestal bearing Tecumseh’s name and notes guides and staff knew little of its location, hinting at removal years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rte
Tecumseh
Teecumseh
Senate
Capitol
Richard Livingston
The Bull of Phalaris and its deadly device
Perillus of Athens is said to have built a brazen bull for Phalaris the tyrant of Agrigentum around 570 BC. The bull opened on the side to admit victims roasted beneath a fire, their groans imitating a maddened bull. Later, the people burned Phalaris in his own invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phalaris
Perillus
Athens
Agrigentum
New York American
Roundabout River and Wedding Jokes Highlight Oddities
A Winchester News note describes the Kentucky river at Jackson as three freaks with a five mile reach creating a nanhandle river bend. The Yonkers Statesman quotes a humorous wedding exchange about the mother of the bride and an usher. Puck contributes a brief marital miscommunication about attending the opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Jackson
Winchester News
Yonkers
Philadelphian Reporter’s London Times Assignment
A young Philadelphia journalist sent to cover a London Times story about a wedding tragedy hurries with his copy to find the paper prints personal crisis reports only on Saturdays. The editor’s remark ends the tale with a dry note of newsroom routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Argonaut
Everglades Geography and a George Sand Note
A historical description outlines the Everglades as a mobile limestone basin with a sun carved by weather and water, a fertile muck cap, and springs feeding a network of waterways near Cane Sable to Lake Okeechobee. A second note recounts the novelist George Sand and her collaboration with Leonard Jules Sandeau on Rose et Bisache and how Doderant adopted the name George Sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everglades
Florida
Cane Sable
Lake Okeechobee
Biscayne Bar
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Cassier
George Sand
Leonard Jules Sandeau
Aubusson
Paris
San- Gear
Mme. Doderant
Rose Et Bisache
Ime
Duderant
Sandeau
Pall Mall Gazette
Fourth Estate term traced to Burke and Carlyle
The Fourth Estate article notes Thomas Carlyle credited Edmund Burke with first applying the phrase to newspapers around 1796. It explains the press rose in power after William of Orange, becoming a force equal to king, lords, and commons in the realm.
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Thomas Carlyle
Edmund Burke
House of Commons
William of Orange
Burke
Lords
Commons
Human Nature and Medicine Mix Reflects On Self Care
A brief item from the Atchison Globe notes that people frequently mix a variety of medicines and often refuse to take their own advice, reflecting on health habits and self discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
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Walt AA
Dougall
New York
Wall Street
Clearing House
Ijfur Coats
Enders
F Hammell
Ablegon
Byery
Charley Dryden
Gionan
Lora Jane Lippy
Absa Sloane
Hale Soled
Zakoon
PRED
Pave Wik
CLG
Gwall
George
Hershim Ii
Ate
Doris
Ben B
Rane
Gnat Goodwin
Groer
Misseith Ransom
Perry Okla
Kansas University
Miss Voria
Manhedi
PIP
City
Wis
Palmist
Chicago
Annurisuree
Emsharing Tire Ra
Camter
Washington Post
Fecumseh
Ditte
Tore
Puck
the Everglades
Grocers—Butchers
Walnut Street
Nutley, N. J
Barr Brothers
PAFR
Barr Bros
GROCERS_BUTCHERS
W. C. Davis
Passaic Ave
Chestnut ST
Harry
E. Hunt
Office
Columbia Building
Nutley Station
W. Care
W. A. Johnston
First Ward Shoe Store
Joe Ciccone
Prop
Franklin Ave
Nutley, NJ
Keyser & Fleming
Beech St
Chestnut Street
Post Office
Wheeer
Don
Chambers Street
Fenaly
Continental
Hartford
AEFNA
Fidelity” Underwriters
Insurance Company OF ‘Worth
America
American, OF
Newark
New Hampshire
ST. Paul F.& Mmn
A.l.huntley
High Street
Nutley Terrace
Paterson Ave
Princeton, St
St. Elmo Hotel
John Hart
P. D
Passaic, Ruf
Povehrshon
SE. Blair
Centre Street
T. Nichols
THE
Nutley
Avondale, Hillier, & CO
D.C. Decker
Fcient
Market St
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