General Phil Sheridan Imitation of the Ideal Cavalryman
A portrait of General Phil Sheridan detailing his leadership at Five Forks and Bridgeport. The text recalls his front-line bravery under heavy fire, his distinctive temper and swearing, and his reputation as the ultimate cavalryman, fighter, and loyal comrade.
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Dan Ho
Broadway
Twenty-thirdstreet
General Wood
Sheridan
Avery
Maon
Gordon
Granot
the Five Forks
Shero
Five Forks
Ises
Bridgeport
Ala
George J. Thomas
Thun
Devord
Tenn
Bridge- Port
Seme
Edwin Booth and Sir Edwin Arnold at The Players Club
In New York Edwin Booth, aging yet sharp in mind, remains a revered figure at The Players Club on Gramercy Park amid a life of artistry and decline. The piece contrasts Booth with Sir Edwin Arnold, hailed after a Lotus Club dinner, and notes Bill Nye and Francis Wilson as American humorists who endure in theater and print.
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Booth
Sir Edwin Arnold
Edwin Booth
New York
Gramercy Park
Yorick
Lawrence Barrett
Wieck
Lotus Club
Sir Edwin
New York Sun
Asia
America
Charlies Dickens
Bir
Edwin Arnold
Bill Nye
Francis Wilson
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Wilson
Nye
Shakespeare
Sheridan
Boucicault
Howard
Epos Lake
Ancient mirrors trace from Moses to Japan in history
The article surveys mirrors from ancient times to the Middle Ages, noting brass and bronze reflectors, early glass backing, and German glass covering. It describes mirror-making centers in France and Venice, royal controls, and the rise of plate glass in 1691. It closes with Japan and China using bronze hand mirrors and a mythic sun goddess link.
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Washington
Nee
Moses
Julius Cassar
Geatly Allver
Germany
Republic
Venice
Fauberg St. Antoine
France
China
Japan
Sangod
Water-Tight Papers Arm German Makers Enter Market
New water-tight paper products from German cellulose makers enter the market under Uni Colored and Two-Colored Water Cellulose Papers. The versatile sheets can back walls roofs and serve as maps or packing material, do not stick with heat, and resist cracking unlike cloth.
Factoids from 19th century miscellany
A cleaned list of varied statistics notes Thames police at 200, oranges bearing fruit to 190 years, India Christians near 2 million, one third English crime in London, France as most taxed in Europe, London Bridge width 28 yards, pulse faster in women, 400+ London newspapers, beef to mutton ratio two to one, 12,000 cork workers in Spain, Mohammedan year shorter by 11 days, half of England dark brown hair, age 30 life expectancy 62, English gold 22 carat, Australian immigration spend 40 million, more blind Spaniards in Europe, light from sun to earth eight and a half minutes, docks of Liverpool hold about 20,000 vessels.
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Thames
India
England
London
Europe
France
London Bridge
Spain
Dante
Liverpool
Global notes on crops, geology, and industry trends
The item surveys fruit and potato crop sizes in California, silk production from silkworms with long continuous fibre, a new tunnel through Carbonate Hill at Leadville, and a very deep artesian well in South Dakota. It also notes Canada cereal damage at 33 million dollars, Bolivia's railway to the Amazon headwaters, and Bahama sponge industry employment.
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Colorado
California
Symth
Germany
Ireland
Canada
Carbonate Hill
Leadville
Columbia River
Berlin
la Paz
Bolivia
Mad Sire
Brazil
Amazon
South Dakota
Bahama Islands
Piorida
Bahamas
Squash Debt and Highwaymen in a Banner Writ
A tongue in cheek column from the Billville Banner recounts six squashes representing six years of effort, a deputy-like highwayman demands, and a mock legal note on Widow Brown losing a $10,000 suit, all ending with satirical jabs at The Banner and Parson Jones.
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Parson Jones
Brown
Atlanta Constitution
Aphorisms and Maxims From Classic Thinkers
A compact collection of quotes on war peace youth manners trust and duty from Franklin Lowell Bronson Alcott Johnson Hawthorne Beecher Ward Beecher and Humboldt. The sayings reflect moral character benevolence and the enduring value of good conduct across distant shores.
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Ward Beecher
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Phil Sheridan
Joe Howard
Little Phi
Mistery
Bay of
Jease
Wells
N. Y
THE
Billville Banner
Bethren
Frederick Saunders
Wilhelm You Humboldt
Amon
Brown & Sharp
Sharett
West Front Street
United Tea and Coffee Growers Association
Star Front
M. Alrigh
Desire
JACOT
Elkwood Cafe
J.B. Miller
Aacre
Plainfield Produce CO
Ratitan Mills
North Avenue
R. J. Shaw
Chets Lyr
Front Street
Park Avenue
Ee Oipin GC Gas
A. M. Griffen
O. M. Dunham’s
Derby
Det
Somerville
AED Bastos
MAILA
Imtreet Mall
Trenton
Philadelphia
Wor.k
EB. R Pope, P. M
Coal & Wiood
E. H. Holmes
Lehigh Coal
Madison Avenue
Eleeah
A. D
Cook & Bro
John Johnston
South Avent
E. Flower
Prone St
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