Grant and Twain recount Palmyra to Florida wartime escape
From personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant and a Mark Twain war paper, the narrative recalls marching from Palmyra to Salt River, the destruction of a railroad bridge, and Harris’s encampment near Florida. Grant describes fear giving way to resolve and Twain notes the near encounter with a Union colonel, later identified as Grant.
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Palmyr
Ilinos
Palmyra
Salt River
John M. Falun
Thirteenta lilinon
kmen
Pamer
andy
Thomas Harrie
Florida
Harrie
Ilinois
Harris
Col. Harris
A. S. Grant
Monroe County
Tom Harrie
Tom Harris
Gen. Harris
Grant
Mark Twain
I writers Work and the Penman's Busy Year
A rapid penman can write 32 words per minute and must execute 480 pen turns per minute. Over five hours daily and 300 such days yearly, a writer produces about 43,200,000 strokes, making 4,000,000 strokes typical for newspaper writers. The aggregate is a 300 mile long line traced on paper in a year.
Tac Munters Exydanation Life fragment
A fragmented 19th century exchange shows Miss 8 asking Mr St John about hunting success. He boasts seven fridges found during a shoot, but claims not to bag any targets, joking about wearing a sniping suit. The snippet captures quirky dialogue and slang of the era.
Veientific Miscellany of Puzzling Discoveries and Speculations
A miscellany of notes cites a pickled cabbage alkaloid claimed to ease delirium tremens, a Spain-based doubt on Dr Ferran’s cholera inoculation, Bartoli’s density thought experiment aligning with Cavendish, and Monckton’s wound dressing from New Zealand flax. It also covers cloud heights at Upsala, flour alkaloid formation during storage, and Darwinian soil ideas with earthworms and termites.
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Mons
Tuyagopu
Dr. Ferran
Signor Bartoli
Cavendish
earth
New Zealand
Major Monckton
India
Upsala Observatory
sumer
Ballaud
Nanune
Henry Drummond
Darwin
England
Drummond
Warehouse Fire Destroys G. C. Oper Warehouse in Irving
A blaze in Irving Lane County Oregon wiped out the G. C. Oper warehouse destroying about 40000 worth of wheat stored by farmers. Estimated loss hits 6000 with 1500 insured. Wheat stored uninsured. Also mentions hydraulic mining penalties and dubious ads for health quack remedies.
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Irving
Lane county
Oregon
G. C.oper
los
Pa Getting Reet In A Sober Mood Confession
In a Macon Georgia Telegram report a man named Pa expresses a sober mood and regret, admitting he does not feel like pulling his wife around by the hair this morning. A five year old girl asks if she is getting dinner. The scene shows a rekindling affection and family tension.
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Tia
Macon
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