The Merrimac and Monitor Duel at Hampton Roads
A 1862 eyewitness account describes the ironclad confrontation between the Confederate Merrimac and Union Monitor at Hampton Roads. The narrative covers the Merrimac's transformation, the battles with the Cumberland and Congress, and the climactic ironclad engagement that ends in a stalemate with both vessels damaged and returning to port.
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Commandery of
New York
Military Order, Loyal Legion
United States
Charles Martin
U. S. Navy
Newport News
Merrimac
Congress
Cumberland
Monitor
North Atlantic
Hampton Roads
James River
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Army of the Confederacy
Tha
Tha'Monitor Is Building In New York City
Copperhead
Pritt
Dixie
Sandy Hook
Washington
Monroe
Baltimore
Boston
Elizabeth River
Noralk
Portsmouth
the James
Abbany
Congres
Yorktown
Enowsh
Teazer
Delirium
Choucconi Peason
Zouaves
Troy
Jonathan
David
Damon
Pythias
Johnny
Minnesota
Goliath
Actor Guying Audiences at Bars and Stage Mischief
A theater anecdote recalls actor Guying audiences during performances. The narrator describes praying to a heckling crowd and, in Hamlet’s final scene, delivering a dramatic mock honor to the king before ending the show with chaos and a grim joke. The piece notes the blend of Richard III and Hamlet in this provocative moment.
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Richard JI
Kean Triumphs in Birmingham Amid Raucous Cheers
The elder Kean finally fulfilled three Birmingham engagements to a packed house. He portrayed Richard with extraordinary force, receiving no applause until the curtain fell. As he stood exhausted, he taunted the audience with a defiant remark, a risible finale to a dramatic night.
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Chicago
Kean
Birmingham
Richard
Edmund Kean
Richmond
Advances in Photography and the dry plate revolution
Dr. Arthur N. Elliott of a leading photography journal cites two breakthroughs: the dry plate and the paper negative. He notes the dry plate democratized photography enabling amateurs and compact devices, while paper negatives simplify processes and enable mass production without glass, promising major cost reductions and wider access.
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New York Post
Arthur N. Elliott
Evening Post
Elliot
Fox Talbot
The Dark Side of the King Business
A Pittsburg Chronicle editorial argues the king business is risky and unfulfilling. It cites a statistician noting 2 650 monarchs historically, with hundreds overthrown, abdicated, killed in battle, or executed, urging American parents not to raise children for monarchic roles.
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Pittaburgh Chronicle
Loving a Husband Too Much in a New York Star Column
A columnist explores marriage, jealousy, and the dynamics of love and nagging. She recalls stories of wives training husbands and the social costs of domestic strife, noting both fault in husbands and now in wives, with reflections on happiness from family over luxury.
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Bab
New York Star
Dolly
Cameo
Jack
Madame
The Lovely Princess of Wales in London Society
Mra Sherwood writes from London about the Princess of Wales in superb beauty and youth. She notes the Prince of Wales’s view, describes dresses and diamonds at a drawing-room, and lists royal attendees including Princess Christian and Princess Mary with vivid details of gowns, trains, tiaras, and orders.
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Mra Sherwood
M E.W S
London
Princess of Wales
Prince of Wales
Christian
Victoria and Albert
Crown of
India
St. Catherine of Russia
St. John of Jerusalem
Royal Red Cross
Schleswig-Holstein
Victori
Alberta
Princess Louise of Wales
Ae pUlae Papa
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Guying
Advances In Photography
the Hing Business
the Lovely Princess of Wales
H. T. Clarke
General Merchandise
Camp Clarke, Neb
Camp Clarke
Fort Laramie
Fort Robinson
Black Hills
Cheyenne
White River
Camp Clark
Chas. Wells
Goo, W. Fairfield & Co
Surveyors & Civil Engineers
North Platte River
Tabor
R. R
State Association of Surveyors and Engineers
G S Smith
Omaha
A W MebLaughlin
First National Bank
Plattsmouth
Ilon D IL Wheeler
District Board of Agriculture
Teft
Nebraska
Avoca
Resewater
Watan
Enewweer
Lincoln
A.B
Coduce
York
York County
Oberfelder& Co
Sidney
Ned
State
Packard & King
General Real Estate
Aare
Government Olaima
S Reit
Front Street
Moore Building
Stcta Bank of Sidney
Exchange Bank
S. C. Morgan
Trans.cts A General Banking Busines
Taterent
Europe
THE
American Steamship Line
Phash
Raler IM
Myrtle Street
Sidney Nebraska
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