Bullets From Afar Describe A Soldier’s Harrowing Walk
A Line man in the New York World chronicles a British soldier's perilous advance under shellfire in distant mountains. He crawls at every halt, digs a quick trench, and endures two miles of targeting shells before an expected battle the next day.
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Isas
New York World
Women and intuition in literature debate
William S Walshop Eva argues women lack distinctive intuition in writing and quotable lines. He cites Austen and Eliot as rare exceptions, asserting real-life judgments by women are quick guesses with no verity. He claims most female authors fail to produce household words or iconic characters.
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Lincoln's Dispatches Refocus on War Department Posts
Lincoln's telegraphs and letters often show dates from the War Department rather than the executive mansion. He spent much time at the war office with Stanton, driven by urgent military events and direct involvement in battlefield decisions.
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War Department
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State Department
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Stanton
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State
Coal promotion ends with dubious university recommendation
A Rhode Island coal promoter sent a sample to New York University professors who, after testing it in their stoves, certified the coal as worthy of use. The professor urged buyers to rush to Rhode Island on the day of Judgment, claiming the coal is a just portion of the earth to burn.
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Rhode Island
New York University
Pittsburg Dispatch
Encouragement For Community Helpers Spurredby Local Quotes
Aims to praise useful men and discourage rumors and unfounded stories about them. Encourages support for volunteers and donors improving the community. Includes brief quips from Atchison Globe Baltimore News and Philadelphia Bulletin about wit and judgment.
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Atchison Globe
Right and wrong way to fasten collars warned
A salesman explains to a customer that buttoning collars in the left-right order prevents tearing and tangling. He urges trying both methods to save collars and temper, noting the right side should be fastened first for easy removal and later loosening. The exchange highlights a practical fashion tip from the New York Times.
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New York
Infinite cosmos and unending quest for understanding
A reflective note cites Tycho Brahe and Kepler to argue that astronomy has advanced yet remains far from a final goal. It emphasizes that stellar science is an evolving process, with endless objects, causes, and phenomena to explore, not a single solvable equation.
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Tycho Brahe
Kepler
Europe
Atlantic Monthly
She Got a Thrifty Nunsband
A humorous transcript notes a couple jokes about a new marriage. Jane is praised for choosing a practical husband while his looks are mocked yet his thrift is celebrated. The exchange includes teasing lines from Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Brown.
Grocer’s Apprentice Freed For Failing In Choked Cellar
A London Answers blurb jokes about a grocer's apprentice who admits clearing out a cellar shup measane and finds the task so trivial he is told to switch to tract distributing. The grocer dismisses him from the grocery trade.
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Groger
London
Gossip and Suspicions StirRural Ledger Commentary
The Atchison Globe remarks that gossip thrives when a person is under suspicion, noting it lingers about a single figure while overlooking a well known tough man. The Sineinnuth Commercial Tribune mocks gossip as unfair and repetitive.
Asleep Amid Flames Firefighters Rescue Sleeping Mates
Firemen battled a blaze and dragged sleeping companions from danger despite flames. The item frames a moral about neglecting coughs and colds and promotes Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption with claims of protection against throat chest and lung troubles. It notes prices 40 cents and 1 dollar and trial bottles free. All druggists.
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Dr. King
New Life Pills Claim Miraculous Health Change
D. H Turner of Dempseytown Pennsylvania praises Dr King s New Life Pills claiming dramatic personal health improvements after two weeks use. The advertisement touts relief from constipation stomach and liver troubles and urges purchase through druggists.
Luck in Thirteen Cures Fever Sore with Arnica Salve
William Spirey of Walton Furnace Vermont reports a fever sore on his leg healed completely by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The ad claims it cures bruises boils ulcers eruptions piles and corns. Only 25 cents at all druggists.
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Spirey
Walton Furnace
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