Stuart’s Cavalry Raid at Darbyville in 1862
A detailed account of J E B Stuart’s cavalry actions in June 1862 near Richmond and Port Royal, highlighting the clash at Secessionville and the failed assault on Battery Lamar. Generals Evans and Stevens, units including Fitz Lee and Latane, and the high Confederate losses are noted, with Benham’s command controversy and his removal.
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Seven Pines
Fair Oaks
J E. B. Stuart
Stuart
Loewie
Richmond
Teredom
Robert E. Lee
Lutane
Royal
Captain Royall
Royall
Latane
Fitz Lee
Lee
H.W. Gentian
Secondanville
Gemenil
Wright
Galeral J
Stevens
Willams
Bensjiar
Steves
Lamar
Bens
Michigan
Willa Menten
N. G. Evans
Benham
Bentam
Danter
Charles G.alpine
Hunter
Port Royal
County Commissioners Approve Dated Permits and Appointments
County proceedings record adjourned session with members present and late arrivals. Officials approve or deny permits and appointments including fish waters, culverts, graders, and road projects. Appointees include Wittefoot for Ortley and Crackett for Sisseton with board adjourned sine die. Attest: A Ray, M L Sateren, County Auditor.
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Aidon
Tlaulxtein
Tucker
Roberts Eniity
M. BE
Crackett
Sisseton
Winans
White Rock
BE. E. Remand
Wilmot Charles Wittefoot
Ortley
A. Ray
M. L. Sateren
Correspondence from Effington and Sisseton Visit Details
Letters show Odietison and Chas Mage near Effington traveling to Sisseton to visit Eads for a Tow Weal Brunk Olver with Kilington, Sau cray en route to Stemelou to visit his mother Mrs AL Onsen. Nettie Dani serves as hotel guest in Howtelow moving Sunday. Many names attend a revival tent and church events with local families and business trips noted.
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Odiet Ison Ani Chas
Mage
Sisseton
Suurdey
Miss Gaitlys
Lewis Egive Ont
Stineny
Eads
Brunk Olver
Kilington Eitier
Sau Cray
Stemelou
AL Onsen
VIET
LG Ue
Oliver
Missy Nettie Dani Wie
Howtelow
Lavatenek
Mii Iipa
Iseeton
Kuta Lavatenek
Galle Tel Thorny
Alpe Soto
Wein Cray
Roorée
Gier
Tu Butt
Marti Goson
SikiKt Misres
Marie Bow Nuin
Fey Rosell
Lotinsor
vInitIe Welt
Amistad
Carl Peterson
Trenp
Ayexanadeen Minto
Engh
Angumon
AnMiurson
Uae
Nereth
Min Keane
Henry Lyony
Eid
Ole
Wadeland
Fragmentary report on wartime rites and local names
A garbled OCR fragment notes a Sunday visit by Suni Pant Petesshm and attendance at a church service with mentions of Annas Hore, Petersun, and Sarat snes. It references a Wednesday event at a home, sung hymns by LLY Mescimrs Hendeakon Kapinish and Here siren, and a framed Lobe Peterson. Details are unclear due to transcription errors.
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Hertron
Aronibay
Petersun
Hamrail
Carle Nowstadl
Aston
Peterson
Oleh
Harel
Willoty
Saul
Vernon News Highlights From Evening Social and Events
Vernon report outlines a busy evening with visitors from Minneapolis and notable local arrivals. Mentions hospital visits, medical updates, and family gatherings across Friday to Wednesday, with several unnamed individuals referenced in routine social and health notes.
Sisseton Mill and Light Co Announces Flour Price
The Sisseton Milling and Light Company sets wholesale price at 1404 a sack for patent flour, urging consumers to stock up now. A classified notice seeks a girl for general housework at the Momeny Hotel, with instructions to print if available.
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Sisseton Mil & Light Co
Momeny
Wayland Trap Revealed by Lincoln Wayland
Dr James Angell recalls Brown University days under Dr Wayland and a classmate Lincoln Wayland who cleverly exposed two paradoxes in the same author. Lincoln asks how the two statements reconcile, and the father answers that the author revised his views since the first book.
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Wayland
James
Angell
Brown University
Vic
Henman
Lincoln Walyhand
Inders Sted Tron
Lincoln
Autor
Ancient Rome’s fire market built Crassus wealth
The piece recounts a harsh practice in ancient Rome where speculators bought burning homes. Slaves carried money as bidders assessed salvage and made offers, often seizing adjoining properties. Cato the Elder and Crassus built wealth through this perilous gamble, Crassus reportedly amassing large land holdings.
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Cato
Crassus
Rome
Juvenal
Cato Ute
Crassus Luli
Dunster
Rudest Man of His Age John Hunter Retraction
John Hunter, noted British surgeon and writer who died in 1793, is described as one of the rudest men of his era. Returning from calls, he found his wife entertaining guests and proclaimed for them to leave so he could study, and the company promptly departed.
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John Hunter
Scotch Rivalry Between Glasgow and Edinburgh
An article notes the supposed rivalry between Glasgow and Edinburgh in popular sentiment. It cites Glasgow’s scorn of Edinburgh’s gentility and Edinburgh’s taunt of Glasgow’s commercial taint and smoky skies. A Glasgow man mocks Princes Street as merely a street with buildings only on one side. London Album
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Glasgow
Edinburgh
Glienow
Princes Street
London
Bottle-shaped Bengal grosbeak nest repels snakes
A naturalist describes a Bengal grosbeak nest shaped like a bottle built near a stream with an overhanging rib support. The entrance is below, making it impossible for snakes to gain access. Fourteen snake attempts were observed, but the snakes continually fell into the water.
What Impressed Him In Our Great City Satire Quirk
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt notes a visitor’s remark after a week in the city. He observes that residents do not wear Sunday clothes on Sunday, contrasting small town norms with urban habit. The piece captures a light social observation about dress and behavior.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Where the Shoe Pinched London Sketch
Visiting chaplain humorously laments that the world tests, but the real burden lies in verdicts rather than trials, presenting a witty exchange between speakers. The piece plays on religious and secular views within a London sketch context.
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Guy-Nor
London
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