Bayou Pigeon Ballot Box Triumph in Dark Swamp
A tale of election night exploits in Bayou Pigeon where a lone rider delivered a ballot box through flooded lands. Inside were 1,400 Democratic votes tainted by river swamps yet turning the balance as Democrats claimed victory amid regional intrigue and swamp politics.
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Fuatelier
New Orleania
Postecieu
St. Martinsville
Bowling Swamp
Bayou Pigeon
Mississippi
Florida Everglades
Rimes
Demoersey
Birds and their strange habits in a parrot's life
A fragment from Thorne Miller's December Atlantic describes parrots reacting with fear and frantic activity when frightened by wires and surroundings. It details a bird that escaped a trap and later fell, then recovered, and notes one eye sleeping behavior, perch choices, and reactions to changes in dishes, cups, and furniture.
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Owever
Thorne Miller
Atlantic
Mixed scientific notes on light, trains, and plants
A survey of diverse 19th century findings covers Barres experiments in electric light efficiency, English gun-cotton actuated motors, and French observations linking railway vibrations to astronomical work. Also noted are plant sources of caoutchouc in India, solar halo reports, calendar reform prizes, and unusual acoustic phenomena near ant hills and submerged images in Lake Geneva.
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England
India
Jeta
Mons. Forel
Hiv
Mons. C. Flammarion
Iss
Island of
St. Thomas
French Academy of Science
Singapore
Lsaber
Grandhomme
Messrs
Europe
Pacific
America
Atlantic
Lyons
France
Lake Geneva
Senate Reporting Then and Now An Oral History Curio
An interview with the Senate’s official stenographer traces reporting methods from early days to the present. He recalls Webster and Clay, debates, and the push to print verbatim speeches, noting Congress has survived shifts in practice and voices.
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Capitol
Senate
Webster
Clay
Cass
Lumber
Seward
Congress
Congress of the United States
House
Mieubers
Jeff Davis
Jef Davis
Leiler Sapolis
Death of the Fear God at Shikarpore Incident
A native Shikarpore rite described as a death of an earthen god of dread drew ~7,000 spectators. An old woman mourned, others shouted fear is dead, and propitiatory acts were performed. The piece wields caution about fear, authority, and social decay in modern times.
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Shikarpore
India
Pear
Sorauthine
Ailiaugh
Bray
Shikapore
Fragmentary 1869 Court Remarks Hit by Hale
A garbled 1869 transcript recalls a controversy involving John P and Mary in Alabama. It mentions a statement by Cle Mens of Alabama about a senator, a remark by Mr. Hale, and a misinterpreted claim about a union or marriage vow. The passage shows courtly talk and general social disturbance, with confusion over duties and legality.
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John P. Mary
Stator Clemens
Alabama
Mr. Hale
Adair
Algealy Adi
Cannibalism debate and elephant hunting tale amid Scribe notes
A fragmented reminiscence weaves a hunter’s account of facing a charging elephant named Jumbo and the risky instinct to shoot a vital spot as the beast charges. It pivots to a Treatise on cannibalism’s perception in era and culture, noting Europe’s ancient customs and scientific views. Delaware vine claims and farm details conclude the digest with measurements and yields.
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Bermeion
Gerdingly
Age Bagan
Mator
Agall
J. Fonelle
Amiens Field
Delaware
Tsar Farm
Mra. Chandle
Ch. Hundred
Pha graph Trick At Gallery Aboard A Double Slate
In Moffitt's gallery a slate writing test was performed by a medium. One man kept hold of the slate while the slate was tied with wax in four spots. The medium pressed his hand on the slate and claimed spirit writing appeared within ten seconds. The message resembled handwriting from a consold sister and brother. The event surfaced in a Harford Tienes letter to Saw Drain Cor.
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Southworth
Alderman Kirk
Grace
New York
Gotham
Ivy
Cleveland
Partiaan Republicas
Beckham
Dayton
Euphas
Bickham
Washington
Sandusky Register
C. L. Young
Toledo
Bors
Hocking Valley
Silvery Bland
Buckner
Senate
Jones
Nevada
Moffitt
Byron
Gether
Boston
Springfield
Harford
Rise of the amateur coachman in fashionable society
A New York Times article examines how young men from prominent families spend summers training as amateur coachmen. It notes that admiration grows for the close replication of a real English coachman and that society venerates the professional coachman as the highest type of man, influencing the daughters of fashion.
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Eoghmen
New Fork
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Vanderbilt
Brother Handall
Pennsylvania
Randall
G. W. Curtis
Beca
Pittsburg
Hasibere Tern
Cleveland Iron Trade Review
Pittsburg Dispatch
Hull
Commercial Gazette
General Assembly
Sp Hee Des Paix
Onderet
Worth
Lincolnshire
Bruins
Canthali
Ion
Custon
Megés
A. St. Johnson
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Meuraigia
Mouraigia
Mauraigia
Meureigia
Thomas
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Merreme
Cote
Great Central Truck Route
York
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Eve Hewitt
Tate
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