Black Hawk Ties Fate to Antelope Circus Act
In Antelope Texas a rural Barnum venture headlines Black Hawk the last Chief of the Black Snakes performing a world famous tight rope war dance. The crowd, fear and awe mix as the survivor recounts Chiavatta massacre and vows revenge while spectators shower coins for the act.
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Antelope
Antelope River
Texas
Barnum
Calle Chiavatta
Berlin
Grandenau
Harmonia
America
Schiller
Goethe
la Ora
Chiavatta
Rio del Norte
San Antonio
Embryo
Golden Sun
Munich
Chiswatta
Dean
Black Hawk
Chiawattia
Washington
Black Snakes
Blondin
Tannhauser
Clare
Fraulein Lina
Lina
Mathilda
Floss
The
Snakes
Mr. Dean
Flosses
Mathildas
Henry W. Fischer
Lost Confederate flag tale from a hotel parlor memory
In a Detroit Free Press reminiscence a Maryland war era tale unfolds. Aunt Kate hides a silk Confederate flag on her bureau and, amid a Yankee arrival, unwinds it into yarn balls as soldiers near. The fate of the flag remains unknown after weeks of fruitless searching.
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Detroit
Capitol
Kate
Aunt Kate
Questions and Answers. Chief justice and other trivia
A varied Q A page covering chief justice of Illinois L Jesse J Phillips and a flood of quiz facts. It includes dates about Lee surrender, Geary law, Denmark West Indies, saffron growing regions, railway pay, and naval history alongside miscellaneous household and legal trivia.
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Illinois
L. Jesse J. Phillips
Fragmentary line hints at wartime marriage on eastern shore
A clipped quotation notes a colonel swiftly wed a woman once peace returned, and the couple now reside on the eastern shore. The fragment implies a wartime romance culminating in marriage and settlement by the coast.
A Bug in a Lace Gown Ladies' Home Journal
A quirky instruction suggests seeking a beautiful buey tucked away for the winter by climbing a sycamore and lifting a bark fragment at head height. The odd tip appears in a Ladies' Home Journal snippet.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
The Lace Bug Revealed in Summer Beauty
A tiny insect about an eighth of an inch long appears white to the naked eye but shows intricate lacework under a magnifying glass. Two long lace sheets form its wings, a lace ruff surrounds the neck, and a lace cap sits atop its head, a real gown from the Great Weaver.
Word God Meant to Utter Through All Empires
A fragment from Matthew Arnold contemplates humanity shaping letters into words while failing to find the divine word God intended. Empires rise and fall under a sensed, unfulfilled order, and the moment of perfection remains elusive as the human heart longs for the true proclamation to emerge.
Women and long hair debated in New Orleans
A New Orleans woman criticizes long hair as a disadvantage while rejecting the short-hair fad, arguing observation and experience show women would be better off without lengthy tresses. She notes knots and tangle issues and hints at a broader conversation on fashion norms.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Galveston
Galvestone
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Ivanhoe
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South Pole
Egypt
D. K
Cairo
Vernon Insurance and Trust Company
Marion Trust Company
Indianapolis
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Charles Albert
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Prince of
Savoy- Carignano
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Camdenn
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Pickwick Club
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National Home For
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the Journal
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