Double wedding and travels end a tale in Denver
In a lengthy reminiscence spanning marriage, money matters, and family intrigue, characters including Mrs Westmannstane and Professor Wealmacott resolve their affairs. The Admiral and Clara travel toward a hopeful future as Charles Wearmacott forges a new life in Texas. The piece closes with reflections on duty, love, and enduring ties as The End.
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Admiral
Ida
Denver
England
Wealmacott
Emancipation College
Rom
Old
Clara
Pussen
Doctor Walker
Charles Wearmacott
Texas
Harold
Babylon
Throgmorton Street
Norwood
Miserable Man Pays Dentists Bill With Inexorable Justice
A man known as the Dentint Brown refused fifteen years to pay a fifteen dollar front tooth filling. After the filling fell out he valued the gold at 1.60 and sent a check for fourteen dollars noting the labor value and return of the gold, claiming the rest was for use of the tooth.
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Brown
No Mope of Kellet and the Busking Balcony Scene
A padfaced man calls out from a second story window asking about an infernal accordant. The dejected musician on the sidewalk answers he has moved of an AT home, then continues playing Honey Moon Mare to end the scene.
Fragmentary Historical Notice on Wheat Crop 1801
Incomplete OCR text mentions a young barrister and a young lady, a phrase about playing PIABOT and Mautor ide, and refers to the Master and a wheat crop of 1801. It hints at Gurplus Wheat Crop with figures around ten in public value at nineteen million quars, with possible references to Valier Kingdom and yearly output.
Letter with stamps leads to comic postal lesson
In a Philadelphia Ledger clipping a woman debates postage with a companion over a two cent versus four cent stamp. After weighing the letter, the clerk confirms four cents, prompting her to joke about larger correspondence and government debit ledgers as she plans a soda treat. The exchange ends with a decision to use the four cent rate, sending the letter to Chicago as intended.
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Point Office
Chicago
New York City
Sam Witl Deeeanil
Malis
Ani
Philadelphie Ledker
Tiara of Leo X Jubilee Presented by Milani in Silver
A detailed description of Augusto Milani the Bologna engraver’s silver tiara for Leo XIT Jubilee, noting its ovoid form, three stacked crowns, olive motifs, bas relief work, and noble inscriptions. The piece weighs about a kilo and is valued at $24,100 per Jewelers' Circular.
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Leo Xit
Augusto Milani
Milan
St. Peter
Prus IX
Leo XII
London burglary attempt during a sick man’s perilous night
A master ailing from a malignant disease lies near death as his wife keeps vigil at midnight. A burglar enters the chamber, but the loyal wife offers her purse and begs silence. The robber, startled by her courage, does not steal, and vanishes without a trace.
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London
Wight
Earl
Cevelier
Nile
Che
Fragmented Quote Transforming into a Muffled Exchange
The readable text shows garbled dialogue with shifts in capitalization and missing letters. It hints at a conversation among youths about a plan or action, but most names, places, and clear intentions are illegible, leaving only scattered fragments and stray phrases.
The Soldier Boy and the Mystery Civil War Note
A narrative recalls Antietam and the sight of two great armies on a plain. A mysterious unsigned note, found in Scribner's, guides a daring flank maneuver near Wrightsville, hinting at a clever female strategist ahead of General Gordon.
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Antietam
Lee
Batte
McCiellan
John B. Gordon
Scribner's
Wrightsville
Wrightaville
Susquehanna
Columbia
Catherine
Maine's First Artillery History Close to Completion
Major Charles J. House and Capt Horace H Shaw of Portland near finishing a history of the First Maine heavy artillery. The unit mustered at Bangor August 21 1862 and suffered 441 total losses, the highest of any 4000 regiment. Notable actions include Petersburg and Spottsylvania with heavy casualties and 63 officers lost. There are 63 survivors across Maine and Massachusetts.
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Maine
Charles J. House
Office of the Labor Commission
Horace H. Shaw
Portland
Maine Heavy Artillery
Bangor
New York ‘Heavy Artillery
Petersburg
New York
Cold Harbor
Spottaylvallis
Meno
Spottylvania
Jold Harbor
Cordton Road
Putersburg
Deauville
Jerusalem Plast Road
Massachusetts
Ares
V. Croceman
Charlas Hamil
Declslena
Fort Land
Kentucky Soldiers: Recollections of Civil War Scout Actions
A veteran recalls early scouting trips with Ohio troops near a ravine where guerrilla activity led to fatal ambushes and rapid skirmishes. He notes guerrilla leaders burned homes and that rebels were killed in encounters, while some Kentucky cavalrymen dispersed their units to pursue insurgents.
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Kentucky
Ohio
Wylford
Veterans Will Be Welcomed At Upcoming Encampment
The San Francisco Chronicle notes the Grand Army of the Republic will hold its annual encampment in the city for the second time, likely the last. Seventeen years ago the event met there, and future visits are unlikely as veterans age. The community should prepare to honor survivors, while noting the encampment in August marks a final farewell to the venerable organization.
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A. R
San Francisco Chronicle
Grand Army of the Republic
Intergala
San Francisco
Aneust
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A.conan Doyle
Herlen
Mr. McAdam
Mirak
Rajenaler
Hipglaeline
Eleer
Piabot’ Muthor
Hever
Maximus Interris Divino Inre
Sacerdos
Nescivus Errandi Fidel Mory
Mquee
Omne Regis Christi Pastorum
Pastor Ovile
Lohaive
Parmdten
Tre Tales
the Soldier Boy
Poe
Gordon
Augusta
George Moore
Sherman
Marcy
William Gary
Smythe
Imimnetioth
John W. Clark
Ehorst
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