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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1893
Page
2
The Chicago Herald recounts a 1468 raid where a Confederate cavalryman tricked Union pickets by stretching telegraph wire across a road. As pursuers chased one rider, two captured horses changed hands and the ruse enabled the rebel to ride home to Appomattox, keeping his mount and rank.
A dense, OCR driven collage of political mentions and societal notes. It references public figures, trials, crank cases, and international topics with fragmentary names and places, including notes on law, crime, and governance, plus speculative remarks on journalism and history.
The article describes ocular experiments detailing pupil reaction to light and willful control, including a method to dilate the pupil by shifting attention away from the eye. It also notes how retina sensitivity changes with focus, and mentions a wasp building mud nests and paralyzing a spider for spring nourishment. Additional scattered anecdotes and humorous snippets follow about travelers, a bride's burn, and unrelated observational bits.
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