The Georgia Spy in Atlanta Reading Room Saga
In 1861 Atlanta amid secession fever a stranger in a reading room near Alabama Street is accused of spying. A vigilant crowd corners him as he draws a pistol, but the man reveals himself as tobacco dealer John Shutt of Danville Virginia. He explains the apple pocketing and is escorted to a store for assurances of safety.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Alabama
Secesson Enitement
South Carolina
North
Chargo
Citizens’ Committee
Desperado
John Shuttlelive
Danyiile
Plank & B Ank
O. K
A Wasp Scientist and a Frontier Bully Tale
A Richmond letter describes a wasp dispatching a worm in a test of instinct and craft. In a Hill City frontier tale, Big Jim, feared bully and coward, kills his way through a crowd, then saves a white immigrant family before dying at night in the valley, leaving townsmen to wonder about him.
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Big Jim
Hill City
Limber
Joe
Agaiast
Sig Jim
Red Star
Caward
Jim
Carter's Peak
Harney
Hill's
Detroit
Sailors’ Banknote Feat Ends With Hospital Trip
From Galignani’s Messenger an old war tale recalls English sailors eating bank notes for wagers. In a village contest at Lue two farmers attempted to swallow large silver francs. One reached only a twelfth dollar, the other stalled at a second coin stuck in his throat and required hospital care in Nancy amid fearful pain.
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Lue
Nancy
Alignani
Silk Hats of Chinese Origin
A 19th century anecdote traces the first silk hat to 1832 aboard a French sea captain’s voyage to China. He swapped a shabby beaver for a silk hat, brought it to Paris that same year, and the style spread rapidly.
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China
Paris
Fight on a Sunset Railway Ends in Death on Train
Deputies Baylor and Nimmo engaged two Mexicans on a Sunset Railway passenger train near Cline Texas. A gun battle followed in the smoking car leaving one desperado dead and another wounded. Officers escaped injury and the Mexicans were identified as horse thieves with warrants. A poll tax of 50 dollars a head is noted in South Australia.
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Sunset
Little Way
Cline
Uvalue
Texas
Baylor
Nimmo
South Australia
Yankee Doodle Origins and Use Across Centuries
A historical account traces Yankee Doodle from its 18th century origin during Abercrombie’s 1758 Ticonderoga campaign to its adoption as a symbol of American resolve. It cites Dr Shamburg’s misattribution, variants in Boston and New Hampshire printings, and later usage as a patriotic battle cry amid revolutionary and postwar contexts.
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Abercrombie
Hudson River
Albany
Ticonderoga
Jack Falstaff
Shamburg
New Hampshire
Columbian Gazete
Cheltenham
England
Cromwell
Oxford
Watson
Lydia Fisher
New England
Lydia Locket
Fay
Misa Clayton
Boston
John Hancock
Philadelphia
John Carr
Baltimore
Lincoln's Inn Field
London
John ‘Christian Smith
Oliver Cromwell
Stuart
Charles N
Atlantic
Aas
United States
Pierce
Pere
World's Dispensal Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N.Y
Hair Cat by Lightnings
A French country town storm causes a young woman to feel a vivid lightning shock while sheltering under an umbrella. She later discovers her bonnet had been shaved by a razor hidden in the storm debris. The shock has left her bedridden and doctors fear a lengthy recovery.
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France
Jondon Standard
Captain Boycott’s Rail Plan Spurs Popular Turnaround
The narrative traces Captain Boycott's shifting fortunes amid the Irish land revolt. Once widely despised for estate seizures, he endured ostracism until British bayonets saved him at Ballinrobe. Four years earlier he supported a Ballinrobe to Tuam railroad, a move that unexpectedly boosted his popularity.
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Captain Boycott
Ireland
Ballinrobe
Tuam
Indians on a Strike at Rosebud Agency
Indians at Rosebud agency went on strike after the agent demanded they use implements only on land he designated. They met at their lodge and ordered the strike. The agent surrendered the tools and provided three barrels of sugar and a miscellaneous supply of groceries to the strikers.
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Rosebud
Newraska
Harmony and Rheumatism News Briefs
A dialogue excerpt touches on hospitality and flute playing. An advertisement extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a protective, rheumatism remedies with safety and persistence advice. The Worcester assessors report 1888 valuation at $54,514,939 and tax rate $18, unchanged from last year.
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Worcester
Mas
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