Mark Twain's Brother In The Pennsylvania Tragedy
A memoir fragment recalls the deadly 1858 Pennsylvania steamer disaster near the Mississippi and the Memphis effort to aid the survivors. Samuel L. Clemens, later Mark Twain, is linked to the event through his brother Henry Clemens and family grief, with Memphis officials and physicians praised for swift care and generosity. The letter from Samuel Clemens reflects gratitude and hopes for a reunion in Hartford, acknowledging the city’s pivotal aid.
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Barty
Mark Twain
Pennsylvania
Austin
Exchange
Erene
New Orleans
Henry Clemens
Pennssylvania
Henry
St. Louia
Benjamin
Samuel L. Clemens
Meury
T'wain
Mowiptie Kindavas
Frigade
Memphis
St. Nicholae
Sido
Peyton
Tom
Hartford
Samu. L. Clemmns
Alius Muck ‘Twain
Way of Carving a Turkey Comedy Fragment
A humorous scene where a novice male guest attempts to carve a turkey at a dinner. Embarrassment grows as he misplaces joints, splashes gravy, and disturbs guests. Amid awkward pauses, the bachelor narrator muses on social tensions and humorous mishaps during the meal.
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Ile
Gota
Uldeapare
Fone Bineuli
M Maykin
Ble
Tay
Tesvone
Spiders Spin Silk Through Intricate Web Mechanics
A detailed account describes the spider’s spinning apparatus and method. It notes four to six thousand filament strands produced from silk glands, the leg actions, claw use, and rapid twisting into a strong thread. Observations include a thread projection, ascent, and flight to a wall.
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Weiter
Scribner's Monthly
Epider
Ansconde Ae
Jealous Husband Tries Clairvoyant Test
A young married man, visiting a famed clairvoyant, suspects infidelity. He confronts the medium as his wife sits by the window. The scene escalates until the jealous husband pays the fortune teller five dollars as the unsettling episode ends.
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Benedict
Beliys
Hushant
Onta
Good Morning Cheer Inspires Hope and Work
A dated note urges greeting others with a cheerful good morning. It claims warm salutations uplift the discouraged, refresh the tired, and steer the day toward better outcomes through simple kindness and smiling words.
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Rouily
Fragmented Verse and Court Tale from Obscure Text
A garbled excerpt mixes religious imagery with scornful language and stray lines about a speech before a court. It mentions mercy truth righteousness peace and a poetic struggle with language and invention. The text references a New York derwyninh figure and a youth of eighteen amid a legal setting.
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Lithonia Mantel
Kimsing
New York
Incident in Genoa Inspires stern parental warning
A Genoa based tale recounts a colored barber Thomparon from Independence Missouri who suffered a severe accident while striking at his son Ilo raleed during a hastily intended blow. The uplifted weapon struck the father instead fracturing his forearm as the boy escaped unharmed. The quip ends with a caution to spare the rod and save the elbow.
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Thomparon
Independence
Dr. C. M. Lan n's Livin Pints Patent Medicine Ad
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr C M Lan n s Liven Pins as a cure aligned with Quinine for a disease described as Aur and Fiven. It warns against imitations and urges buyers to insist on genuine Fleming Bros Pittsburgh manufactured pills. Offers worldwide mail order at twenty five cents.
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Dr. M!lanr
MY Lane
C. M. Lang
Flemine Bros
Cat
Atorekeeper
Dr. C. M&lann
Fleming Bros
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DR. C. Mslane
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Tome
Hue Ano
Hull & Bankhead
Finley, Hull & Co
Union Stock Yards
R. ‘Louis
Mathimal Wook Yards
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Union
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Weis
Bexty
Public and High
Troy
Missouri
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F. M. Marlan
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D. T. Waddy
Trusteva
M. Ellen Woolfolk
Vollem
Vollewe
Gireck Grin
Cote Pretedt
Gireck
Cicero
Aine
Blanton
Market Seminary
W. HY. Wilkie
Traitors Parker Seminary
Kev
A. M. Atkiowon
Profewor Physical Science
Mameden College
Watklim
Watson Seminary
Ashley
Lacy
Mesto
William A. Meloan
Pastor
Christian Church
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Wilkie
Paistor Presbyterian Church
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Mevlaplesville
Be Martin
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Whitesides
New Hope
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Elaberry
New Ilapu
Uy lé-Td
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Trey
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W. BS. Thornhill
Te Trem
Mekrhend & Thore Hill
Tle Owl
Auburn
Domi
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Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, New Jersey
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