I Wish to Be a Boy Again by Eugene Field
Poem recalls youth memories in an orchard and woods where the speaker once knew birds, plants, animals, and marks of childhood wonder. Now aged, he laments forgotten knowledge and longs to return to the joys of boyhood, echoed by a child at his knee.
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Yonder Glen
Eugene Field
Chicago
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Brunton
Jim Gerar
Sam Hill
Uriah
David
Turkey
Mongolia
Somerville Journal
Tallus
Thad
Stout
Hooker
Jackson
Danforth
Samd
Stonewall
Brunton's Flying Fish Craft Takes Kalamazoo Drummer on Global Ride
A Kalamazoo drummer narrates a sensational journey from Brunton's shop where a brilliant inventor unveils a combined flying and swimming machine driven by electricity. He experiences instant ascent, sky and sea travel, Lake Erie, Buffalo, and a perilous Atlantic crossing, amid awe at the bizarre engine and its creaturelike craft.
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Brunton
Lake Erie
Buffalo
New York
Kalamazoo
Great Atlantic
Atlantic
Extraordinary World Machine Sighting Near Kalamazoo
An adventurer recounts a bizarre globe spanning voyage in a rubber aircraft, crossing oceans and continents, rising above dangers, and ending near Chicago with a mysterious inventor Brunton. The tale blends wonder with questions of sanity as the Chicago News notes the World’s Fair possible motive.
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Chicago
Rockies
Great Valley
Lake Michigan
Kalamazoo
Gerar
Tom
Brunton
Jim Gerar
Chicago News
Battle-field Fame and the Balaklava Survivors
A Chicago Tribune piece notes lingering glory myths of war and surveys Balaklava survivors in England. It lists survivors living in poverty, workhouses, on charity, and begging, highlighting harsh fates behind heroic tales.
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Balaklava
England
London
Strand
Liverpool
Manchester
Chicago Tribune
Detroit Free Press Quote Remains Acknowledged
The Detroit Free Press records a late night panel of quotes where a girl admits the speaker is the best young man, while she remarks his improvement over other times, captured in a hurried evening note.
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Detroit
Free Press
Enjoy Gibraltar Through an Observer’s Eyes and Gates
A descriptive stroll through Gibraltar highlights the fortress layout from gate to gallery. The author notes historic tunnels, ramped alleys, and guard rooms, then climbs to terrain with cannons facing Spain and a drill ground where King’s Royal Rifles practice musketry amid sentinel watches on the neutral isthmus.
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Murray
Dundas
Trim
Martini
Ligonier
Lerious
Anon
Spain
Mediterranean Sea
King’s Royal Rifles
Deserted plain near Spanish lines described by Pall Mall Gazette
A neutral tint and level plain lie between the observer and the Spanish lines. The writer estimates a mile across to a small town with white-walled houses beyond the distant edge of this barren stretch.
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Pall Mall Gazette
FAST TYPEWRITING AND THE MANSON VIEW ON SPEED
Mr J E Manson inventor of Munson phonography shares opinions on rapid writing. He cites typewriters dictating 40 folios per hour and averages of 24 folios for a good typewriter. He notes high speeds in shorthand, critiques speed contests, and explains court stenographers work limits and reporting practices in Washington and New York.
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J. E. Manson
Munson
Washington
New York
N. Y. Mail and Express
Lafayette Monument Named For Washington Square Location
The Lafayette statue by Falguiere and Mercié, eleven feet tall in bronze, will grace Lafayette Square in Washington. The Italian marble pedestal rests on a granite base, with figures of Rochambeau, Du Portal, D Estaing, and De Grasse around the base and America offering a sword to Lafayette. The site is opposite the White House entrance, visible from the avenue and park.
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Washington
Lafayette
Alexandre Falguiere
Antonin Mercie
Paris
Whitelaw Reid
France
Sex Compagnons Carnes
Amerique Reconnaissantr
D'Estaing
de Grasse
America
Lafayette Square
White House
CARE OF THE HANDS IN PRACTICE AND RECIPES
Soak hands in hot soapy water with borax to remove grime. Rubber brushes remove grime well, but brushing behind the hands may promote hair growth. Use lemon juice or vinegar to soften harsh washes. Oxalic acid helps deep stains from vegetables. A home recipe blends lemon juice glycerine almond oil honey and citric acid for smooth hands. Hot foot baths nightly and purgatives with coarse bread are advised for white hands. Honey balsam combines honey glycerine rectified spirit citric acid and perfume for whitening and softening the skin.
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Shirley Dare
Slippers Try prompts Mrs Spankwell and dealer
Mrs Spankwell asks to try slippers before buying while the shoe dealer agrees. She jokes about being comfortable at home and asks Johnny to be gentle. The exchange captures a light domestic scene. Razzle and Dazzle chatter about Robinson’s new clothes as a humorous aside.
PITH AND POINTS: A Treasury of Witty Maxims
A collage of aphorisms from varied era sources. It includes cautionary lines on success and luck, reflections on love and war, and notes on character, effort, and self revelation. The quotes attribute insights to N O Picayune Puck Somerville Journal George Eliot Judge N Y Ledger and others.
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N. O. Picayune
Puck
A Foreigner Talks of Americans and Their Homes
A German observer notes Americans build new homes as symbols of status and progress. He asks whether hid ing the past reflects shame, arguing true character shows in how one handles relics of poverty and old manners as wealth grows. The essay contrasts wealth with enduring gentility in society.
Gratuitous Advice From Two Sailors Move a Stalled Coal Cart
A crowd on West Street offered varied remedies as a horse drawn coal cart stalled in a rut. Two sailors, silent until the moment, took the wheel and freed the team, proving practical aid beats shouted tips from strangers.
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West Street
Lve
Voth
The Useless Empty Sleeve in War’s Grim Quiet
A reflective poem notes the stark lesson of wartime loss beyond marches and rations. It contrasts heroic boasts with the mute record of amputated limbs, graves, and the living evidence of sacrifice in every morn, noon, and eve. The verse laments poetic sentiment and honors the enduring cost borne by soldiers and families.
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Fiorencs Kurle
Troy
Jimmy Tear-Drop and the boy lost after Civil War raid
The piece recalls a boy nicknamed Jimmy Tear-Drop found amid Civil War fighting with Stuart’s cavalry. He is cared for by a Maryland brigade, learns A B C’s, dances, and sings, until a stray bullet ends his life. The account ends with a reflection on his name and fate.
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Stuart
Jimmy
Jimmy Teardron
Tle
Jimmy Tear-Drop
Old Jack
Teamster
Jack
God
Detroit Free Press
Personal Traits of the General Recalled by Congressman Oates
Congressman Oates of Alabama writes General Alpheus Baker of Louisville about Stonewall Jackson. The reminiscence includes Jackson’s appearance in 1861 in front of Manassas and in 1862 in the Shenandoah Valley. An anecdote recounts Danforth, a recruit, admitting fear of battle and a sergeant’s tough encouragement during the Antietam period.
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Congressman Oates
Ates
Alabama
Alpheus Baker
Louisville
Stonewall Jackson
Manassas
Virginia
Ewell
Rappahannock
Jackson
Shenandoah
Grand Army posts and relief corps notes from Wisconsin and beyond
The report lists Grand Army of the Republic posts in Wisconsin and New Hampshire, with four posts in Wisconsin on February 12 and one delinquent post last quarter. It notes 88 cottages and 1,100 inmates at the Ohio Orphans Home, and mentions Commander BR Abeer’s four‑month effort costing about $10,000 visiting departments. It covers Kansas Women’s Relief Corps plans for a national memorial college at Oberlin to educate soldiers’ and sailors’ children, and Wisconsin corps figures as of January 1 with three corps and fifty-seven wealthiers, plus a March 1800 entry recording nine ty‑seven corps with a money ownership.
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China
Tindal
Hague
Ministry of War
South Cave
East Yorkshire
Humber
Lincolnshire
Yorkshire
Europe
Prussia
Germany
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Sweden
France
Spain
Italy
England
Mexico
Scotland
Queensland
Australia
General Jackson
Pope
Bristow Station
Manassas Junction
Manassas
Longstreet
Ewell
A. P. Hill
Company A
Fifteenth Alabama
Jackson
Bill Weatherford
Maryland
Cromwell
Napoleon
Stonewall
Minnesotta
Grand Army
Tur
New Hampshire Corps
Department of Wisconsin
Ohio Orphans’ Home
Tue
BR. A. Abeer
The
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John A. Arnold & CO
Mr. Burnton
Aladdin
Sinbad
Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Gibraltar
Mr. Manson
Robinson
George Eliot
Isis
N. Y. Ledger
Antietam
Lee
Grand Army Notes
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