Hero or Coward in a Daring Sea Rescue
An older tale follows Paul Jennings, once poor, now rich barrister and devoted fiancé to Helen Forsyth. On a perilous Dublin City voyage, Jennings helps others escape while Helen urges him to save himself for his family. He refuses, pledging to stay with her, but their sacrifice leads to a dramatic shipwreck and a lifelong reckoning.
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Nature
Paul Jennings
Jennings
Sydney Greg
Sydney
Paul
Greg
Helen Forsyth
Helen
Tom Forsyth
Dublin
Tom
Syd
Thad
History repeats itself in love and lore at sea
A witty exchange compares a romance to Jack and the Beanstalk as a “Miss Beaconhill” and a certain John draw amused comments from readers. The item lingers on a British officer tale of a Dover bail party who swam in full dress for an hour around a mail packet, a buoyant anecdote of sea bravado.
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John
Miss Beaconhill
Texas
Dover
A Romance of the Stage and a Hidden Truth
A veteran actor explains leaving the stage after years of success. He credits manager Gus Bailey for keeping secrets, notes a desire for the Romeo roles, and recounts being pushed into a lead part when Murray breaks his hip as Mlle d Esterre joins. He recalls rival Lawrence and a lively backstage dynamic with the French named, an American belle who notices his in-wings presence.
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Ford
Gus Bailey
Romeo
Bailey
Murray
Mlle. d’Esterre
Lawrence
Perfectly Absurd Love Play Ending at Home
A Chicago Times think-piece recalls a theatrical farce where romance and ambition clash. Henry Osmyn Maxwell, billing as Max Osmyn, reveals his past to Mile d Esterre during a staged confession. A burning plot device backfires as love conquers class snobbery, ending in a quiet wedding and a villa on the Hudson.
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Lawrence
Sir Harry Vaughn
Jack Leslie
Mile d’Esterre
Max Osmyn
Henry Osmyn Maxwell
Milo d’Esterre
Jack
Henry Maxwell
New York
Anna Gordon
Colonel Maxwell
Mile
d’Esterre
Gus Bailey
Hudson
Chicago Times
Odd Remedies for Ague From Days of Yore
A historical note surveys ancient malaria treatments. It describes remedies such as salted bran cake fed to dogs, a spider sealed in a goose quill worn around the neck, and aspen leaves, all tied to the Doctrine of Signatures, which linked plant appearances to cures. The piece reflects on how such wartime beliefs guided midcentury medical thinking.
Various Farewells and their Meanings in Life
A reflective piece on farewells from a cradle to the grave, cataloging types from sad departures at gravesides to cheerful, casual goodbyes. It notes the clerkly bill-collector farewell, the breezy casual nod, and the poignant gate farewell of a girl under starlight, ending with a sobering open grave image.
A Mean Deed That Cost Him A Seat In The Senate
A long ago torn deed costs a lawyer his U.S. Senate bid after papers reveal he stole a quarter from a child. The tale links honesty to success and recalls a boy scorned, a War Department clerk, and a later political rise halted by public shame.
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United States Senate
War Department
Washington
Senate
The Coward Dave in the Army of the Civil War
Poem recounting a nameless orphan boy nicknamed Dave who is branded a coward by his peers yet proves his courage at Stone River and in later battles. The narrative follows a WWI or Civil War era soldiers’ perspective as they confront fear, shame, and eventual admiration for Dave's hidden bravery amid brutal combat.
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Dave
Hell
Stone River
Turchin
Iinois
Curist
Jamus Newton Matthews
Indianapolis Journal
A Typical Volunteer Soldier of Company F Died for Country
Colonel Oran Perry recalls Sergeant of Company F Sixty-ninth Indiana a plain man with a frayed beard and awkward dress who rose from awkwardness to respected noncommissioned officer. The sketch traces his sacrifice leaving behind a farm wife and children, driven by duty to serve in war.
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Oran Perry
Sixty-ninth
Indiana
Norman
Army of the Potomac
Cronntiry
A Soldier's Quiet Valor and the Call of Duty
A veteran recalls a sergeant, trusted and brave, who faced the end of the war with courage. He refused comfort and embraced a new command, choosing duty over home as a model American volunteer. The narrator champions plain soldiers who uphold liberty and peace.
Werther of Witty Aphorisms From Varied Papers
A collage of brief quotes and maxims from diverse papers including the PITH AND POINT and Milwaukee Journal. Topics range from truth in love and marital duty to secrecy, generosity, ambition, poverty poetry, and pessimism versus optimism, framed as pithy snippets.
Cannon ball tale from Civil War battlefield accounts
The Chicago Mail recounts vivid Civil War cannon ball incidents. A ball buried then emerged forward, struck a stump, wounded a soldier, upended a kettle, and burned hands. John Ritchie tended a fallen man, while Captain Meredith described a ball passing lengthwise through a horse.
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John Ritchie
Meredith
Becaore
Chicago Mail
Unknown Heroes and Quiet Bravery in Private Life
A Texas Siftings excerpt lauds unknown heroes and heroines whose quiet deeds go unpraised. It highlights a young man who sacrifices youth to care for aging parents, a girl who tends an invalid relative, and a frail mother who bears hardship with cheerful industry, emphasizing noble acts beyond public acclaim.
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Texas
National Woman's Relief Corps Convention in Boston
A report notes the upcoming National convention of the Woman's Relief Corps to be held in Boston. It details formation of a forty-member organization at the Soliders' Home in Grand Rapids Michigan and cites Rev Henry G Harr of San Francisco as appointed chaplain in the regular army.
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The
Woman's Relief Corps
Boston
Toner
The LOUNGER ON DUTY Society Parlor Sketch Scene
In a brisk speakeasy style scene a Seedy Individual pesters hotel staff to glimpse a registry. The Lounger paragraphs recount a reminiscence of Count de Frommbrosie and gossip about Gotham society, mentioning Sir Lionel Westgate and Miss Madeline X as part of the social swirl.
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Office of Society
St. Marc
St. Mar
Chereo
Lione Westgate
Count de Frommbrosie
Gotham
Baden
Madeline X
Joure Balist
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Pan Wert Bulletin
John A. Arnold & CO
Ohto
Portland
Maine
Pacific
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Monty
Moses
Sacramento Valley
Val
Illinois
Clary Bart
San Francisco Chronicle
Faust
Belgravia
Sid
Addie
Sun
Republic
Ambulance Corps
Blakely
Mobile
Lee
Harte
Binghamton
Milwaukee Journal
Somerville Journal
Atchison Globe
Texas Siftings
China
Church Union
United Presbyterian
Captain Meredith, John Ritchie
Georers Shields
Old Hosses
Shaclus Saiulia
Unknown Heroes
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