Desperate Border Fighter Bill Anderson and His Band
A 19th century portrait of Bill Anderson, Missouri born, who led eighty men in a ruthless vendetta after his sisters faced Union oppression. They rode grafted with four revolvers each, killed about a thousand enemies, burned and plundered, never captured alive, and met their end as a Federal militia closed in.
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Bill Anderson
Missouri
Union
Confederacy
Anderson
Johnson
Congress
Guitar
Congressman Rollins
Washington
EL Peckon
Rollins
Fayette
Lee
Texas
Mexico
Saved Their Bacon Roasting a Pig Under Fire
Wilber H. Webber of Lampasas, Texas, recalls a Civil War incident after the Baton Rouge battle. Corps of scouts foraged for meat in a deserted town, cooked a pig in a kitchen while gunboats shelled nearby, and narrowly escaped disaster as shells blasted through the house. The roast pig was saved despite splinters and danger.
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Baton Rouge
Sixth Michigan
Magnolia Cemetery
Corporal Joe Shaw
Joe
Wilber H. Webber
Lampasas
Ter
National Tribune
Ten Thousand Dollar Pension For a World War I Veteran
William J. Shepherd of Philadelphia received a pension after persisting since his 1861 Washington’s Birthday wound from an accidental musket discharge during the Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers parade. He rejoined and served at the front, later securing back pay and arrearages totaling $10,000 or more, while still bearing the wound.
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William J. Shepherd
Philadelphia
Washington
Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers
Shepherd
N. J. Sun
Confederate Soldiers' Home Memorial College Plan Mentioned
A brief wartime column notes that the Confederate Soldiers' Home at Richmond has 125 inmates financed by Richmond citizens. It also mentions Commander Griffin of Wisconsin G A R seeking 5000 dollars to start a soldiers' home donated by Waupaca residents. Leroy Harney is cited as the oldest General born near Nashville in 1800. The piece references a plan for a memorial college in Southern cities.
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Griffin
Department of Wisconsin
Waupaca
Leroy Harney
United States Army
Nashville
Tenn
Confederate Soldiers
Richmond
Memorial College
Killed by a shell in Tolstoy tale snippet
A vivid scene from Count Tolstoy’s Sebastopol shows Mikhailoff and Praskoukine sheltering as a shell bursts above. A sudden flash, a red fire, and a crushing impact leave Mikhailoff dead and Praskoukine mortally wounded, minds filled with fear, memories, and imagined debts.
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Praskoukine
Mikhailof
Mikhailoff
Mikhailo
Mikhailos
Petersburg
Tle
Count Tolstoi
Home and Farm tips for winter storage and kitchen uses
Practical notes on reducing labor and disease in winter farming households. It discusses storing potatoes and vegetables away from sleeping rooms, questions profitability of fattening cows, and includes recipes and tips for coffee, jellies, apples with jelly, and preserving fruit with sugar and gelatine.
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Indianapolis Journal
Luchange
Boston
Sapphire Find Spurs Rush to Siam Mines
A native hunter uncovered sapphires in Siam’s Battambong and Chautaboon districts, drawing thousands to the remote mines. Specimens reached Rangoon and Calcutta as merchants assess value, with one rough stone later selling for 15 000 in Calcutta. Largest sapphire recovered weighed 370 carats rough, 111 carats cut.
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Siam
Rangoon
Calcutta
Battambong
Chautaboon
Bankok
Chanutaboon
Preserving fences with crude petroleum for post decay
An 19th century farmer advised soaking fence posts in crude petroleum to prevent decay. Tar or charring helps little, while full internal saturation in oil, with dry posts, can triple post life. Posts must absorb oil a foot above ground and dry before immersion.
The Deficit in Cooks and Working-Class Preference
The Viscountess Strangford’s cook advertisement drew seven applicants at noon and over five hundred within three days, highlighting working-class girls’ preference for shop work. The piece argues decent homes with good help are safer, healthier, and respectable, noting many cooking schools enable plain cooking skills for better employment.
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Strangford
Solemn Warnings from the Mount of Beatitudes Lesson
A historical Sunday school notice outlines Jesus teaching from Matthew with warnings about entering the kingdom of God. It describes the narrow gate versus the broad path, the danger of false prophets, and the test of true disciples through obedience and fruit. The lesson applies building on rock versus sand and emphasizes personal faith, diligence, and practical exhortations for moral living.
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S. S.quarterly
Mount of
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Christ
God
Lord Jesus Christ
Heaven
Stev. A
Schauffier
Funeral of John Quincy Adams Recalls Washington Observances
An 1848 Washington funeral detailed minute guns, mourning across executive offices, and a vast public procession. Notables including Webster and Davis attended with a lead sarcophagus, silver plate, and a six-horse escort. The cortege proceeded to Congressional Cemetery then to Quincy for family interment.
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John Quincey Adams
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Maryland
Annapolis
Baltimore
Hell
Capitol Hill
United States
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Senate of the United States
C. F. Adams
Webster
Davis
Massachusetts
Daniel Webster
Lafayette
Expitol
Congressional Cemetery
Protestant Episcopal Church
Lale
Quincy
Mass
Perley Lvare
Boston
Burtijet
Colorado cattle queen widow runs sprawling estate
The wealthiest widow in Colorado, widow of the late John Witv once famed as the cattle king, controls about 100000 head of cattle and manages the fortune with business acumen. She came to Colorado as a sewing machine agent from a wealthy family, later marrying Lift and learning estate management through cattle and supplies. A Texas counterpart, Mrs Rogers near Corpus Christi, supposedly holds far larger stock and runs her operation with her husband a preacher.
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Colorado
John Witv
Tiff
Lift
Texas
Corpus Christi
Rogers
Dob
Loston Traceler
Fragmented courthouse dialogue from Nevada appeal excerpt
A terse damaged passage shows a heated exchange between a man and a tall woman over intellect and a stool reference. An attorney asks about convulsions before a sister’s death, with the reply noting four convulsions. The excerpt tags Cer son, Nev. Appeal.
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Cerson
How to Reduce Your Exprises and Save on Bills
A humorous ad style plea promises easy savings on medical costs by using Pierce's Pleasant Pure. It claims appetite loss and discomfort vanish after taking the product, avoiding doctor visits and slimming expenses for the reader, with a closing quip about a local writer.
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Pierce
Untitled 19th Century Clipped Advertisement Fragments
A collage of stray ad copy and gossip notes from a 19th century page. It includes health claims for Jerce’s Fay Prescription, references to a Grand Union Bazaar visit, travel excursion tickets from Illinois to Mississippi and Louisiana, a hint of malaria cures with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, mention of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, and assorted quips about furnaces, dyes, and theatrical remarks. The tone mimics a busy local paper mixing satire, medical pitches, and consumer notices.
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Soldiers Department
Pittsburgh Times
Countryman
Thanno
J. Q. Adams
Ben. Perley Poore
York
Rowe
Chicago
Philiphias
Oh & Sheep
William
Asawlog
Uluth
Harcard
Dilith Paragrapher
Southern Land Excursiona
Illiall Road
Ilinois
Jackson Jesseey
Aberdeen
Jackson
Yazoo
Mississippi
Hammond
Jennings
Charles
Louisiana
Cairo
Wlat
Ilinois Central
Manchester
Iowa
J. F. Merry
Gen. West
Mateu
Grand Union
Arpor
Hostetter
Malaria
Sidney
Treas Sipitreya
Portune
Dr. Pierce
Glenn
Hill
Sue
Harper's
Basar
Tansill
Thes
Cockle
Onelastic Qstuuring
PATHE
J. W. Dickinson
Gales
Iil
A. G. Parker
Tiss Co
Hiate Street
Pr. Pierce
de. Pierce
Gelden
Br. Pierce
Tia
Cox
Druguriata
Tha Pierce
Wein St
N. WX. Ress
Faligus Custon Ade
Plymouth Rock
The
Americas Express Co
Biek
Plymouth Rock Pants Co
Summer Street
L’art de la Mode
Bates Pius
XEW Vour
MONSE
Bgaet Toch Si
New Bork
Jones
Hiss
Binghamton Binghamton, N. We
McCon
Cinaiuiwati
Os Wanatingtue
Roerts
Mixtra
Co. Cinco
Sternp
Cate
Losue
Wallach
Mintibon St
Molly
D. Stephene
Ponand
Stralas
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