Charleston Shuttle Trains and the Fall of the Confederacy
In Charleston in 1883 a visiting observer met John W. Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, whose talk linked a two mile shuttle line to the South’s haphazard railway development. The exchange framed Garrett as a pivotal Civil War era railway builder whose leadership aided U S government troop movements, and the shuttle line as emblematic of Southern transport deficiencies that helped hasten the Confederacy’s defeat.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Central Railway Station
North
South
Richmond
Lynchburg
Lee
Joe Johnston
North Carolina
Grant
Appomattox
Confederacy
John W. Garrett
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Small troubles loom in large ownership disputes
A shoe clerk quips that the small irritants haunt people, but the real friction lies with powerful owners seeking to fit into tiny spaces. The exchange hints at broader conflicts over control and scale in business.
The Last Hole Remains A Funeral Sermon Farewell
The text excerpts note a funeral sermon for Bras Sie with the line He has finished his course quoted by Figg and Fogs discussing the parazon. The dialogue suggests a solemn farewell in a historical newspaper fragment.
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Figg
Parazon
Bras- Sie
Hill's High Idea of Ethics and Senator Hill's Retainer
A 1910 portrait of David Bennett Hill highlights his policy of political silence and a Civil War era speech on the income tax. It recounts the Wilson bill clash, Hill's ethical stand refusing a Supreme Court retainer, and the ensuing legal contest where his argument influenced the final decision. The piece closes with a Poultry Success joke about hens and luck.
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Supreme Court
David Bennett Hill
United States
New York
Hill
Alton B Parker
House of Representatives
Senate
Cleveland
Senator Hill
Federal Senate
E. J. Edwards
A Hartford Boy recalls Charles Dickens meeting at hotel window
The Hartford boy recounts meeting Dickens in 1842 during the author’s U.S. visit. Dickens spoke to him through a hotel window saying Go away little boy as the lad stood on the sidewalk. He later notes Dickens’s blue eyes and their brief exchange.
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Henry C. Robinson
Hartford
Conn
New England
Connecticut
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Yale
Andrew D. White
Car- Bell University
Germany
United States
Charles Dickens
America
Dickens
Springfield
Mase
Sable
City Hotel
Old State House
Sam Weller
B. J. Edwards
WIFE BEATER GIVEN TASTE OF THE LASH
Baltimore Maryland Sheriff Jack Hanson administered a lash punishment to convicted wife beater Frank McCauley in the jail. The sequence of blows produced visible suffering and tears but the restrained man did not collapse. After the final stroke he recovered and returned to his cell as the jail physician reported no serious shock.
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Baltimore
Frank McCauley
Jack Hanson
McCauley
Frog that Catches Birds in St Louis Frogs
In St Louis Oscar Berghaus owns a large frog once captured near Alton by a fisherman. The creature, linked to Mark Twain’s Jumping Frog of Calaveras, is kept in winter quarters in a backyard pool with mesh fence. The frog has attracted sparrows as it rests in the swampy setup.
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St. Louis
Mark Twain
Callaveras County
Oscar Berghaus
Cote Brilliabte Avenue
Alton
Berghaus
Frog at the Farm Surprises Owner With Sparrow Feasts
Berghaus returned home to find his frog feasting on sparrows as he watched the creature grab a sparrow by the leg and defend its meal. The sparrows fled the enclosure, and the frog settled into a quiet life until winter quarters.
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Egan
Berghaus
Man Dies After Overeating Cheese in Newburgh
William Thomas, a farm hand from Newburgh New York, followed Secretary of Agriculture Wilsons advice to eat more cheese. He traveled to Newburgh bought a large quantity of cheese and ate it with crackers at the farm. An attack of acute indigestion followed and he died within an hour.
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Newburgh
N. Y
William ‘Thomas
Wilson
Thomas
Bee Stings Man's Tongue in Carr Township
Clar ice Scott of Carr township was stung by a bee in the mouth causing severe tongue swelling that threatened suffocation before the swelling subsided, bringing him relief after a tense moment.
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Jeffersonvi
Bennot
Clarice Scott
Carr Township
Bis
Home Town Helps Home Town Helps
John Burns and Lord Kitchener presided at a town planning conference session in London where epigrams and statistics on housing were shared. Predictions describe a future city with electric heat liquid air refrigeration glass verandas and airstrip terraces for aviation amid extensive parks and health-focused living spaces.
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John Burns
Lord Kitchener
London
Eng
Burns
East End
M. Howard
Parthian
Children Aid in Good Work
The article highlights school-extension efforts via Junior Naturalist Monthly and Cornell Rural School Leaflet. Starting in 1898 in New York under Cornell University, the program spans the state with activities like corn and potato growing, fruit farming, poultry, garden contests, and sewing and breadmaking prizes for girls. It reaches about 7,000 teachers and school commissioners, with 76,000 club members in the Cornell Farm Boys and Girls' clubs.
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New York
College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Junior Naturalist Monthly
Cornell Rural School
Cornell Farm Boys and Girls' Clubs
Village Improvement Work and Local Prosperity
The piece extols village improvement as a beautiful, endless opportunity that could rival urban boards of trade. It emphasizes public participation, noting a few farmers may resist, yet highlights how widespread effort will draw visitors and raise prosperity for homes and farms along the line.
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Board of Trade
Park Management and Public Education
Park management should serve the public near and libraries and museums must educate the people to better things. They need wise public‑spirited leaders with high ideals who will gradually improve public taste by example, not by scolding or force.
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Malin
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Hart
Cyrus
Charles Dickns
Wife Beater
Mark ‘Twain
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Een
Mal Oas
Willams
Drug & Gen'l
Eat Tree
Luminus Cotton Bingo
Blast and
Brash Getty
Columbus
Georgia
Mt iTiay
Nei Cae Il
Atlanta Directory
Kodaks
Scott Ea A
Praeaien
Ama
Iopaen Ieee
Teas
Hatan Bea
Keeley Ay
Mlanta Triew
Underwoods
Remingtons
Smith Premiers
Olivers
Tandard
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