Hair Turned Gray by Indian Fight in Little Big Horn
An interview from Chicago Times recounts a scout's perilous hours with the Seventh Cavalry at the Little Big Horn in June, detailing how hostile Indians overwhelmed the force, the retreat led by Reno, and the narrator's survival hidden in brush for days. He accuses Maj. Reno of cowardice and disobedience, contrasting Custer’s plan with the retreat.
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Big Horn Country
Montana
United States Army
Washington
Sitting Bull
Rosebud
Little Big Horn
Terry
Custer
Seventh Cavalry
Second Cavalry
Low
Maj. Reno
Capt
Benteen
Plance
Reno
Maj
Fort Keogh
Pell-Mell
Benny Hodgson
Donald McIntosh
Chicago Times
Gift of La Her rovel and royal wedding presents
London Truth notes a fanciful claim about Princess of Wales receiving a collection valued at £50,000 from the late king of Belgium as a wedding gift. It mocks Leopold for offering a £16,000 item and suggests the lace given at the princess’s marriage would have been worth about £300.
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Reopola
Princess of Wales
King of the
Leopold
Amon
London
Secret Courtship Conversation In Plain Style
A brief exchange shows a mother and son debating secrecy and courtship with humor. The son boasts ongoing courting of Miss Highly for a year while the mother asserts women can keep secrets, ending on a light note with good news.
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Wamen
Capture of Alvarado by Midshipman Hunter in Mexican War
Midshipman Charles G. Hunter, known as Alvarado Hunter, commanded a small transport with fifteen sailors to blockade Alvarado harbor. After shelling the town and securing its surrender, Perry accused him of disobedience. Hunter was arrested, sent to the United States, later exonerated, and publicly honored by Congress. He then commanded the Shark in the Mediterranean for three years before dying in 1854.
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Hunter
Perry
Charles G. Hunter
Alvarado” Hunter
Gulf of Mexico
Matthew C. Perry
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Alvarado
Passedo
Commodore Perry
Mexico
Bunter
United States
Washington
Congress
Mediterranean
Port Mabou
Alvarado Hunter
New York
Lkansas City
The Force of Incongruity in Stage Comedy
A spectator at a variety show muses on why audiences laugh at a comic violinist who plays in every odd position. The critique notes the act pairs unrelated ideas with poor musical and physical feats, questioning the link between humor and incongruity. Kate Field's Washington is the cited source.
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Kate Field
Washington
Language Shifts in Boston Shops Highlight Collegiate Speech
A Boston anecdote notes how Harvard area speech influences merchants as a young collegian asks for pants and is corrected to trousers. The piece contrasts New York shop talk where playful phrases like elegant pant for boys’ summer wear appear, reflecting regional linguistic quirks.
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Boston
Harvard College
William
New York
Jenness-Miller Magazine
Excavator Grabs in California Dredging Plant In Use
An early steam powered dredging addendum features excavator grabs on booms over 10 feet, operating with trips of 1.5 to 2 minutes. Each cycle lifts over two tons of gravel or sand, with the crab weighing 87,600 pounds and the structure standing 6 feet high.
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California
Seattle wedding gifts expose secret names in plans
A Seattle girl revealed during a wedding that deners names would be displayed with the presents. The news spread that only thirty six plated sugar spoons and nineteen salt sprinklers were shown as gifts. Professor Simonson notes Volapuk has 1,009,000 to 5,000,000 learners worldwide with 1,000,000 able to use it and 1,200 businesses and 1,200 Volapuk books and journals in use.
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Seattle
Seattle Journal
Simonson
Volapuk
Diplomacy in Dress and a Bureau Chief Hire
A Washington correspondent recalls Pelham’s maxim that dress holds subtle diplomacy. A vain young man seeking a chief of bureau swapped his elaborate attire for shabby clothes, abandoned eye glasses, and a plain tie, impressing a cabinet officer and securing the appointment without suspicion.
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Bureau
Aswell
Pelham
Washington Cor
New York Times
German Sharpshooter's Suicidal Rig Leads to Death
A despondent German lodger on Grand Street New York rigged a fowling piece and multiple revolvers to kill himself. A failed trigger setup caused gunfire that only grazed him while another pistol wound to the brain proved fatal, then he severed his throat with a razor. The death occurred in his room near the Bowery.
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Grand Street
New York
Bowery
New York Press
Dangerous Navigation Through Astoria Channel
The New York Telegraph notes the Astoria channel between the metropolis and the east shore is treacherous amid high tides and swift currents. Vessels face eight mile per hour outward flow, narrow passages, and white pools, with the pass deemed more dangerous since the last explosion. Tow lines are now common for many sailing ships.
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Astoria
Great Sound
Puritea
Providence
Massachusetts
Coast and Geodetic Survey
New York Telegram
The Way Sea Light Cigars on a Cunard Liner
A surgeon aboard a Cunard liner observes cigar lighting habits by nationality in the smoking room. He notes the Frenchman passes a lit match after striking a light, the German lights himself then offers the match, and the Englishman strikes and lights then drops the lucifer into a receptacle without regard for others.
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Cunard
Ater
Chicago Herald
Enterprising Personages in New York Weekly
A witty exchange from New York Weekly features a flirtatious dialogue about Mr De Dude and his entertaining society. The narrator notes a cousin returning from Enid with a small monkey as a gift and invites a visit to share the amusing anecdote.
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Mr. de Dude
Eni
New York Weekly
Phonograph Proposed as Cash Register in News Radio Era
A Pittsburg Bulletin excerpt notes a suggestion to use the phonograph as a cash register. Each transaction could be recorded as a check on accounts with the cashier's sums logged by voice or sound. The dialogue mentions playful lines about pulling and minds Gladstone while setting the table.
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Albert Adawart
Gladstone
Pittsburg
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promises Health For Women
A long promotional passage extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pellets as cures for female ailments and general health decline. It links the remedies to restoring vitality, preventing premature decay, and aiding digestion, with testimonials of benefit and cautions about travel health and appetite.
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Fountain Head
Adel Preyventi Gye
Mabuiel Guimpuainis
Muuisin
Ube Bitoun
Kitney
Pain and dread attend calirrh remedies for nasal relief
The text claims Ely sream Bali is safe and pleasant when inhaled through the nostrils, described as a sure cure for inflammations in the passages. It notes discomfort from liquids and suits and prices the remedy at 30e, aiming to provide immediate relief.
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Ely
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