Robert E. Lee Beats Natchez in Historic Mississippi Race
The article recalls a famed 1870 Mississippi River race between the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez from New Orleans to St. Louis a distance of 1200 miles. The Lee finished in 3 days 18 hours 8 minutes, with the Natchez six hours thirty three minutes behind due to fog.
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United States Mail Packet
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Pittsburgh Post
The Sunflower Apostle on Life and Dorian Gray
A compact set of aphorisms about life, conscience, love, and society from The Picture of Dorian Gray. It critiques intellect, sincerity, marriage, faith, and fame, framing deception as a life tool and noting the futility of conscience without action.
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Dorian Gray
The Colonel Refuses to Pay and Sues Himself
An elderly Kentucky aristocrat avoids debts with a cheerful boastful attitude. A grocer presses for payment and the Colonel, claiming license as a lawyer, proposes a suit and charges a ten dollar fee. The case ends with the grocer paying seven dollars and the Colonel fleeing after absurd mischief at the courthouse.
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Kentucky
Holy of Holies
Arkansaw
Rat on Cass Avenue Trapped by Laughing Crowd
A boy set a rat trap on Cass Avenue as a crowd gathered with dogs. A short fat man with a large cane organized the scene calling for sticks to “manage” the rat. The mob swung, hats flew, and the rat dodged away as insults flew and the crowd dispersed.
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Cass Avenue
Detroit Free Press
Smiley and Tangle Discuss Missing Patent Alarm
Smiley asks to inspect a new alarm named Tangle. Tangle explains a thief entered the house last night and stole it, revealing the burglary incident and loss.
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Mark Twain Book Promoted by Sub Scription Sales Force
Energetic solicitors sought to sell A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by subscription. The 300 illustrations by Dan Beard accompany Mark Twain’s new work. Agents’ early results include 35 books in five days and 31 in three days. 80,000 copies sold. territory remaining unoccupied. Address C iee & Co., 3 East 14th Street, New York.
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Advances and Experiments in Science and Industry
A compilation of short notes reports factory output, dental heredity observations, emery wheel tests, ambitious electric railway proposals near Archangel, automatic furnace switches, and an ivory knee implant. It also notes bees harming bruised fruit, Spanish school exercise studies, daily illustrated paper production via electricity, London omnibuses with electric storage, and a rolling process for wide sheet glass improving homogeneity and brightness.
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The Bride and the Public Gaze in a Town
Elder Twiggs comments on a newly married woman's fate as she gains attention, then faces social expectations. The piece predicts changes in appearance, behavior, and gossip, noting how marriage shifts status from admired girl to ordinary wife and mother. It critiques social norms and envy among townspeople.
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