Escape From Andersonville Prison Pen by Two Soldiers
A former prisoner recounts a tunnel escape at Andersonville guarded by Confederate sentinels. Nine weeks of night work using improvised tools, with up to twenty feet dug beyond the dead line. A fellow prisoner Sharon posed a risk, but the group escaped, splitting, while two men reached Federal lines after 31 days.
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C. R. Lewte
Andersonvilie
Stockade
Andersonrifie
Sharon
New England
Albany
What is your idea of a popular tune
Exchange joke notes a man who takes music seriously defines a popular tune as one that becomes universally disliked. The quip reflects skeptical humor about mass appeal in music culture.
Love Notes Hint at His Feelings in Silly Exchange
In a playful exchange Rosalie questions love while Violet recalls missteps. The first call left gloves behind. the second time his name and feet night he forgot his hat. The dialogue captures a quirky, intimate moment.
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Rosalie
Violet
Wise Mens Mistakes in Famous Authors
A critique lists notable errors in works by Scott Dickens Keats Gibbon Shakespeare Campbell, noting misattributions and geographic flaws. The piece argues even great writers could overlook common facts that ordinary schoolchildren know.
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Sir Walter Scott
Dickens
Two Cities
Place de la Revolution
Sanson
Het Samson
Idia
Caspian Sea
Aral
India
Shakespeare
Bohemia
Gertrude
Wyoming
Campbell
Pennsylvania
Gibbon
Quotations on Woman as Inspiration and Virtue
A collection of literary quotes praising women from Confucius Voltaire Whittier Lamartine Barrett and Shakespeare. The passages extol women as educators of civility and dignity, central figures at life’s crossroads and in love, and as emblematic of beauty and virtue.
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Shakespeare
Rusk
Voltaire
Gladstone
Whittler
Lamartine
Barrett
Sandl
Willis
Debunking the Anglo-Saxon Language Fallacy
The London News cites a barrister who rejects the notion that Anglo Saxon words are inherently simpler or stronger. He argues many common terms stem from Latin, and in a trial he vows to speak plainly without mince, denouncing the matter as a nefarious transaction in plain Anglo Saxon.
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London News
James
Early Mentions of Niagara Falls by Cartier and Hennepin
The record notes Niagara Falls appears in Lescarbot during Cartier's 1535 voyage. Maps around Champlain’s era (1618 or 1614) show a cross at the falls but lack description and modern authorities doubt Cartier’s sighting. Father Hennepin is credited with the first firsthand written description after visiting the site.
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Lescarbot
Jacques Cartier
Champlain
Brinton
Hennepin
Death by own action linked to uncle’s refusal
In the Kansas City Journal account a nephew seeks funds from a wealthy uncle. The uncle’s refusal leads to remorse and the nephew allegedly runs away, never to be heard again. The piece frames the event as a solemn warning about self-inflicted death following financial pressure.
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Archie
Colonel Hixon
Kansas City Journal
The Fool Who Won Horace Greeley’s Early Struggles
Horace Greeley arrived in New York as a green country boy facing repeated rejections from printers. On a Sunday visit, he learned of a compositor vacancy and, despite an uncouth appearance, was admitted when the foreman saw potential in his perseverance.
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Horace Greeley
New York City
Iis
W. A. Linn
Greeley
Creeley
New England
Tie
Tell
Greeley Proves Himself on Difficult Printing Job
An underdog printer named Greeley is mocked by a foreman and warned by the proprietor but quietly succeeds. Despite rough start and unreliable helpers, he handles the first proof better than all others, proving his skill and resilience.
Shops of Canton Portrait of a Chinese Market District
The Detroit Free Press describes Canton merchants with open fronts along narrow alleys where every trade thrives under red and gold signs. Workers, coolies, and mandarins move amid noisy crowds as embroideries, silks, brocades, feathers, and fans fill shops.
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China
Rmiller
Hau Cheung Tai
Detroit Free Press
Grotesque English Ads From Continental Firm
A critical note mocks foreign language inflected ads from a large continental house. The text parodies a London Express sample offering items like antiseptic soap perfumed lotion cream velvetine extract and dentifrice as gift choices for saints birthdays, highlighting clumsy translation.
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London Express
Orphan Definition Comes From Class Guess
A spelling lesson turns humorous when a teacher proclaims I am an orphan to explain the word. Students fail to grasp the meaning until a hopeful boy says it means someone who wants to marry but cannot find a husband.
The Waistcoat Comes and Goes Through English Fashion
The waistcoat has long been a minor garment whose prominence followed changing costumes. It gained official recognition under Charles II and is first noted by Pepys in 1666 when the king began to wear a vest observed among lords and commons wearing a close fitting cassock.
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Charles II
Pepys
House of Lords and Commons
Student asks Newcomb for career advice
A careless dresser seeks guidance from Professor Simon Newcomb at Johns Hopkins about leaving college for business after a flattering offer. He asks what he would do in the student’s shoes, and Newcomb replies with a blunt, humorous verdict: "Black them, of course."
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Simon Newcomb
Johns Hopkins University
Flammarion on Cosmic Life and Stellar Time
The astronomer Flammarion muses on a universal, eternal life in space noting time as a factor. He speaks of cradles and tombs in space and divides stars into future and present groups with Vega Sirius Procyon Capella Arcturus and Aldebaran as autumnized.
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Vega
Sirius
Procyon
Capella
Arcturus
Aldebaran
Flammarion
Return at once notice delays delivery to Mr. Smith
A merchant asks a boy if he delivered a message to Mr. Smith. The boy explains the office was locked and a door notice ordered him to return at once, so he complied as quickly as possible.
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Merchant
Floods Submerge Fifty Homes Meant Heavy Losses Across Marye ville
Severe rainfall caused the Mie Blue river to rise sixteen feet and flood Marye ville and the bottoms, drowning one person and forcing many residents to flee. Rescue teams saved seventy-five people by boat as telegraph lines failed and tracks washed away along the Blue valley branch.
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Maryeville
Kan
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Blue
Marysville
Heen
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Union Pacific
William A. Calderhead
Wasps Attack Mail Carrier On Rural Route
Charles O. Robinson, rural route 7 carrier from Logansport Indiana, was stung repeatedly by wasps inside a mailbox. He rode on despite swelling in face and hands, then returned home after barely finishing his deliveries.
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Logansport
Ind
Charles O. Robinson
Robinson
Spiritu al association to regular Chicago charity children outdoors
Clinton Iowa reports the Mississippi Valley Spiritual association will offer Mount Pleasant park to Chicago bureau of charities officials free of charge for June and July next year. The move provides a spacious outdoor area for Chicago children in need to enjoy fresh air on the riverfront.
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Clinton
Mississippi Valley Spiritual Association
Chicago Bureau of Charities
Mount Pleasant Park
Chicago
Mississippi River
Warden Murphy Denies School Book Manufacture Plan
Joliet Illinois August 26 Warden Murphy of the Illinois penitentiary denies Springfield dispatches claiming prison commissioners will begin manufacturing school books and furniture under the convict labor ban. He says no decision has been reached as commissioners gather statistics from state institutions.
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Joliet, IL
Murphy
Ilinois Penitentiary
Springfield
Barron Heir Receives 1.5 Million After Aunt's Death
Elkhart Indiana August 26 Moses HH Barron a longtime laborer inherits 1 500 000 from his unmarried aunt Miss Fidelia Barron who died in New York three years ago but he only learned of the fortune within the past week.
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Elkhart
Ind
Moses HH. Barron
Fidelia Barron
Cow Races With Peace Pact On Emmit Township Highway
In Capac Michigan on August 26 Mrs John Sullivan and her spinster sister in law the elderly Mrs Sullivan reach an accord to keep to their respective sides of the road to preserve order and peace of mind on the farm.
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Mrs. Sullivan
Capac
Mich
John Sullivan
Mission Keeps Pastor-Baseball Star in Rockwell
Rev. Chas Hl Mareh requests to play for an eastern baseball team and has accepted the pastorate of the Mapleton church at Rockwell Iowa with an annual salary. Mareh is noted in education and church circles and chose ministry over a high salary in baseball. He previously trained in Holyoke and Oskalooza.
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Towa
Hfe
Sieesfal
Weather forecast for Tilmore Indiana and surrounding states
The forecast notes generally cloudy unsettled conditions with probable local showers in central and northern parts. Cooler air with southwest to west winds across Tilmore and Indiana and fresh south to west winds in Lower Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Indiana
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North Portione
Michigan
Wisconsin
Lowe
West Portion
Market summaries for hogs cattle sheep and grains
Hogs receipts about 12 000 with weak demand and lower prices across classes. Cattle receipts 5 500 with steady prices and active market for choice to extra steers. Sheep and lambs receipts around 25 000 with Western and native lots priced in multiple brackets. East Buffalo market reports include hogs at 6.25 and lambs 7.15 top, with grain futures showing corn near 16 to 49 cents and wheat around 79 to 84 cents.
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Catttle
Texas
East Buffalo
Dunnine & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
T . Rughs
Holdover Advantage in Democratic Gubernatorial Fight
Columbus Ohio August 26 The preliminary meetings of the Democratic elite convention favored Mayor Tom Johnson Cleveland over John T Zimmerman Springfield for the gubernatorial nomination. Johnson supporters gained control of the state central committee and edged ahead in credential and district contests. The fight shifts to the convention with Johnson claiming a strong position as the state central committee remains aligned 18 to 3 in his favor.
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Tom J. Johnson
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John T. Zimmerman
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Johnson
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Purevant
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Whteh
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Cleve Lam
Hamilton County
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Populists Nominate Sullivan for State Supreme Judge
Grand Island Nebraska August 26. The Populist state convention nominated Judge John J Sullivan for state supreme judge and elected temporary officers. The fusionists hold the majority and will notify the Democratic convention. Regents nominees were Profess or W A Jones and Dr B O Weber. In Columbus Ohio the Democratic convention confirms Sullivan's nomination and notes fusion sentiment. A separate report from LaCrosse Wisconsin details a severe electrical and hail storm in Vernon county causing farm damage.
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W. R. Weber
State Central Committee
Parsons
North Platte
John J. Sullivan
Supreme Court
W. A. Jones
Adams
B. O. Weber
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P.L. Hall
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Fremont
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John J. Suullivan
Chairnan Loomis
William 4. Bryan
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Springville
Vernon County
Will Enforce the Curfew Law in Nashville
Mayor Krughoff posts curfew enforcement notice for Nashville youths under 12. Curfew starts 9 PM during November through March and 8 PM in the other months. Fire bell taps will signal compliance.
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Nashville
Krughoff
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