Heart of Maryland Keeps Union Banner High
A lyric tribute to Maryland as the Union’s steadfast heart. The poem calls Maryland’s loyalty from Susquehanna to the Potomac to wave the banner “Union” and “The Heart of Maryland.” It salutes Maryland women and praises steadfast support for the Union amid disunion and war.
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J. H. Duganne
Ural
Potomac
Vetlion
Marviano
Mary
Freedom’ S
O'Waatiesarox
Maryland
Hent
Heart of the Union
Susquehanna
Patusent
Sons of
World Command
Quiet Departure Dream in Albany and Remonstrance with Dickens
A long mixed page of prose and humor features sermons on death and peace, a moral on a happy home, a remonstrance with Dickens, and comic medical tales. It recounts quiet death prayers, Christian meekness, and fearsome churchyard imagery, plus anecdotes of physicians and a tale of Sally Strickland and hell.
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Sally Strickland
Back Woodeman Samples Mysterious Drink In Drug Store
A man in a drug store encounters a stranger offering a cooling soda water called death. He drinks a glass and reacts with curiosity and a quip about buying more, hinting at a curious local incident.
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Woodeman
Backtwoods
Indy
Imperial highness dances thrice with English lady
Florence correspondent recounts a London Morning Post tale of an imperial highness dancing three times in one evening with an English lady at Bersin court. The lady flattered, denied as a compliment, and asked for the motive. The reply is a playful pun about dancing.
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Florence
London Morning Post
Bersin
Pity Over Wasted Powder Amid Forest Tale
An Irishman and a Kentuckian discuss a hunter who saved a life by a fall from a large tree. The Irishman laments waste powder as the hunter questions how a fall could have killed him. The exchange reveals rural grit and peril in a forest setting.
German Population in New York Reaches 100000
A report notes the presence of about 100000 Germans in New York City, highlighting the sizable immigrant community and its cultural impact on the metropolis.
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New York City
The American Party Spurred By Fraud Claims
In a debate on party utility the piece argues Americanism grows amid alleged Philadelphia election frauds and foreign influence. It cites naturalization abuses, Dutch consul appointments, riots, and votes for Fillmore to push building the American party as a remedy against Democratic strength.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvanian
Loco Foco
Democratic Party
Northampton County
Buchanan
Tenth Legion
Switzerland
Republic
Parker
Maine
Harrisburg
Kansas
Jefferson
Fillmore
Pennsylvania
New York City
Washington City
Fourth Ward
Magruder
Easton
Rrading
Tate
Washington
Seliegn
Oley
Webster
Easton Free Press
Different Kinnings or Kisses
The piece surveys kissing as varied in style from hot coal to honey and milk and notes stolen kisses as more pungent. A humorous anecdote about a man pondering dyeing his budding mustache ends with a friend advising to let it die on its own.
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Daniel Webster
New York
Lacice Repository
Heaven
Harry
Dialogue Fragments Reveal Comic Exchange on Eyes
A top ten gentleman quotes, Why, they are in a weak place, inviting a reply about eye strength. The exchange highlights playful banter with a pun on weakness and place.
Fragmented note on sweetness and honeycomb
A jagged fragment mentions sweetness and a perfect honeycomb, with incomplete phrases about a woman and a heart. The text reads as a poetic line or stray note lacking clear context or full meaning.
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Colla Selle
Bea
Ware
Absence Wei Att Eho Nni Yout Pale Yout Ehitdern
Fragmentary OCR text appears garbled with no clear event or entities. Readable parts suggest stray phrases about absence or side taken, but no identifiable people, places, or organizations to anchor a factual card.
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Catechin
Syby
Renee
Ronald
Barney
Mobile
Gnelia
Northern
Ibe
Vics
Kina
Earth
Albany Register
W. Y
Dickens
Blackwood
Weller
Mr. Weller
India
Olid Weller
Morocco
Episcopal Library
Romphildbo
Bloomington
Dr. D
Sally
Carttau
Avvica
Mgyx
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