Beryl Vivian Debuts Amid Garden-Party Fame
In a London debut, Beryl Vivian appears at court circles presented by Lady Beauchamp. Franklin Gower muses on the spectacle, while Beryl enjoys violin and piano praise, avoids the spotlight, and reflects on family fortune and the pull of society.
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Rascal
Eddie
Vivian
Frank
Beryl
Franklin
Fogey
Leo
Beauchamp
Mr. Gower
Beasechamp
Gower
Tady Beauchamp
Helen
Bery
H’m
Irene
Duchess of
Staffa
Franklin Gower
Trevor Beauchamp
Lady Beauchamp
Society
Beryl Vivian
Snake Preys on Pigeons Near Panhandle Station
A six foot black snake with two inch diameter has been preying on squabs atop rocks near the Birmingham station of the Panhandle railroad. Station workers and a Mount Washington tunnel watchman have seen the serpent multiple times, but none have captured it. Captain C E Kemp attempted to shoot it, but the snake slid away down the hillside and remains uncaptured despite several men climbing the rocks.
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Birmingham
Mount Washington Street
C. E. Kemp
Panhandle
Kemp
Pittsburg
Pigs That Point and a Weather Bulletin for Cuba
A sporting farmer near Brounsburg St Louis reportedly taught a pig to point game and shoot over it, sparking lively American interest. Reilly's Magazine references a famed pig pointer trained to stand for game and rabbits. Also Belan observatory will provide Cuba weather bulletins via a Fahdad institution run by Jesuit Fathers.
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Knittel
Brounsburg
St. Louis
New Forest
Reilly’s
Belan Observatory
Fahdad Institution
Cuba
I Was Not an Old Man Yet A Civil War Memory
A Chicago Inter Ocean reminiscence recalls the Civil War era from Lincoln's assassination to the Grant Lee surrender. It describes Governor Brough’s secret message, public rejoicing, the funeral with General Hooker, and the national shift to warlike pursuit of conspirators. The narrative preserves names, places, and events while noting wartime unity against assassination.
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Mar
United States
Linlcoln
McKinley
Buffalo
Lincoln
Richmond
North
Sherman
Petersburg
A. Lincoln
Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Brough
Grant
General Grant
Lee
High Street
Capitol Squate
Washington
Lord's Theater
Hooker
Capitol Square
Lookout Mountain
Johnson
Chicago
Inter Oqveean
Blind Tom the Civil War prodigy and the Lincoln era
A veteran Seventh Ohio Cavalry narrator recalls the end of the Civil War near Macon and Oglethorpe Georgia. He describes meeting Confederate officers with a flag of truce, Sherman's orders to halt, and the remarkable Blind Tom, a 16 year old black musical prodigy who later became famous in New York and Europe. He suggests Blind Tom’s later care was managed by an uncommunicative white woman long funded by a former master.
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James Harrison Wilson
Alabama
Georgia
New York Sun
Macontia
Lee
Johnson
Sherman
Wilson
Andersonville
Seventh Ohio Cavalry
Oglethorpe
South
Annie Laurie
North
Europe
Blind Tom
Nashville
Tenn
Cincinnati
Tom
Mozart
New York
Dry socks stir envy among soldiers in Civil War tale
From Mr Putnam's account of the Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment comes a vivid scene after a day in rain. A private reveals homemade stockings carried in his lining, sparking humor and admiration as comrades pass them around and praise the comfort and style.
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Mr. Putnam
Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment
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C. T. Chandler
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N. Main St
Wauwatosa, Wis
J. F. Corbett
M. AW. Fisk
North Main and Park Streets
Pisk
G. W. Moorehouse
Main Street
Wauwatosa
StePa
Martin Eriksen
Phore Wau
Wauwairsa Ave
F. H. Bark
Wemsing
Hemsing
MNGR
Henry P. Hemsing Co
W. J. Maag
Schwaiger Building
Trance
Church Street
Badger
Ud Ave
Milwaukee
A. John Wagner
Schoenecker S
Eee
Skep
Schwaiger Bidg
Jno
M. Dunlop
Tosa Avenue
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