The Story of Annettes Quiet New Life
Annette moves into a gloomy estate with her cousin Mohun and observes a hidden, strained household. She navigates aloof Miss Lattimer, Elizabeth Fitzgeorge, and a neglected garden while sparking curiosity about Mohuns depths and duties. She sees glimpses of a restrained, moneyed world and hints at a secret.
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Mohun
Annette
Nan
Cousin Elizabeth
Miss Lattimer
Mehan
Elizabeth
Driscoll
America
Zinante
Dad
Hart
Biddy Driscoll
M. Fitzgeorge
Colhugh
Woman a Fort Keeper at Fort Foote Maryland
Mrs. Tucker widow of Ordnance Sergeant G H Tucker U S A oversees Fort Foote Maryland near Washington D C The fort though abandoned remains a military reservation with dismantled guns decaying buildings and earthworks and now employs Mrs Tucker as keeper at thirty dollars a month She has five children and the fort’s history notes it was deemed too close to Washington for defense after high power guns rendered it obsolete from the Potomac river vantage points to Fort Hunt Virginia eight miles away
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United States
Tucker
G. H. Tucker
Cuba
Fort Foote
Washington
Sergt. Tucker
War Department
Fort Hunt
Potomac River
Kapsas City
Two Rights and a Wrong in Camden Shoes
A Camden shopkeeper sold a woman two right shoes by mistake and rushed after her to fix it. She said she was satisfied since she wore a wooden left shoe, needing only rights. He now claims he was flimflammed for charging a pair price but delivering two right shoes.
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Brownlow
Backwell
Mohun
Annette
Camden
Kennebec Journal
Sickles
War Department
Gettysburg
Buffalo
General Ruggles
General Sickles
Upham
Wisconsin
RE. A. Shores
Shores
Peggy
Farmer Bentover
Widder Diggs
Hoernbeak
Beyl
Puck
Mrs. Newrocks
Jane
Whitney
St. Joseph
Nashville
Jack
Gotrox
Tom
Chicago News
Beattie
Borem
Hitts
Father
Chicago Daily News
Philadelphia Press
Renator Lotsman
Chicago Tribune
Johnny
Willy
Harper's Weekly
The Juggs Jiggs Joke at the Dinner Table
A playful exchange titled The Juggs Jiggs Joke appears in Town and Country. The dialogue recalls a noisy dinner moment with humor about a corkscrew and social chatter.
Two boys steal wheat under fire in Civil War tale
A Southerner recounts a daring Civil War adventure where two young boys aged ten and his cousin haul a wheat load from an uncle's barn near Richmond. Evading Federal pickets, bullets puncture sacks, but the boys reach safety and enjoy wheat bread after their risky trek.
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Richmond
Richmond Road
Paul
R. E. Lee
Quick Witty Quips From Old Newspapers
A collage of cartoon captions and light quips from 19th and early 20th century papers. Jokes span fame versus notoriety, homely looks, bath time disputes, silly misunderstandings, and banter about money, trains, milkmaids, and poets. Notable names include Punch and Philadelphia Record.
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Tommy
Philadelphia
St. Louis
War drama sparks veteran critique of dramatic license
A civilian in a New York war play debate notes that while some incidents may be fictional, the era had humor as well as horror. A veteran recalls a German major leading raw recruits near bushwhackers, with a frolle and a troop awaiting front line duty, dramatizing the period’s mix of seriousness and farce.
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Joseph
Ruggles
Mr. Shores
General Birney
Sickles
Birney
General Sickles
War Department
New York
Mistakes and Theiler Sequel At Nashville American
A Nashville American item notes that everyone errs but the consequences differ with some facing fines or trouble while others profit from errors.
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Nashville
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Cousin
Old Hart
Old
Maryland
Confederacy
Detroit Free Press
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