Fort Fisher Capture Described by Naval Army Assault
An detailed account of the assault on Fort Fisher, its defenses along Cape Fear River, and the coastal bombardment. Sailors and marines landed, faced heavy resistance from the garrison, and after sustained fighting a combined assault by Army veterans succeeded, isolating the Confederacy and cutting off supplies.
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Fort Fisher
Cape Fear River
Chicago Inter-Occas
Fear River
Washington
Mitind
Aperas
Anny
James
Saily
Nerous
Lee
Richmond
Confederacy
Malakoff
Sebastopol
Cape Fear
Bat
Turning a Penny A nervous tome on small earnings and self improvement
The piece argues that small earnings offered to nervous invalids and youths provide relief from despair by giving purpose and activity. It suggests a penny per effort can mobilize energy, restore health, and offer a medicating value beyond mere revenue, while also hinting at benefits for wealthier youth through opportunity and self worth.
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Luxus
Wealth
Zivar
History of the standard silver dollar coinage
The article recounts the early authorization of the standard silver dollar on April 2, 1702, detailing weight 416 grains, fineness 902.4, and copper alloy. It notes weight changes, the 1873 discontinuation act, the 1874 act enabling remonetization, and the ensuing demonetization leading to limited silver dollar minting by 1878.
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Allan
Staing
Sindardary
Sailer Pol
River Karromsaea and legends of Benares to Calcutta
A fragment describes the Sintal River journey from Benares to Calcutta, noting the Karromsaea waters as undrinkable to thirsty locals, mentioning Bacskill Avrrmanasha as destroyer of herds and connecting rivers and hills to mythic origins tied to Raja Tsang Kui.
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Benares
Calcutta
Bacskill
Ganges
Chavan
Mirapore
Raja Tsang Kui
President Cleveland Handshakes and East Room Etiquette
An observer describes President Cleveland at afternoon East Room receptions during his presidency. The piece notes his brisk handshakes, polite greetings, and orderly procession, plus his kindness to children and the poor while meeting Washington visitors, including a market woman with eggs.
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Saya
Washington Jatetet
Buchanan
Jeieraan
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Mate
East Stoom
Washington
Labice
Mack
Cleveland
Mr. Blank
Colonel Dinsmore
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Constantinople Suburbs and Street Turmoil Described
Hon 8. 8. Cox notes Constantinople consists of several suburbs each a city, with Stamboul as the walled city. Pera hosts Greeks Italians English and Franks with 200000 people and a separate municipality. Perilous Easter crowds bring pistol firing and disorder along the promontory and surrounding barracks districts.
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Constantinople
Geveral
Hon
Cox
New York Sun
Stamboul
Seraglio Point
Blacque Bey
United States
Pierfect
Peru
Ourtheast
Pera
Hert
A Galilean Fish Build Shows Curious Nest and Parental Guard
A Galilean fish Ophiocephalus forms an oval nest from roots and grasses in shallow water. The male guards the nest with a wide mouth to protect the young. The structure, built from mud filled interstices, serves as cradle for the unborn fry until they stray. The behavior parallels other fishes with male protection.
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Sea of Galiles
It Can Be Dour Judge Chewso Report On Economic Problems
Judge Chewso chairs a committee to study if an average family can live on a given sum from fish and goods. The committee explored several works and found it could be done, noting many fellows involved in persistent investigations.
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Chewso
Remarkable Gold Nuggets and World Treasure Totals
The piece surveys giant gold nuggets found worldwide led by the 1858 Ballarat nugget in Victoria weighing 8,166 troy ounces worth $43,560, and the famed Welcome nugget. It cites California finds, Smithsonian custody, and the era’s gold production totaling 10,366 tons by 1885 valued at over $7.4 billion, with a view of gold’s vast historical wealth.
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Ballater
Victoria
Australia
Ballaret
California
Srowsos Gulch
Montsns
Nelsos Gulch
Uottom
Sheh
Riz
Caifornia
Sec
James Marshall
Selier
Millrace
Byron on America in a stray Argonaut note
A fragmentary discussion reveals an Argonaut discovery of an elegiac ode cited as Byron’s eulogy to America. The text, badly garbled, references Commonwealth ideals, colonial history, and a vivid image of the Atlantic and freedom, with digressive suspicions about the poem’s origin.
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Lord Byron
America
Venice
Commonwealth
Atlantic
Albion
A Rule for Runaway Mories in Park Vehicles
President Beckmnin of the New York Park Commissioners urges riders to stay in their vehicle during a runaway. He notes many deaths might be avoided if occupants refrain from leaping free and instead prioritize remaining attached to the carriage, citing Mrs ton’s fatal accident as a point of caution.
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Beckmnin
New York Park Commissioners
Sun
The Bishop's Question to Sunday School Crowd
A bishop challenges a large Sunday school gathering with a paternal, condescending question. He asks boys and girls aloud to imagine a world where they are greeted by angels, prompting a scene of curious childlike responses and moral teaching.
Curious Trades and Locust Plagues Across Eras
A jumble of notes covers technical hints, curiosities, and historical plagues. It describes an unusual steam engine inside a $1 coin, hornets in India, anvil setup tips, and fires caused by flammable hazards. It also recounts ancient locust plagues in Asia, Africa, and Europe with staggering death tolls and vast swarms described in antique terms.
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Abraham Lincoln
Glescock
West Ren
Gearrl EF. Burton
India
Salem
Oregon
New York
Kirby and
Spence
Africa
Italy
Venetan
Bananas and coons in the Kentucky mountains
A fragmentary reminiscence of an early Kentucky rail era, describing a fruit store at a station and a native mountaineer puzzled by bananas. The excerpt recalls hotel veranda scenes with peaches, comical exchanges about coons, foxes, and turkeys, and hunters from distant mountains using trained dogs in old days.
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Enraa
Voices From a Pearis Court and a Chicago Ledger Mirth
A fragmented clip recounts Virninis eight colored women fleeing a house with a fearful yell about a coming phenomenon and a judge named Lawless in Pearis, noted for legal naivety. The Chicago Ledger humorously mocks a butcher with a revenue cutter pun and a sunray machine earnings analogy.
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Turns
Pearis
Lawless
Chicago Ledger
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