Remarkable Civil War Bullet Deflections and Surviving Injuries
An Army reminiscence recounts multiple Civil War bullets that shattered gear and clothing, yet left soldiers alive. Stories include a Michigan infantryman struck near the heart but saved by a song book, a canteen bullet deflection at Pittsburg Landing, and a knapsack piercing at Bull Run. Also noted are a horse-killing hit at Brandy Station and a notorious remount camp escape with a tent bullet splitting a candle and kettle. A Detroit veteran endured five wounds in ten fights, surviving a brutal march and a runaway ambulance haul.
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Peach Orchard
McClellan
Michigan
Pittsburg Landing
Twelfth Michigan Infantry
Siman
Bull Run
New York
Tobatcco
Brandy Station
Custer
Pleasant Valley
Twelfth
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Detroit
Mich
Spelling the Word Tailor in a Silly Arithmetic Riddle
A humorous passage starts with Spoopendyke rushing to church and losing a prayer-book amid bickering. It then presents a playful arithmetic puzzle about the many ways to spell the word tailor using one t and multiple substitutes, and extends to spelling the full word tail or.
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Mr. Spoopendyke
Mrs. Spoopendyke
Spoopendyke
Mexican maguey liquor and its social costs in Mexico
A letter to the New York Sun discusses pulque and mezcal from the maguey plant, noting its widespread use, economic impact on workers, and social harms. It describes pulque production in Mexico City and Apam, its intoxication effects, and contrasts it with mezcal varieties from Tequila, calling the maguey cultivation a drag on productivity and prosperity.
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Mexico
New York Sun
Naper Plain
London
City of
Apam
Maguey District
Mexico City
Jamaica
Tequila
Jalisco
Guadalajara
English Horsemanship as a National Religion
In England the cult of the horse dominates many gentlemen and drivers. They obsess over grooming, tack, tail and mane, and the exact stance and road manners. Criticism among peers mirrors social fashion, a pedantry of the stable, says Richard Geang writing in the Atlantic.
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England
Jas
Richard Geang
Ifite
Sunday in Leadville amid miners and sin on Sabbath
Crowded Leadville streets host miners from shafts and tunnels while churches fill with worshippers. Gambling dens and saloons ignore Colorado Sabbath laws as police watch. Debauchery, crime, and crowded commerce mix with church bells and busy shops on a restless Sunday. Local sentiment and enforcement appear out of step.
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Leafsville
Colorado
Chicago Lites
Seaside carnival game of skill and prizes described
A seaside resort amusement features a throwing game using a large painted sheet with a central hole. A young man’s head appears through the hole while his body is hidden. Players who hit the target three times win fifty cents, with a cigars prize for five hits. The piece reflects on temptation and mischief at the event.
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Voxne Ag
Cottagers Stray Tenants Stirring Mystery and Strawberries
An eccentric cottage owner recalls building a white and green framed home with a bowed weather vane. A quiet couple rents the place with their twins and spark music on the porch, while the owner forgives them for berry stealing before they vanish.
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Ani
Néary
Pir
Mary
Irienfia
Life in the Polar Region and Its Harsh Realities
Describes polar seas and ice regimes with ice-smoke at 15 degrees below zero and snow smoke at 40 degrees, wind and spray, freezing eyelids, and brutal cold. Mentions volunteers and civil war era dialogue, illustrating extreme conditions and human reactions.
Lightning rod peddler struck during thunderstorm in Indiana
Fragments describe a Peck's Sun item about a lightning rod peddler struck while seated on a wagon during a storm near an Indiana farm residence. The piece weaves odd anecdotes of funerals, mule weight betting, a libel damages case, and a male impulse to avoid asking a clerk for a fine tooth comb, all in a pithy old newspaper voice.
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Indiana
Louisville
Joan
Remedies for Coli Feet and Health Advice in 19th Century Column
The piece offers home remedies for an ailment described as coli feet including lime doses and tincture with water, a sugared syrup, and cod liver oil for nutrition. It also touches on a broader wartime topic noting army sizes and claims about celestial battalions with experienced officers from England and France.
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Ats
England
France
Republic
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