A Bashful Man's Dilemma and Indian Springs Tales
A 1851 narrative recalls summer visitors at an Indian Springs health retreat. A sixteen year old narrator watches a grand cabin scene, follows Raymond Morris and Julia in a tale of forbidden love, deception, and eventual forgiveness. The piece blends memories of romance and travel with a vignette of bashful courting and frontier life.
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Raymond
Raymond Morris
Brethe
Morris
Xeorest
Bias
Julia
Sword Reclaimed From Gettysburg Hero in War Memoir
A Maryland physician who aided wounded Captain James I Metts at Gettysburg recovered the sword given by Metts during the fight. Metts had been shot through the lung and the blade, with a blood mark on the hilt, has been returned to its rightful owner after years of longing to restore the relic.
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Nashville
Sebastian
Arkansas
Jeckiman County
Tennessee
Congress
Rackensack
Alleghanies
Bea
Isie
Metts
N. C
Iain Metts
Suric
Mnews-Observer
Desireus
England's postal reform model praised for fast, low cost service
The author discusses England's package post act allowing seven pound parcels to UK destinations for a shilling, and envisions an international system. He notes the post office handles telegraph, savings banks, and rapid delivery within London, with swift overseas mail via steamship and a two cent letter rate. The piece praises government responsibility for mail security and low costs.
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Parliament
United Kingdom
United States
England
London
America
Liverpool
Queenstown
Dimensions of Heaven and the Reign of God in Revelation
A transcription from the Charlottesville Jeffersonian explores a speculative calculation of heaven’s dimensions from Revelation 21 16 and its implications. It envisions a cube city and vast rooms to house imagined multitudes, with reflections on eternity and divine order.
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Charlottesville
Ube
A Two Dollar Bill Frauds and Oddities in Quick Vignettes
A young man in Zobel's coffee house on Recker Street New York attempts to pay with coins and finally reveals a folded two dollar bill with the inscription Save your salary dont gamble never play far a bank The piece also notes early electric rail trials hazards and a wry quip about patience as a school for children
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Zobel
Jlus Chenge
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Jaet
Misa
Fanny
Jula
New Hampshire
Academy
Jeanning
Raymond Mor
K Pane
Dence
Fami
Horralone
John
Hickman
Africa
He Binston Sentinel
Zo. M. Mathes
W. Durham
Allen, the Jeweler
H. Square
Winston, NC
Sfice
Depot Street
Aving
Winston
Edit Yann
Winston, Salem
Janes
Preston Roan
Winston Ang
S. J. Montague
Fricke
Church Pr Street
Betwen First
D. C
Br. Robah F. Gray
Merchants’ Hotel
W. O. Thompson
Agen
Robert D. Johnston
Fashionalle
Verchant
New York
Hey House
Figat
Repre
Repre-epted
Ostetters
BirreRs
Thad, M. Butner
Pford & Stockson’s
H. A. Siddall
Salem
E.tavis
Cicero Tase
Shealy
Safamily
N.C
Reed Bros
Mt. Airy, N.C
Sisi
Virginia
North Carolina
Jane 1St
Pirties
Dimensions of Heaven
Berlin
Chillien
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