Fragmented Memoir of a Grotto Adventure and War Reflections
An OCR fragment recounts a travelogue through a grotto with scattered notes on wartime politics and social change. It touches on Capr, Mirrob Aces, and a vivid trek past natural features, mixed with reflections on postwar shifts in civilization, labor, and civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capr
Bimelf
Lake Mont
Iongsias
Erheim
Asmore
Cotter
Geonga F. Pisin
M.D
Daniel Boone's Blockhouse Site Described in 1775 Sketch
A historical reminiscence details Daniel Boone choosing the Istviny of April 1775 for a blockhouse, noting the ground works, springs, and fort defenses. The account mixes landscape description with reflections on how the fort and surrounding river bottom provided resources and strategic views, including mentions of Indian threats and the fort’s access via the Kentucky River.
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Kentucky
Boone Logan
Stytes
Conrae
Bey
Eich
Anon
Oone
Syed Sone
Chitagis
Hotee Lota
Oegre
Glendale Bis
Seneca Street
Arkansas River
Douglas Avenue
Princess Motor
Plaza de Toro to be built in caverns with glass
Fragmentary text from a Mexico item notes plans for a new plaza de toros carved in caverns with glass though mention is garbled by weather and stray phrases. Names and clear facts are limited, making the exact owner and location unclear. The piece reads like a stray clipping with uneven readability and many nonsensical insertions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fepuan
Steaud
Nerion
Thames and Furs
Novia Merrit
New York
Mexico
Plaza de Toro
Plaza de Toros
A Virginia duelist recalls a scar and a pistol duel
A Virginian recounts a frontier duel in which he faced a challenger after a heated stump speech. Both men fired. he was shot in the forehead while his opponent was killed. The tale notes the duel’s decline in Virginia and the South's move to end such blood feuds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Old Virginia
West Virginia
South
Tam
Harristung
Ancient and Modern Belles and the Size Debate
A Philadelphia Press summary notes the historical range of female weights from 140 pounds down to eighty pounds or less, comparing ancient and modern figures across Europe and America. It cites Cleopatra and Charlemagne’s mother as contrasts, suggests antiquity favored larger proportions, and observes a trend toward thinner ideals in recent times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Germany
France
Europe
Cleopaten
Cleopatra le
Charlemagne
Margaret of Anjou
Elizabeth
Eve
Philadelphia
Imperial stables of Russia and buffalo chase anecdote
Descriptions of the Russian imperial stables near the winter palace reveal vast staff and expenditures, comparing czarist extravagance to U S costs. The piece notes 2,000 staff across palaces, with stables spreading over Peterhof Tsarskoe Selo and Petersburg, plus an anecdote of buffalo hunting and a Buffalo Dam reference.
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Russia
Winter Palace
Exar
Russa
Peterhoff
Garching
Tsarska Salo
Petersburg
Czars, Lot of the Vastness of the City. They Cover Ans Nuch
William Biercy Curtis
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Neal
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Nu York Mail Anil Py
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Tio Rostos
Paner
Kaye
New Orleans
Justice Piel
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Newport
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Maine
Alta
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Omriardia
Plorenem
Cusieton
York
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Pacific
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Scotland
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Tev
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Ooean
Pasdng
Epicures
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Portugal
Thme
Spain
Italy
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Usamy
Lieut
Woodruff
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Missouri Valley
Kansas
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Buffalo Dam
Badine
Marcy
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Uhleage
West Brompton
Catorl
Davidson & Case
John Davidson
Sedgwick County
First Stress
St. Louis
AAA
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S Oak
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Milner
Kaufman & Rohers
RT Reae
Semon
Oak Ae Ca
Fourth National Bank
Wichita, Kansas
J. R. Holliday
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Douglas Ave
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Chicago
Prossett
Bedford
Ind
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Butlner
Holton
Gurney
Ass River
A. H. Andrews & Co
North Main Street
Kan
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A. Flagg, Prop'r
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Main Street
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