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Bettie L Reynolds crafts a melodramatic tale of Beatrice Russell torn between memory and longing. She roams a dim room, sees a mirrored self and a tragic inner life. The piece blends past and present as Beatrice mourns a lost romance and ponders fate, love, and growing old.
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Tom
Maggie Tulliver
Air Cnatles
Finis
Beatrice
Golver
Dreama
Harry
Byron
Origin of Hold the Fort signal story from Atlanta campaign
The article recounts how Civil War signal corps communicated across 17 miles during Sherman's Atlanta campaign and the Allatoona Pass siege. It highlights Gen Sherman saying a dispatch was worth a million dollars, and the famed Hold fast message that inspired a hymn.
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Federal Army
Pitteburg Dispatch
Allanta
Allatoona Pass
New York Tribune
Sherman
Big Shanty
Kennesaw Mountain
Kennesaw
Atlanta
Allatoons Pass
Allatoona
Hood
French
Corse
Rome
Chattanooga
Signal Corps
Sankey
Robert J. Walker
Osceola
Walker
Gen. Sherman
Quinine Scarcity in Civil War Memories at Memorial Hall
An old soldier recalls how quinine was scarcer than lead and powder in wartime campaigns. He describes smuggling quinine by hiding it in salt, noting the severe shortages and the impact on comrades in unmarked graves.
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Memorial Hall
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Ague
Arkaness
Monument Marks Bret Harte’s Grave in Surrey Churchyard
The Frimley churchyard in Surrey now contains a massive costly monument at Bret Harte’s grave. His burial plot lies in the northeast section, surrounded by several young fir trees planted nearby as part of the memorial.
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Bret Harte
Frimley Churchyard
Surrey
England
Hosgrave
Hay Foot Straw Fest and the First Old Soldier
A playful note from the Chicago Chronicle references two soldiers, one claiming his left leg was fine but a right leg remained on the battlefield, hinting at a humorous veterans’ event titled Hay Foot, Straw Fest and the First Old Soldier.
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Chicago Chronicle
Whistle It Down
Advice on steering angry thoughts into calm by whistling them away. A reflective couplet urging restraint and cheerful distraction to avoid unkind words. Eva Williams Malone quoted from Avanta Constitution.
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Eva Williams Malone
Avanta Constitution
Old-Time Pound Remains as New England Relic
Webb Donnell recalls a rare New England symbol, a circular stone pound found in Maine. The article describes its 20 by 8 foot dimensions, iron gate, and purpose to impound wandering livestock until owners paid fees. It notes pounds were common in towns, though many have vanished, yet pound keeper elections persist in some towns with other offices.
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Little Miss Spry
Maine
New England
Middle States
Spry Eyes
Webb Donnell
Country Gentleman
The Sea Cucumber The sea cucumber’s curious form and trade
The sea cucumber is a curious animal found in all seas especially between Asia and Australia and the Red sea. Some species are black and wrinkled while tropical varieties glow with color forming a striking sea bottom garden. About a foot long, they can extend several times their length. The Chinese savor them in soup and stew. A large trade exists as they are opened cleansed dried in lime and heat.
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Asia
Australia
Red Sea
Sim
Misheard Poems by a Slum Boy Draw Laughs and Lessons
A New York Times interview recalls a former teacher noting how children misremember poetry. David Perl, a precocious slum pupil, recited Barbare Frietche with garbled vowels and wild phrases, provoking suppressed laughter yet pride in his persistence.
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New York Times
David Perl
David
Whittier
Fredericton
Maryland
Rabbi Ord
Indian Vow Maker and the Clever Native Tale
A curious anecdote from The Desserts of North America depicts an Indian who vows to visit, dine, sleep, and then leave the host’s house, provoking a wary but amused minister as the vows unfold. The tale highlights cautious dealings between Native people and white settlers.
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North America
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Rooklyn Eagle
Bettie L. Reynolds
Beatrice Russell
Eysa
Meatrice
Tom Tulliver
Maggie
Maud
Chicago Hecord-Herald
Jommun Deng Wae
Dorling
Amami
Thomas Hunt
Wyoming Valley
Father Hunt
Pietere
New England States
New York
Hewenlis
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