Leeta and Eli in Moonlit Lament on the Farm
A quiet rural tale follows Eli the hard working hay tosser as Leeta bids him farewell for a city beau. Eli insists on friendship while Leeta’s heart weighs the man who saved her and the life shaped by years together. Jim foresees heartbreak as Leeta’s choice leads Eli into solitude and sorrow.
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Leeta
Eli
Betwen
Foster
Ryles
Hawk
Jim
Isie
Tildy
Not There Not There A Grave Poem By Emily Stuart Lawrence
Poem contrasts a mourner at a grave with natural imagery and the promise of an afterlife. It references a speaker named Emily Stuart Lawrence and mentions a Turkish sultan with stomach cancer, per Chicago Record-Herald, noting potential peril for Turkish physicians who might report bad news.
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Chicago Record-Herald
The Countryman and the Snake
A villager finds a near dead snake in winter and saves it by bringing it indoors. warmed by the fire the snake revives and attacks his wife and children. he kills the snake with a mattock and condemns the creature to die for its treachery.
Moral It Is The Nature Of It Grates To Return Evil For
A reflective line noting the moral tension of returning wrong with wrongdoing, suggesting that basing actions on vengeance corrodes character and ethics. The snippet hints at a debate over justice versus retaliation without a clear event or names.
Cost of Panama Canal and past expenditures detailed
The article estimates total costs to acquire and finish the Panama Canal at 184,233,258 dollars plus payments to the Isthmus government for a concession. It traces past funding, from the 1880 De Lesseps venture to the 1894 Panama Canal company, noting hundreds of millions spent and excavations reported, with the Walker commission projecting remaining work and a canal deeper than initially planned.
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United States
Panama Canal
New York Tribune
de Lesseps
Panama Canal Company
Canal Commission
Walker
Walker Commission
Canal Company
Panama Railroad Company
Bohle
Panama Cans
It Was The Most Sensible Cane Rush Ever Saw
A brief Chicago Daily News item recalls a cane rush at the old college where the dean charged out with a cane and scattered the crowd. The exchange notes one rush as sensible while others claim none were.
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Rabing Ce
Old College
Chicago
Daily News
Congenial Occupation on the Farm to Wall Street Return
An elderly stock broker, after fleeing hardship on a farm, returns home to his brother's sons who offer a deferential welcome and light work. He insists he can still work and chooses to water the stock, reflecting on his past rise and fall between city finance and rural life.
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Tle Brother
New York Times
Wall
Counted Steps Mark Africa Expedition Map
Count Edward Wickenburg, a German explorer, returned from a long Africa expedition. He started at Djibouti, traveled to Addis Ababa, then Lake Rudolf and Lamu. He used pedometers to count steps, produced a detailed map with 21 sheets, and published the route in six sheets, noting distances and route accuracy.
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Count Edward Wickenburg
Africa
Djibouti
Addis Ababa
Menelik
Rudolf
Lamu
Indian Ocean
London
Wickenburg
Dr. Junker
Blisters and Bruises from Civil War Tales Told in War Reminiscence
Veterans recount a series of close calls and injuries from key Civil War campaigns. Stories include a Fourth Wisconsin artillery veteran describing a bullet wound at Richmond and a bruising chestnut from Perryville, along with other skirmishes at Jay’s Sawmill Chickamauga Buzzard’s Roost Kenesaw Peach Tree Creek Jonesboro Falling Water.
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J. Wallace
Chicago
Richmond
Triaoa
Perryville
Bruke
Buzzard's Roost
Uncle Reuben Says on Wisdom and Warning
A Detroit Free Press reader voice urges balance in judgment and warns fellow citizens against overconfidence in picking winners. The speaker jokes about betting ten dollars and emphasizes returning to caution when a supposed winner fails, advising vigilance against traps and pitfalls for the unwary.
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Reuben
Detroit Free Press
A Soldier's Life An Civil War Hero's Narrow Escape
The account follows Corporal John C. Stoughton of the One Hundred and Fourteenth New York volunteers. He was nearly killed at Port Hudson and captured, then survived a three week captivity. He later fought at Cedar Creek, earned the rank of sergeant, then lieutenant, and made notable escapes including a half confederate disguise to rejoin his company.
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John C. Stoughton
New York Volunteers
Port Hudson
Eld
American Tribune
Stoughton
Rebs
Ward
Cedar Creek
Richmond
Lincoln tells bold raider John Morgan story from White House
An old Washington gentleman recalls a Lincoln tale about John Morgan raiding mail trains to obtain official papers. Morgan allegedly opened a war department letter containing a captain's commission and forged Lincoln's signature with Morgan's approval. The story portrays Morgan as audacious and influential.
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Washington
Lincoln
White House
John Morgan
Kentucky
Ohio
John
War Department
Aieutenant
Grant
A. Lincoln
Morgan
About the Limit in a Racing Auto Story
A humorous note from the Chicago Daily News jokes about fast racing cars. It recalls a stray chicken being struck and suggests the wind would cook it, ending with a playful image of a fried chicken.
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Chicago Daily Newa
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Chattanooga
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Lookout Mountain
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