A Lesson in Tact from a Schoolgirl Tale
Margaret Sangster recounts Louise a blunt but sincere girl who harms friends with unkind truth. A mentor guides tactful truthfulness, showing how to praise and assist without offense. The tale urges balance between honesty and consideration, aiming for tactful sincerity by age twenty.
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Margaret £. Sangster
Joseph B. Bowles
Loui
Louise
Mona Carson
Tom
Mena
Tom Winthrop
Marjorie Dean
Nancy Kent
Marjorie
Miss Tilson
Rose
Fanhies
Tilson
Caroline
Genevieve
Louisa
Voile Gowns in Style and Trim Details
Silk voiles and grenadines create light frocks with sheer fabric. Frocks feature satin or velvet ribbons, lace at the throat and shoulders, and ribboned skirts. Trimming varies with wide and narrow ribbons, inset lace, and color matching for elegant effects.
Desperate Slide and Winning Run Described by Foley
In a vivid reminiscence, I. W. Foley recalls a desperate slide and a winning run. The account details a near-fatal moment, a swelling crowd, and Henry’s tense reflections amid cheers as a remarkable victory is unearthed by memory and time.
Kite Flying Tips From A Japanese Model
Practical guide to building a kite with a Japanese model frame using bamboo strips and tisque paper. It explains knot placement to ensure balanced flight, adjusts tail length to 12 to 20 times the kite length, and suggests stiff bobs or cloth tags to affect tail weight.
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People's Home Journal
My Lucky Brother and a Painful Morning Riddle
A fragment from St. Nicholas quotes a verse about a tall tale of a lucky brother who inherits used trousers from their mother. A Chicago Daily News line jokes about a chronic invalid waking up feeling well, then remembering he is ill.
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Malcolm Douglas
St. Nicholas
Chicago Daily News
Hints on Making a Table Ball Game
A simple table game is described with a heavy wooden block and a centered hole for a stick. The process involves placing the stick upright in the block and securing it tightly, enabling a straightforward setup and enjoyable play.
Bat and Ball Game Across Yard and Garden
Describes a simple game with a ball on a string struck by players on opposite sides using paddles or sticks. Points awarded when the ball winds around the stick. Suggests a larger garden version with a tall pole, tennis ball, and rackets for five to six players per side.
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Chicago Daily News
Charge Through Sharpshooter Fire at Somerton Road
An eye witness from the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment recalls a Civil War action on Somerton road near Suffolk Virginia. Spear's Eleventh Pennsylvania cavalry tried to dislodge Confederate sharpshooters from a house, one officer wounded but alive, then Spear led a bayonet charge followed by Howard's battery driving the enemy from the building.
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Suffolk
Longstreet
B. Sprague
Sixth
Massachusetts Regiment
National Tribune
Massachusetts
Somerton Road
Spear
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Col. Spear
Pennsylvania
Howard
Major Bragg Attends Union Officers in Frederickaburg Church
Gen Bragg and a fellow officer attended services at a fashionably exclusive church in Frederickaburg. A sexton offered them seats in a segregated gallery but Bragg insisted on the parson’s pew, and the two union officers sat there as the church filled.
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South
Brage
Frederickaburg
Bragg
Lfm
Bee Attack Delays Foraging Second Kansas Regiment
During a southern Missouri march a Second Kansas unit spots bees by a farmhouse and, while foraging, one man uses a gun to kill a hive and claim honey. The bee swarm charges, forcing a chaotic retreat, but the soldier returns with honey as the rest of the regiment camps and feasts on flapjacks.
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Kansas
Missouri
McClellan and Civil War Links in Chicago and Kentucky
In Chicago a young George B. McClellan rose as a link between the old light guard and the war effort. The piece traces his brief influence on local companies, the Sturgis guard, and connections to Barker and Turchin. It then shifts to Kentucky 1861 politics with John Morgan and Sanders D. Bruce, depicting crack companies split between Confederacy and Union and a dramatic chase that ended with Morgan’s capture.
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George B., McClellan
Chicago
Nght Guard
McClellan
Ohio
Turchin
Nineteenth Mlinals
Barker
Twelfth Illinois Cavalry
Forsyth
Eighth Cavalry
Chicago Dragoons
Light Guard
Cairo
Little Mac
Farneworth
Cers
St. Andrew Society
Sturgis
Army of the Potomac
Ellsworth
Kentucky
Lexington
John Morgan
Sanders D. Bruce
Chasseurs
Bruce
Twentieth
Nelson
Morgan
John
Has War Time Relic From Vicksburg July 2 1863
The writer notes possession of a wartime newspaper printed in Vicksburg dated July 2 1863 with a July 4 note from Alice C. Risley of Ohio addressed to the National Tribune. Her husband Sam A. Risley served in the U S signal corps under Gen Grant at Vicksburg. She also has the Plant ers Banner from Franklin La Bayou Teche September 1860 and recalls New Iberia during the era.
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Vicksburg
Alice C. Risley
Ohio
National Tribune
Sam A. Risley
U. S. Signal Corps
Grant
Planters’ Banner
Franklin
Bayou Teche
Bell Ai Everett
New Rheria
Easy Way Out The Maid and The Youth Balloon Vow
The Maid refuses marriage to Harry despite affection, citing a vow not to wed any earthbound man. The Youth reassures Fanny and suggests they will marry in a balloon, a quirky social pun from the Tribune excerpt.
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Harry
Fanny
Eame Tribune
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Aida
I. W. Foley
Bomeent
Tina
Major Bragg
M'Clellan
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