Grant Tales of Kindness to Children Across a Nation
A Washington story recounts General Grant's gentle humor with youngsters. One boy, nabbed for sweet treats, earns a kind hearted promise from Grant. Another tale shows Grant visiting a friend Smith where Mat, the infant terrible, hides molasses, leading to a comic bathroom scene.
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General Grant
F. W. Davies
Washington
Grant
Gus
Lewis
Mr. Davies
Smith
Lenfant
Mat
Scott
Made Weird Pictures A Photographer’s Practical Joke Tale
A photographer recounts a prank where a young sitter arrived for a likeness. After two developings the assistant berates the prankster for spoiled plates. A third sitting reveals peculiar negative effects and a tense exchange in the darkroom before the master intervenes.
Comical Pension Letters From the War Era
The New York World compiles bizarre pleas received by the Commissioner of Pensions. Letters complain of fatness, hog mishaps, and financial pleas for increased pension relief amid army hardships.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Orville Jameson
Clurk O
Bat
Clurks
Loifeinge
New York World
Hip shooting explained by a Charleston physician
A New Orleans Times Democrat excerpt describes physician Webster from near Charleston who performs hip shooting with a Parker breechloader. He hits a rabbit and several birds by instinctive aiming, noting about one in three can learn the skill.
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Webster
Charleston
Asheville
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Bismarck and Bancroft Dine With Herr von der Heydt
An entertaining anecdote from 1868 recalls Bismarck’s famous appetite during a dinner with Bancroft, then American historian and minister to Berlin. The guest jested, and Bismarck eagerly prepared for another course, prompting amused reaction from ButtCroft.
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Bismarck
Harper & Bros
Bancroft
Berlin
Herr von der Heydt
Buttcroft
Silence at Gettysburg A Cavalry Commander's Calm
In the Gettysburg action a Sixth Michigan Cavalry colonel, once a Michigan lawyer, urged orderly silence as dawn broke and men grew restless. He tempered the moment with a quip about sounding better, showing calm leadership amid battle fatigue.
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Michigan Cavalry
Custer
Michigan Bar
Gettysburg
Occasional Exceptions Sufferer-Do You Extract Teeth
A teleprinter style note from a Philadelphia Record column describes varying dental practices and a wrist sprain from a recent extraction, noting ongoing pain days after the event.
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Philadelphia
A Fluent Listener Tess and Jess Exchange Barbs
Tess boasts of being a fluent listener while Jess dismisses her as talkative in a sharp exchange about who talks most.
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Tess
Jess
Henry V Orders Goose Feather Collection For Arrows
Henry V decrees the sheriff collect six wig feathers from each goose to feather arrows. The edict emphasizes royal authority and military preparations across the realm.
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Henry V
Mortality Tables and the Science of Averaging
A New Orleans insurance expert extols the mortality table as the foundation of life policies and risk pricing. He explains how centuries of data enable precise life expectancy estimates, and describes probity tables for bonds, employer liability, burglar and cyclone insurance, plus vast ongoing data gathering by insurers.
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New Orleans
Fiyors
tAlright
Europe
Welct
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Lovers Determined to Die Despite Parental Objection
In a terse exchange, a couple pleads for permission to marry, citing parental opposition. A friendseed chicken dinner interrupts their tragic resolve as the scene hints at a counterpoint to despair.
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Emil
Farmer aims for boy to write barn history for profit
A farmer declares his aim to have his son write a barn history so she can earn money to paint the barn and have the mules shod, reflecting a rural aspiration from the Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
Seeing is Believing Hood's Sarsaparilla Praised
An advertisement urges readers to trust Hood's Sarsaparilla as America's Greatest Medicine claiming it purifies the blood and cures many ailments. It touts widespread testimonials from friends and neighbors who praise the remedy.
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Hood
America
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