Sim Banks Proves Courage After War Talk at Hicks Store
Sim Banks hides his shame after being called a coward by Jim Thorn and confronts Thorn when accused by Louisa, then fights back. Pap Sampson and neighbors defend Sim’s burst of anger, praising his act as a defense of a woman’s honor. Sim returns home elated, finds a note for Louisa begging secrecy, and wonders who wrote it as the chapter ends with TO BE CONTINUED.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim
Sim Banks
Hicks
St. Pap Sampson
Jason Roberts
Jim Thorn
Ebenezer Sparks
Ebenezer
Pap Sampson
Jason
Pap
Granny
Pup
Sun
Mary Mann
Thorn
Jim
Nothiz
Ap Sampson
Jacob Hicks
Louisa
A Boy Seeks Job at Store in Bold Visit
A freckled 13 or 14 year old enters a store office and asks to be hired. He negotiates pay at three dollars weekly, claims he has gone three weeks without a proper meal, and proposes to stay awake all night to learn the value of work. He even volunteers to chase a fleeing youth with a lead pipe.
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Washington Star
Notable attempts to capture enemy generals in American history
The article recalls several daring 18th and 19th century plots to seize hostile leaders. It covers June 1777 schemes against Washington, Champe’s failed bid for Arnold, the 1777 capture of Prescott, Mosby’s Stoughton capture in 1863, and open confrontations with Sitting Bull, concluding with Funston’s Aguinaldo raid as the boldest, most carefully planned operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funston
Aguinaldo
Washington
New York
Thomas Hickey
Arnold
Sergt
Champe
Lee
Legion
Prescott
Newport
R. I
William Barton
Warwick Point
Narragansett Bay
New Jersey
General Stoughton
Mosby
Fairfax Court House
Fifth New York Cavalry
Wyndham
Stoughton
Fitzhugh Lee
Sitting Bull
Agulinaldo
Sergt. Champe
New York Sun
Commanding Sampson at Manila in mock interrogation
A playful exchange between Admiral Sampson and Captain Gridley unfolds as they prepare for action at Manila Bay. Sampson quizzes Gridley on appearance and readiness, joking about uniforms cleanliness and the ship’s band. The banter ends with a question about Schley’s presence.
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William T. Sampson
Manila
Sampson
Gridley
Admiral
Surgeons rise in rank echoes Wood nomination
The article notes Gen Wood’s nomination as brigadier general and compares him with Gen Samuel W Crawford who, though a surgeon, rose from staff to line and led at Gettysburg and in Virginia. It discusses officer prejudice against staff corps promotions and predicts Wood could become lieutenant general by 1909, serving until 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Samuel W. Crawford
Fort Sumter
Andrson
Volunteers
Gettysburg
Grant
Virginia
South
Crawford
Medical Department
Sheridan
Pleasure of Books and the Living Library Within
A speaker muses on books as living companions bound in bone and skin. He rejects dates and bare facts, preferring novels like David Copperfield and Vanity Fair that he revisits. these works enter his heart and shape his life as he sails on the wings of fancy.
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Fred Fooly
Tom Thickhead
Westminster Abbey
Sleepy Hollow
New York
David Copperfield
Vanity Fair
Dora
Agnes
From a bachelor’s home to Becky Sharp and Mr. Murdstone
An essay-like reflection blends domestic life with literary allusions. The narrator, a bachelor with housekeeping taste, contrasts playful nephew antics and rough house life with lines from David Copperfield and Vanity Fair. The piece evokes Curiosity about social vanity and reading.
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Mr. Murdstone
David Copperfield
Clara
Victoria
Becky Sharp
Vanity Fair
Rawdons
Beckies
Oliver Johnson
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Absent Minded Misadventures At Social Calls
An elderly absent minded woman greets a guest as if in her own home and mistakes a visitor for a relative. Her blank misidentifications continue through a reception, prompting laughter as she confesses her memory lapses while navigating social rounds.
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Mrs. X
Annie
Cincinnati
Mrs. Thompson
Smith
Miss Blank
Absent Mind
Less Drinking in the South Marks Change Since Civil War
The article notes a shift in Southern liquor habits after the Civil War era, with Kentucky and Maryland still producing whisky while most South states cut consumption. It cites license counts, local prohibitions, and cultural changes reducing drinkers, aided by reconstruction hardships and rail expansion reducing long journeys for tavern visits.
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Kentucky
Maryland
United States
South
Union
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
New York
Brooklyn
Atlanta
New England
West Virginia
California
Mrs Smith A Worthy Neighbor Seen In Light Humor
A New York Sun excerpt notes Mrs Absent Mind’s ideas travel fast between two houses, yet Mrs Smith’s worthiness makes the gaffe forgivable. The scene highlights good humor toward eccentric behavior and neighborly regard.
144 Year Old Peruvian Woman Martina Celada
An account from Arica, Peru describes Martina Celada born in 1757, aged 144, still working in fields in Codpa. She endured three centuries, survived wars, married twice, with descendants across generations, vision and hearing faded but mobility remaining. Peru's climate and livelihood reportedly favor longevity.
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el Morro
Arica
Chile
Codpa
Martina Celada
Martina
Peru
Cholos
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Thomas P. Montfort
Louiss
Memphis
Strauss
Straigh
Schley
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