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Patchwork Farms and War-Time Anecdotes From Georgia to Lincoln
A lengthy column blends farm advice for 1894 Georgia with social reminiscences and Civil War anecdotes. It urges women and children to have patches on farms, discusses silk worms and cheese making, and recalls the Lincoln assassination with veteran testimony from stage actor Harry Hawk and a vivid account of Booth’s escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Chicago
Illinois
Georgia
Georgia Experimental Ration
Redding
Menor Brown
Washington Post
Ford
Lincoln
Edwin Booth
Harry Hawk
Geo. Septimus Cobb
Academy of Music
Asa Trenchard
Laura Keene
Ford's
Nagagsio
Hawk
Providence
R. I
Post
Hak
John Wilkes Booth
Booth
Junius Brutus Booth
Richard
Mr. Hawk
Boston
Tatop
T Meade
John Booth
Wilkes
Peterson
Tyas
Cincinnati
Harrisburg
Stanton
Lincoan
John G. Nicolay
John Hay
Abraham Lincoln
Barclay &Co
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Muzzy
Tom