Devils Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War
At Old Fort Armstrong in 1832 Lieutenant Knox ferries confidential dispatches for governors and a general. He encounters Judge Beaucaire and Joe Kirby aboard the Warrior while two Beaucaire daughters Rene and Eloise loom in a hidden slave past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ence
Keokuk
Throckmorton
Prairie du Chien
Judge Beaucaire
Missouri
St. Louis
Joe Kirby
Beaucaire
New Orleans
Knox
Sanders
Bliss
Armstrong
Gaines
Monsieur Kirby
Fort Armstrong
Steven Knox
Wholeruth
Kirby
Compa
History of the Beaucaires on the Mississippi River
The voyage chapter recounts Alphonse de Beaucaire and descendants from a royal grant to a Missouri plantation. Lucius Beaucaire, ruined by gambling and mismanagement, returns from New Orleans to rebuild but fails as the estate dwindles. The house becomes a wild frontier rendezvous amid drinking and gambling in St. Louis society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
St. Louis
Clark
Missouri
Reynolds
Illinois
Atkinson
Jefferson Barracks
Throckmorton
Leutenant
Sam
Judge Beaucaire
Fort Armstrong
Beaucaire
Cape Girardeau
Wheeling
Ohio
Falls
Louisiana
Aucaire Landing
Upper River
Alphonse de Beaucaire
D’iberville
D'Iberville
Beaucaires
Kirby
House of Beaucaire
Louis
Mississippi
France
Felipe
Lucius
New Orleans
Menard
Doans Kidney Pills End Kidney Woes
A farmer from Kingstree South Carolina credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing back pain headaches dizziness and nocturnal symptoms after three boxes. The ad notes kidneys filter blood every three minutes remove impurities and warns against unhealthy function. Pills cost 60 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is listed as the distributor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
H. D. Cantey
Farmer
Kingstree
S. C
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Train work debate between Mr and Mrs Bacon
A dialogue shows Mr. and Mrs. Bacon arguing about women employed in U.S. railway systems. Mrs. Bacon questions propriety while Mr. Bacon retorts that women may have more experience in trains and switches than assumed.
Wets Remain Dry Despite Anomalous Perceptions
In a paradoxical situation the group labeled wets shows dry behavior while the others appear moist. The remark plays on expectations about those supposedly aligned with damp conditions.
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Randall Parrish
Ashher
Chater 1
Old Fort Armstrong
Rock Island
the Rock
Black Hawk
Shea
Theleish Belgada
Wilderness
Iewin Myer
Judge
Carver
McAfee
Haines
Lucius Beaucaire
Mademoiselle Menard
Bert
Delia
Adelbert Beaucaire
Beausaire
Otten Fields
Rene
Eloise
Nerely
Pammer
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