Ethel Vane and Mosgrove Folly Ends in Union Triumph
In a Civil War era tale, Ethel suspects, letters change hands, and a treacherous plot unfolds. Herbert Musgrove exposes Theodore Lee’s scheme while Col. Musgrove aids justice, enabling a joint wedding of Ethel with Herbert and Arthur Vane after the war.
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Col. Vane
Lee
Ethel
Col. Mosgrove
Mr. Lee
Father
Herbert Musgrove
Arthur
Minnie
Vane
Richmond
Johnson
Sherman
Grand Review
Washington
Arthur Vane
Horor
Minnie Warren
Angel
Herbert
United States
Theodore Lee
Ethel Vane
Col. Musgrove
Gold Found in Bluffs of White Cloud Kansas
White Cloud, Kansas, Chief reports discovery of gold in local bluffs sparking early prospecting interest and potential mining activity in the area.
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White Cloud
Kan
Battle over House Speakership and political rifts in 1856
Col. J. W. Forney recalls the 1856 House fight after the Know-Nothing surge, the long ballot battles, and the shift in power from Democrats to Banks as Speaker. He details factional strife, his uneasy role, Ree der’s fall, and the bitter loyalties of Southern leaders. He notes later shifts that shaped his career amid a volatile political era.
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Ehad
Washington Union
Pierce
James Buchanan
Reeder
Tie
Cobb and Stephenson
Georgia
Garsnett and Edmundson
Virginia
Rust
Arkansas
Alex. K. Marshall
Burnett
Kentucky
Barksdale
Misssissippi
Kent
Brooks
South Carolina
Slidell
Toombs
Iverson
J. M. Mason
Hammond
Butler
Wigfall
Benjamin
Yulee
C Cy Clay
Senate
Jefferson Davis
Nathaniel P. Banks
Aiken
Buchanan
Washington
National Origan
Kansas
Cobb
Keit
Garnett
Soule
James M. Mason
Benjmin
Davis
Stephens
Democratic Party
General Edward F. Noyes Aided Union Victory In Ohio Campaign
The article chronicles Gen Edward F Noyes rising from enlistment in the 39th Ohio to Brigade command and a severe hip wound at Chicamauga. After the war he became Probate Court judge and a powerful orator. It lauds his voice eloquence honesty and influence as a Republican standard bearer for Ohio.
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St. Louis
Edward F
Edward Follensbee Noyes
Ohio
New Hampshe
Roskinghaa County
Bile
Kingston
Phillips’ Exeter Academies
Dartmouth College
Harvard Law School
Cambridge
Mass
Cincinnati
Job Stevenson
Noyes
Edward F. Noyes
Boy Outwits Conductor Over Glass Globes Fare
A young itinerant glass merchant under twelve years old forfeited no fare when a Broadway and University Place car conductor demanded payment for a small basket of glass globes. The boy left the basket, watched from behind a corner, and the conductor later recovered it. police took the basket to the fifth Precinct. The conductor was ordered to pay the merchant the basket’s full value. The boy planned to reclaim his goods, while Captain Petit pursued the matter with the conductor for resolution.
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Ethel
Mr. Lee
Col
Herbert Musgrove
Richmond
Col. Mosgrove
Ethiel
Lee
Froid
Mosgrove
Altoona
Herbert
Daily
Fortress Monroe
Chicamauga
the Daily
Col. Vane
Bethel
Vane
Mr Lee
New York Times
Fifth Precinct
Petit
Buffalo girl answers California marriage request with ticket offer
A Buffalo girl replies to a California suitor inviting her to marry him by saying to send her tickets if the promise is genuine. The brief note captures a lighthearted cross state proposal and a humorous test of intent.
Weak Tea Complaints Mention Warm Weather
A fragment notes customers complaining about weak tea and a laundress blaming warm weather for feeling weak. The lines include a child calling "Mamma" and a reference to drying a towel. The text appears as a scattered excerpt from dialogue.
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Athens Messenger
Charles E. M. Jennings
Athens Business Directory
eUas L. Wilson, M. D
H. M. Lash, M. BD
Wilson & Lash, Physicians and Surgeons
Athens
Dorr’s
Will G. Cooley
Pomeroy
Athens, O. Bw
Office Corner Court
Union Streets
H. K. Blackstone
Charles Townsend
Reed Golden, Olden & Townsend
LAW
Athens, Ohio
W. Sparrow
Silvus
John Farrell
Noid
Stedman House
Stedman
Omour
Frank Cornell
Omce
J. L. Kessinger
Bank
Cincinnati Mutual
Meigs
Toeingaal Vinton
Meat Market
John Ring
Ad Oun Perkins
L. Sweet
Noe-Ly
Nelsonville Business Cards
Sere
Nelsonville, Otto
Miers
Nelsonville
HIO
É-Noil-Ly
Ann W. Scott & CO
Onto
QueenRen & Nelson
Charles Robbins
Ware Street
Walnut Street
6Th
7Th
Cincinnayli, Davis & Tucker
Usitep States Hotel
Cor
Columbus
L. A. Bowers
W. B. Brooks
Cor, Rich & High Sts
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Bowman
West Third Street
Clark & Farmer
Omio
P. Reed,e.c. Jones, Menry Miller
Jones É & Co
Boots & ‘Shoes
Yi Columbus
E . H. F. Booth
THE
Athens County
E. KH. Moone
BANKS
T. HH. SueLper
K. DeStierer
Helmbold
State Bank of Ohio
Europe
Starr Building
McLean
Lisbon
Sam
Judiah Higgins
cuUs
Jas
H. M. Johns
COOD
Desire
J. KE. Vailey
Nelson’ Building
Main Street
Graham
Gumner Bartlet
Helmbold’s
Bright
H.T Helmbold
H. T. Helmbold
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SA Broadway
New York
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Philadelphia
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Apsti Lith
Britlain
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
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Boston
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Chicago
Monda
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Aim
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Delaware
Springfield
Silo
Erie
New York Central
E. Ford
Flint
James Patterson
Mae
Ford
Gee
Vitory
Balsam
Allen
Ghallen
Eneh Lottie
John Perkons
Dorré& Co
M. Green
W. Scott & Co
W. Cornell
Savanah
Johnson Type Foundry
Franklin
Tyrtre
Vine Street
Bet
4Th & Th
Woop Encravine
Parrera Letras Roa Founpeas
New York Plate Glass Insurance Co
WM. R. Cox & CO
Geo. P. Bassett
WM. H. Powerls
Bassett & Powell
West Fourth St
Walnut
Cincinnati, Ohio
Adam Sovel
Calais
Monroe
Sarah Sovel
Court of Common Pleas
State of
Adam Lover
Adam Lovel
H Celinda Jane McKinstry
Casanda McKinstry
Celinda Jane McKinstry
Ahens County
Calvary Morrs
Ethiel Vane
Emmil Dore
J. W. Forney
Thracre Grerney
New Orleans
Greeley
J. N. Cardozo
Savannah
This & S
Perkite
Tedvanre
Utah
Territorial
Enema J Wired
Politica
Boston Post
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