Winchester War Tales End in Grim Sacrifice and Reunion
Narrator recalls a brutal cavalry fight at Rest Haven and its aftermath. Surgeons work through the night as Confederate and Federal wounded crowd a barn field hospital. Captain Wyle is mortally wounded. Steve Brayton tends him and learns of Kenton and Marian’s fates. The town bears scars, funerals, and a later reunion as marriages unite both sides.
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Captain Wyle
Steve Brayton
Kenton
Harrisonburg
Uas
Waal
Ike Baxter
Cap
Cordin
Steve
Haven
Winchester
Berryville Pike
Marian
Mrs. Baxter
Custer
Washington
Ike
Ben
Battle of
Rest Haven
General Custer
Royal Kenton
Federal Service
Yank
Confederacy
Kevin
Uncle Ben
Lanshire
Mars Kenton
Modern Babylon on Brush Street Station Street Scene
A man with tamarack whiskers chats with a Detroit officer near Brush Street Station. The exchange highlights local pride and temptations of city life as the man jokes about consuming sody water bananas peanuts ice cream and streetcar rides in a half hour before train time.
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Brush Street
Pardner
Detroit Free Prees
Jefferson the statesman and the road to Monticello
A long reminiscence recounts Thomas Jefferson from early life in Virginia to becoming president. It covers his education under George Wythe, law practice, marriage, political career, views on slavery and religion, antipathy to monarchy, and his grave at Monticello. It includes anecdotes about his character and a personal footnote about visiting Jefferson’s grave.
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Thomas
William and Mary College
George Wythe
Williamsburg
Marshall
Henry Clay
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
Statesman
James Parton
Martha Skelton
Mr. Jefferson
House of Burgesses
John Brown
Patrick Henry
Lees
Great Britain
George
Virginia
Sir George Alderney
Sir George
Henry
New England
Paris
Franklin
Washington
Maiden Lane
New York City
Alexander Hamilton
Aleck
Monticello
John Adams
Darky
Charlottesville
California
Saratoga
The Gainsborough Hat and a Missionary Smile
A Detroit Tribune strip notes a lady missionary proud of finally engaging unfortunate women in her benighted land. A joke about a Gainsborough hat contrasts with a scene of hopeful effort and pride.
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Detroit Tribune
The Absent Rival in a Washington Star Quip
A Washington Star joke contrasts a rising young man who always offers his seat in a horse car with a young woman praising him for courtesy. The exchange centers on chivalry as a social trait and career promise.
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Washington Star
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Percy
Kentons
Modern
Babylon
the Statesman
Sefleruen
Moonarchy
Corsright
Edgar W. Nye
Peteer Jefferson
New South
Peter Jefferson
South
Jane Randolph
New York Dramatic
Boston
Mrs. Bingo
Bingo
Thomas L. Wisner
Justice OF the Peace
Williamson Block
Joseph Burns
Keystone
IND
John O'Brien
Attorney AT Law
Williamson
T Markleys
Hale & Markley
J. P. Hale
Exchange Bank
Hale
Sixbey Block
Wilson & Todd
Attorneys
N. Effed
R. Kocher
OFF Exchange Bank
Market St
A.M. Martin
Attorneys AT Law
Hale Block
L. H. Cook
Main’ Street
Bliss House
Thomas Sturgis
den Fey
Bluffton, Indiana
Fok
Sturgis Drug
J. Store
Market Street
Dr. J. Shoemaker
Harry Deam
W. C. Miller
Mock &Simmons, Attorneys AT Law
Bluffton, MD
Wells County Bank
G. A. Mason
East Entrance Court House
Mal
Py Park
JAS. D. Addison & CO
la Salle St
Chicago
Ilk
Unabr
Det
Ici Eiself
Ilion
D. J. Brewer
U.S. Supren
Cone
Merriam Co. Publishers
Springfield
Vass
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