Bessie McLean Faces Threats From Hicks at Maple Shoals
Bessie McLean deflects advances from John Hicks a Confederate bluff and mill worker who pressures her father McLean for cloth to outfit a Rangers unit. Captain Fowler counsels prudence while urging loyalty, and Bessie’s composure under threat anchors a tense defense of the household and its stance.
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Bessie McLean
America
Bessie
England
Capt. Fowler
Maple Shoals
Tom
South
Miss Bessie
Miss Lessie
Hicks
Rangers
Mr. Hicks
Confederacy
John Hicks
Dar
Dinah
Nevress
Fowler
Missy
Tr.clucan
McLean
Captain Fowler
Mr. McLean
Quartermaster Department
Cat Intercessor Defends Feline Kin in Farmington Tale
A Hartford Courant reader recalls a Farmington Avenue cat who defied fox terrier rivals and briefly aided Sport the dog by chasing a tabby from a tree. The owner marveled at the animal’s moral display and quipped about its clever calm before the final interruption.
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Hartford Courant
Farmington Avenue
Tabby
Sport
Sensational Piano Of Thunder and Water Satire
A San Francisco Argonaut fragment describes a piano performance with unearthly sounds and thunderous chords. It notes vivid imagery of crystalline notes, sea of sound, and crowd reactions before shifting to a river crane dialogue about high water and bank bills. A fashion note follows, forecasting stylish summer pique coats in pink blue and white with embroidered cuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Junge
Mixed 19th Century Miscellany From Various Regions
A collage of brief notes reports counterfeit dimes in Oklahoma City and a Brazil to Canada population ratio. It notes vines in Bessarabia, ugly lean mules, Argentine polo ponies, a White House kindergarten, a cutting machine, a St John River ice saloon, Elmira typhoid linked to water, asbestos towels, Abigail Masham origin, fortune found in Elizabeth NJ, fashion fabrics, and a penny counting machine in the U.S. mint era. It also mentions a Pacific hop downturn and planned field plowing in Oregon and Washington.
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Calcutta
Russia
Germany
Bessarabia
Prince Henry of
Argentine Republic
England
South America
Little Wallace
Fuller
Draper
St. John River
St. Tleonards
New Brunswick
van Buren
Elmira
N. Y
Abigail
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Mlb
Mlu
Tain
Allington
Oklahoma City
Mexico
Canada
Cincinnati Times-Star
Sub-Treasury
United States Mint
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Washington
Hood
Peter Barry
Leominster
Mass
California Fig Syrup Co
W. L. Douglas
Wollid
Congress
W L. Douglas
Brockton
ONLON
Red Wethersfield
Huntington Seed CO
Indianapella Ind
Everr
Tad
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