Eckels Boy Politician Surprises Vermont Delegation
The Washington News notes Comptroller Eckels stumped Vermont during the Hancock campaign. Eckels faced a mock greeting from wary locals who doubted his age, prompting a chastened welcome after a plan for a public speech backfired. The tale underscores Eckels youthful daring and local skepticism.
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Eckels
Saya
Washington News
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Smalley
Chansman Eckels
Windsor
Franklin Pierce
Mr. Eckelsin
Oddities and Ventures From Historic Notes
A jumble of curiosities and ideas from the era. It mentions farming in distant lands, land buying by thrifty laborers, a new government snake venom laboratory in Calcutta, an English made shirt stud watch with wind and time dials, attempts to domesticate quail by Robert Jenkins in Richmond Indiana, and a daredevil plan by Beck to slide Niagara Falls on a high cable using a steel mouthpiece.
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Ada
Calcutta
Robert Jenkins
Richmond
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Beck
Niagara Falls
Col King accuses judge and kin in Poston murder case
Memphis columnist Col Clay King now serving life in Tennessee state prison claims a conspiracy by Shelby county final court judge Ju J Dubose and Poston relatives led to his conviction. He charges associates Gideon J Poldw and David H Poston’s murder were involved in the crime and asserts efforts to sway public sentiment for clemency.
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Memphis
Tenn
Clay King
David Poston
Tennessee
Ju J. Dubose
Shelby County
Poston
Dubose
Widoow
King
Mia
Gideon J Poldw
David Hf
Postion
Turney
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Marietta
America
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Great Britain
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Ehove Silfuonia
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the Big
Mle
G. Kirkpatrick
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Jersey
Hiter
Atlanta Constitution
W. W. Kirkpatrick
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