Confederate Mission in Dark Night Escape
In a Civil War setting Gen Lee sends Capt Wayne on a perilous covert mission with scout Craig. Wayne escorts a northern woman Edith Brennan toward safety but is mistaken for a Federal, arrested by Maj Brennan at a ball, then aided by Jed Bungay. Sheridan confronts Wayne, who escapes with Edith’s aid amid final peril and pursuit.
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Lee
Wayne
Longstreet
Beret
Craig
Olsen
My Lady of the North
Jed Bungay
Red Lowrie
Maj. Brennan
Union
Kendallville Pike
Brennan
Sheridan
Scott
The Night of Gates and a Rebel Fall
A Confederate officer disguises as a Union colonel to warn Captain Wayne and aid Edith Brennan in freeing a condemned prisoner. In a perilous night escape, he abandons his uniform, fights Brennan, and seeks Hancock's lines, while camp gossip and picket threats echo nearby.
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Calmel Currans
Adam
Patrick L. Curran
Sixth
Ohio Light Artillery
Mrs. Brennan
Mrs Brennan
Johnny- Reb
Edith
Major Brennan
Captain Wayne
Haman
Esther
Wayne
Lee
Bob
Cole
Ol’ Hancock
Minersville
Sims
Cavalry Outpost Narrative of a Major’s Fall
A fragment recounts a cavalry outpost scene as a narrator witnesses a Major falling from his horse and a small squad bearing his unconscious body through the night shadows after lingering to confirm the heroine’s safety.
An Exception The Foundling Chicago News Eye Catching Phrase
A Chicago News item quotes a provocative line about relatives while examining social moods around guardianship and family expectations in a reflective city column.
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The
Foundling
Chicago News
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by Michigan Mother
Scottville, Mich. Mrs. J.G. Johnson, mother of thirteen, extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for preventing backache and bearing-down pains while keeping her family healthy. She credits the remedy for her strength on a farm and endorses it for young girls with painful periods.
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Scottville
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pink
J.G. Johnson
Scottville, Mich
R.F.D
Grin and hear it: pastor’s quip sparks consolation
A Washington pastor consoles a woman after bereavement asking if any scripture brought comfort. She replies with a confident though fearful tone “Indeed I have.” The minister, noting her resilience, asks for the guiding passage and she answers with a blunt punch line, “Grin and hear it.”
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Washington
Mary Walker insulted by boy in country town
Dr Mary Walker known for wearing men's dress faced taunt from a street urchin who asked if she was the Mary with a lamb. She retorted that the boy’s mother had a jackass, a sharp public exchange recounted in Lippincott's Magazine.
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Mary Walker
Mary
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