Mystery of Roger Davenant and the Genesee Valley
In 1825 Roger Davenant, Yale graduate, joins brother Isaiah on Genesee Valley land with a planned marriage to Gertrude Carruth. After a night ride, Roger becomes mute and entrapped in a baffling dementia that endures until his death. Despite extensive inquiry no crime or cause is found, and Gertrude later returns as widow. at last moment Roger speaks to his loved ones before dying, leaving the mystery unresolved.
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Dauphin
Louis XVI
France
Junius
Connecticut
Genesee Valley
Roger Davenant
Roger
Wallingford
Isaiah
New York
Isaiah Davenant
Yale
Genesee
Corruth
Gertrude
Carruth
Davenant House
Ruth
Dovenant
Carruth’s
Girtrude Carruth
Charles Sumner
Republican Party
Gen. Grant
Senate
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Massachusetts
Sumner
Earth
Lincoln
Seward
Chase
Fessenden
Stevens
Hale
Freedom
Reminiscences of Public Men and Civil War Draft Frauds
Anecdotes trace how paper credits inflated Union manpower during Lincoln's 1864 call and the push to substitute volunteers. The piece recounts officers, brokers, and contrabands profiting from forged drafts, Stan ton’s order to end paper credits, Sumner’s career and death, whimsical anecdotes, and cavalry recruit tests revealing strict evaluations.
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Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Congress
Straightway
Alexandria
Quartermaster’s Department
Chase
Gov. Seward
Stanton
Impurities make gold brittle in alloy test
An experiment melted 200 sovereigns with a tiny lead addition changing the bar from workable to brittle. Gold’s color turned orange brown and its tenacity fell from eighteen to five tons per square inch. A separate tin bar, rubbed with quicksilver, broke readily as liquid penetrated the solid.
The Law and Gospel in Exodus Commandments
A Sunday School lesson outlines the ten commandments from Exodus, stressing that law probes the heart and limits sin, while grace through Christ renews the heart. It divides duties to God and duties to neighbors, emphasizes respect for parents, and notes fear of God as reverent not terror.
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Chicago Standard
Rey J. M. Coon
B. C
Place
Mount Sinai
Cowles
Sinai
Moses
Jesus Christ
Christ
Jesus
Prof
Harper
God
Salvaton
Philosopher, by Moses, Dismissed in Kitchen Kiss Case
Riley Watkins sued Bull McGammon for alienation of affection after catching him kissing Watkins's wife in his own kitchen on a Sunday. The judge dismissed the case saying a philosopher by Moses, in a moment of amusement, prevented action.
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Riley Watkins
Bull McGammon
Mr. Gammon
Moses
Louisville Course Journal
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James Whitcomb Riley
Chile
Indianapolis Journal
Mystery BY the Genesee
James Franklin Filts
Norway
Huspanos
San Francisco Examiner
Ben. Perley Poore
Thurlow Weed
Albany
Bouck
Uncle Sam
United States Army
Cavalry
New York Mail and Express
Mole
Whangdoodle Baxter
Mose
Turkey
Texas
Philosopher
L.E. Beardsley
Clinton
Deatrick
Defiance, Ohio
Baltimore Bakery
R. Brown
BAKER
Corner Forth
Defianch
Ohio
Corwin & Kiser
Eureka
Comwin & Kiser
Perry Street
Bet
Srd
Defiance
The
Farmers of Defiance Co
Defiance County
Chas
Tittle
Charles EB
Bronson
Ofice
N. W. Cer
Fancy Steam Dye Works
F. Heitzwable
Kings
Peter Dickman
Burgland & Shead
Dickman
Sutphen
H. Bevington
B. Cameron
John W. Winn
Henry Wonderly
W. T. Hill
John Dowe
St. Wight
J. Clemmer
David Miller
Michael Gorman
J. Sheets
Fred Schultz
Albert Gerry
E W. Slagle
F. Coughanour
O 'E. Berean
Erobate Judes
Ataine Z “Fea
Aneritt Raine
H. Ralston
W. Knapp
John Hepler
Marshal W. A. Kehnast “Tennyson
John Cantlon
George Miller
G. A Bohn A.J. Otto P. Zigler
Maylerk
Arshal
Kate Hoover
Tiedeman Block
S. D.potters
H. B. Aris
Harris & Cameron
Defiance National Bank
W. D. Hill
W. H. Hubbard
Hill & Hubbard
Atorneys
Mr. Hill
Keystone Block
H. G. Baker
Proisandorfs R’s
Henry Hardy
Ttorney
Councellor
Wolselfer’s Block
Court House
Mays
Milton E. Orcutt
Wertheimer
Mays W. C. Travis
Aion
Morse
Cor. Clinton
First Streets
Charles BE. Bronson
Kittners
Deflance
Frank W. Knapp
Burlington
J. I. Hale
Ohto
Word
Karst & Tenzen
Wabash Depot
J. L. Scott
Stone Front
Ineurance
Ino.f. Deatrick& Son
Clinton and
Third Sts
Rpeans Fct
Hoffman Bros
Undertakers
Opera House
Defiancf
Constandly
Sprerastion
Mackinac
Detroit
Mackinac Island
Whitcomg
Detroit & Cleveland
MOENY
Beagrave & Brother
Madison Street
Toledo, O
WM. _C. TRAVIS
C. I. Morse’s
City of Deliane
Kuhn Bros
H. Bowers
Elias
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