Peter Cartwright the famed frontier preacher dies at 88
Elmo Scott Watson profiles Peter Cartwright born 1785, a renowned backwoods Methodist circuit rider who preached across the Mississippi Valley for seven decades. The account highlights his daring sermons, legendary encounters, political stance before and during the Civil War, and his death in 1872 near Pleasant Plains Illinois.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Peter Cartwright
Cid
Spain
Mr. Travers
Davy Crockett
Lincoln
Amherst County
Virginia
Cartwright
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Lancaster
Rushville
Logan County
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Misissippi
Young Cartwright
Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church
Society of Ebenezer
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Gulf
Alleghenies
Mississippi
Anak
Illinois
Mike Fink
Ohio
Fink
Bank
Mike
Mississippi Valley
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
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General Jackson
Hermitage
Nashville
Tenn
Edward Eggleston
Middle West
New York
Astor House
Manhattan
Methodist Church
Congress
Minos
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Springfield
Ill
Peter” Cartwright
Pleasant Plains
Church In America
Western Newspaper Union
Different Ways of Making Rugs and Indigo Chemistry
A vintage note promotes a Home Craft Co folder on hexagon rug motifs with sizes colors and chart previews mailed for 10 cents. It also mentions Indigos chemistry Baeyer Heumann and mercury catalysts related to coal derived Indigo production.
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Address Home Craft Co. Dept. C
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Ave
St. Louis
Dyes and Doctors Launch War Against Disease
An Hygeia Magazine piece by Dr. Cary P. McCord traces dyes from wool and cotton to medical uses such as phenol red for kidney tests eosin for blood counts and methylene blue for poisoning. It recalls William Henry Perkin’s coal tar dye discovery in 1857 and the rise of synthetic dyes from coal tar hydrocarbons with about 3 000 varieties today.
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Cary P. McCord
Hygeia Magazine
William Henry Perkin
England
Perkin
Don't Be a Sucker Modern Mining is Job for Experts
Elsie Robinson cautions readers that genuine gold mining is hazardous and requires expertise. She notes that Nevada sands and California gullies hold many tales of failed prospectors and warns against chasing baseless gold rush rumors. She emphasizes that while there is gold in tailings and low grade ores, no current rush exists.
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Nevada
California
Tenderfoot
Cruce
Mother Lode
Elsie Robinson
Cosmopolitan
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