Warning Against Debt And A Boone Rescued Child
A moral cautions on avoiding credit opens the piece, then a frontier tale follows of Rufus Branson in Kentucky with his wife and child Magpie. An intoxicated Indian kidnaps the girl, Branson battles to save her, aided by a mysterious hunter who reveals himself as Daniel Boone.
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Kentucky
Rufus Branson
Magpie
Branson
Brain
Buck
Maggie
Daniel Boone
Ladies in Gosuern Begin Ohio Tactics Tour
In Gosuern Indiana on April 13 1874 women organized an Ohio tactics visit they toured venues including the Violette House and Vern Walkers saloon singing praying and engaging locals at each stop. A Nebraska note praises settler M S Budlong starting with eleven dollars ending with 100 acres 500 vines and future orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gosuern
Ind
Onserven
Ohio
Violette
Croxton
Mayberries
Vern Walker
Gentzhorn
Neft’s
Cunningham & Peters
Smith’s
Promett’s
Teuton
Zowell
Nebraska
M.S. Budlong
Franklin County
Kearney County
Budlong
British Fair Play in the Tichborne Case
The piece lauds British justice for granting the Tichborne claimant a fair trial despite harsh beginnings. It notes ten years of public scrutiny, the long proceedings, and the legal latitude given, stressing fairness over sensationalism in a landmark case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Reunion of Abolitionists Planned for Chicago in June 1874
An invitation and notice from R P Derickson and committee call for a three day Reunion of Anti Slavery friends to be held in Chicago starting June 9 1874. The event will feature addresses biographical notices reminiscences songs and a Liberty Minstrels concert with meetings all day and programs announced in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
China
R. P. Derickson
Philo Carpenter
Allan Pinkerton
David L. Hough
John Jones
J. W. Freer
Crusade by Ladies Against Saloon Persists Despite Mockery
The article notes a three month anti saloon crusade led by women, facing ridicule yet continuing with unwavering resolve. It contrasts moral vigor with a mixed success record across locations, quoting the Chicago Times on the crusade's nobility and persistence. It also includes a digestion tip advertisement and reports Schuyler Colfax receiving ovations in New Haven, with crowds at the depot and New Haven House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
New Haven
Schuyler Colfax
Union
Palladium
New ‘Haven House
Fragments on Wood Handling and Household Advice
The text offers stray guidance on stove wood length and breaking sticks, temperate dieting, and early domestic life. It mentions finishing a wooden pail with copal varnish to prevent water damage, and notes about home life and parental figures in old households.
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Post Office
Jackson Street
Molloy & Brush, Propr’s
Cassimeres
Jake Mishs
Main Street
Samme’ ‘Simonton
David S. Simonton
Elkhart
ATVAC
Indiana
Elerart County
Charlies T. Greene
Bela P. Reynolds
Himent
C. W. Fish
J. P
Concord Tp
Michael D. Hannegan
Said
George M. Colburn
W. Fish
Cemnis
Nand
Wolf & Steiner
Gaiters
Main St
General Insurance Office
Main and
Jackson Sts
Clifton House
Slewart, Ind
Herald of Truth
Elevart, Ind
Riverside Green
Prospect
Bower Streets
Lyne & Markey
ME. C. Garvin
W. B. Vanderlip
Europe
Boltom
Doty
Stham
West of
Ros Hyer Ak, Wet
Lorman & Thor
John F. Funk & Bro
Observier
A. Rt Beardsley
Enobarbus
Beyerle
Saml. Wiltrout
Fred Neff
Fred Prounette
Fideke
Goshen
Nathan P. Osborn
York Tp
Osborn
la Grange Co
Bowe
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