A Wartime Heroine and a Family’s Narrow Escape
A long narrative recalls a child’s memory of a wartime home rescue. Peggy defies a dangerous intruder, using a hot shovel to shield her family, while the mother and children hide and later learn of a death and capture in the aftermath. The piece blends war violence with domestic endurance and a cautionary tone about strength and prudence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoagland
Peggy
Pat
Alluvat
Paul
Horcules
Apollo
Heaven
Mother
Esoloitor
Peal
Memorial of Mrs Dulla A Milliken in Algama Wisconsin
An obituary notes the death of Mrs Dulla A Milliken on May 4 in Algama Win Wisconsin. It recalls her faith, health decline, and move with husband Henry A Milliken to a western home. The piece praises her piety, urges solace for survivors, and frames death as a gateway to eternal reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sccm
Arlor
Peel
Father
Conlit Poither
Pate
Elslidses
Pool
Ecoard
Piane
Pinere
Jace
Annie
Paul
Blane
Loeb
Mr. Blake
My. Blake
Sarah
Peol
Soane Deay
Algama Win. Co. Wis
Dulla A
Henry A. Milliken
Calvary
Earth
Christ
Vitolie
Nadre
Ad Bethany
Sina
Neary
Jones
Potpie
Redsteads
Dirt and cleanliness sermon from a 19th century reader
A stylistic excerpt urges the public to embrace fresh air, water, and soap while denouncing dirt as a social and health menace. It likens dirt to moral decay, calls for washing walls, clothing, and bodies, and pleads for abandoning alchohol and tobacco to foster decency and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hou-E-Rent
Olfanliness
God Iminesh
Walter
House Cleaning Tales From A Doric New York Lived Home
A fragmented reminiscence recalls domestic life in New York with chaotic house cleaning rituals. The narrator describes washing, lathering, and coffee rituals, a beer fueled landlady, and a playful yet destructive scene where books are stolen and burned in a backyard bonfire with Waverly novels and classic titles in a Fourth of July celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chad
Potpie
Desdemona
Waverly
Rob Roy
Lammermoor
Kenilworth
Fainting and Pleas for Relief in Difficult Time
Fragment from a religious exhortation urging repentance and divine aid. The speaker notes distress among the faithful and condemns shepherds for failing to guide, calling all heathen to gather and beseech the Lord for bread of life amid trouble and dispersion. Names and places are obscured in the old text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeport
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Peezy
Frank
Anne
Poy
War Castle
J. Wate
Kate
Mary Adams
Kate Dargin
Mary
Ant
Dassure
Holt
Imine
Arkansas
Hoe
Mery
Or Smith
Cambridge
England
Trinity Way
Tien Eliot Smith
Jas
Tenting
Binehill- Tharkes
Ohis
Zion
Penobscot
Orland
Jacob
Andy
Iorey
Anixhay i
Poorsnechanic
New York
Reamm
Tre
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