Letters From The People Evanston 1874 Notes
A long diary style letter from Freeport to Evanston dated June 3 1874 recounts a 120 mile ride to Chicago and back. The writer details campus sights at Northwestern University Heck Hall prep building and the women’s college, then chronicles Pastor’s Union lectures by Bannister Ninde Jacques and others, prize essays by Schorb Peet and Bradley, religious debates, Swing Patton trial reflections, and visits with Prof Swing. The piece concludes with reflections on liberal theology, campus life, and Lake Michigan moonlight.
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Evanston
Freeport
Evan
Rochelle
Epicurus
Mausithausen
Xenophon
Babylon
Lake Michigan
Aéa
Heck Hall
Byron
Heck
Great Northwestern
Fowler
Hoyt
Israel
Prep
Eace
Woman’s College
Lathrop
Pastors’ Theological Union
Prof. Bannister
Raymond
Bannister
Cowles
Jesus
Patton
Yellow Creek
Tavesday
Prof
Jacques
Bloomington
Ill
Peter
Christ
Paul
Antioch
Ninde
Jerusalem
Mount of Olives
Bethany
Mt. Zion
Antonia
Calvary
Bolgotha
Holy City
Russia
France
England
de Fowler
Louisville
Cincinnati
Davis
Gallipolis
Ohio
Co Gee
Hoover
W. C. Peet
John Hiss
Mr. Peet
A. S. Tuttle
Darwin
Tuttle
Chas
Fred
Bradley
Blackstone
Bro. Bradley
Mr. Bradley
Isaiah
Dartmouth College
John George Schorb
Schorb
Hemenway
Peets
Peet
Drs
Schrob
Bro. Peet
Bro
E. C. Arnold
Northwestern
Arnold
D. D.s
Wemenway
America
Garret Biblical Institute
Oumnock
Dandy
Pres. Fallows
Ministry of the Times
Fallows
Thomas
E. O. Haven
The
Dr. Haven
Heaven
LeComte
John Stuart Mill
Chicago
Beecher
Swing
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Swing-Patton
Garrett Biblical Institute
Oxford
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Dickens
W. H. Daniels
Joshua
Ulysses
Hercules
Sampson
Heroditus
Ezra
Moses
Union
Felton
D. D
J. O. Peck
McChesney
Daniels
Dr. Thomas
Sister Grundy
Chicago University
OC. H. Fowler
King John
John Hampden
United States
Bishop Hughes
Theodore Parker
Northwestern University
Eternity
Geo. H, Betnarp
Canker Worm Remedy Suggested For Orchards
A letter to the editor details a Paris green in water treatment to exterminate the canker worm and other insects from apple orchards. The writer cites success in 1872 and 1873, notes application methods, and mentions dissemination by spraying from a wagon platform. The piece urges immediate action by orchardists nationwide.
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