The Haunt: Myth and March of the Civil War Ghosts
A vivid account traces the legend of The Haunt, a mysterious figure roaming from North Carolina through the Mississippi Valley during the Civil War. He leaves blood ink letters, robs stores, crosses rivers by night, and is followed by spectral animals and buried-ghosts, with tales of his eerie presence spreading from May 1861 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Grant
Father
Johnstone
Rosa
Lee
Fox
North
Carolloa
Cum Mountains
Nashville
Kentucky Purchase
Ohio River
Goleonds
North Carolina
Thebes
Chester
Mississippi
Shawneetown
Indianapolis
Missouri
Arkansas
Little Rock
Northern
West
Tennessee
Illinois
Ile
Georgia
Alabama
Piatte Purchase
The Haunt and a returning Union veteran tale
A long fragmentary reminiscence chronicles a mysterious figure called the Haunt who roamed between armies after Lee's surrender, possibly a paid operative, and later narrative threads follow Mrs Myres and Andy Clippard as they discuss movement, news, and reunion scenes with families, a Westward move, and a homecoming ceremony featuring a preacher Mr Good man and a large town church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Illinois
Kentucky
Myres
Rosa
Emaline
Carlina
Sorrer
Gustis Gwien
Robbins
Andy
John Logan
Harry
Cressin
Susan
Lucy
Jack Hammond
Fashion as a moral critique of fashionable women
A polemical critique argues fashion erodes women's nature and virtue far more than poverty. It claims fashionable women are physically frail, morally weak, and ineffective as mothers, contrasting them with diligent laborers and noting famed figures whose lineage failed to produce notable heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laneet
Long's Peak from Greeley dazzles with mountain panorama
From near Greeley a pleasant day trip reveals a grand Rocky Mountain panorama. Long's Peak dominates the skyline in twin form with a deep chasm, flanked by the Foot Hills and distant Snowy Range. The article praises view distances to Snowy Range and Pike's Peak, naming Long's Peak and Meeker's naming origins.
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Rocky Mountains
Greeley
Denver Pacific Railway
Omethie
Cache la L’oudres
Big Thompson
Platte
Cache la Poudre
Thompson
St. Vrain
Dazaling
Mall Range
Long's Peak
Denver
Long
N. C. Meeker
Colorado
Wyoming
Laramie Peak
Gray's Peak
Pike's Peak
The Old Woman and the Call to Patience and Respect
A reflective piece urges younger readers to honor their elderly mothers, noting their endurance through trials and urging kindness, patience, and charity. It contrasts the lasting bonds of a mother with other affections and ends with a brief industrial statistic about steel works and rail mills in Britain and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
St. Louis
Omaha
Pacific Railroad
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Aes
Maple Street
Tribune
Omics
Bert Stevens
Jefferson
Entistry
Dr. Thompson
Transpay
Frray
Saterway
Higley
Ames J. Armstrong
Walnut and
Sherman Streets
D. B. Bennett
Omeopathic
Spruce Street
Barnum House
A. B. Cannon
IVERY
Colorado House
Harvey Townsend
Walnut
Park
Highland Nursery
Street Bridge
DeNever, Coronado
Taylor
MAPLE
Madison Streets
N. M. Boynton
DR. G. Law
Adams and
Pine Streets
Flower & Cameron's Drug Store
J. Leavy
Hawes, M. D
Long Island College Hospital
Main Street
J. & J. H. Jones
J. Mm. Carpenter
Monroe St
Mr. Moss
Fef L. Childs
Boston
Main St
Colony Hall
L. van Gohren
Walnut Street
B. Talbot
Hollister & Savage
J. Percival
Arpenter
Corner of
Madison
J. Henry
P. J. Rogers & Son
Greeley and
Black-Smith
W. Hilton
J.D. Buckley
S. HE. Paine
Spruce St
Madison and
Jefferson Avenues
Joycoer
Bo Maker
Babcock & Taylor
A. S. Lande F. M. Babcock
Philip Taylor
B. Lowndes
Winchester Arms Co
New Haven
Conn
Oak Streets
Adams
Monroe
Segenn
the Baptist Church
Daniel Witter
Denver City
W. Kirby
Kirby
Kellogg
Rosa Robbins
N. ©. Meeker
Arry
Maline
Vicksburg
George ‘Mc Donati
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