Soldiers demand prayers include them in Union era meeting
In a Station gathering during the Civil War, soldiers petitioned ministers to be remembered in prayers and privileges. The preachers agreed to a quarter hour of supplication, then a crowd of blue-coats watched as tensions and threats surfaced amid local figures including Augustus and Mr. Myres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaie
Mr. Myres
Jack Hammond
Jack
Myres
Reed
Po Ent
Cabinet
Congress
Plander
Pharaoh
J. Myers
Emerson Etherredge
Augustus
Robbins
Ingatee
Bey
Enledlanges
Treior
Itch
6Th Cavalry
Caue
Ceres
Mr. Goodman
Laura
Mrs. Myres
Carlina
Thar
Fox
Linkum
Kase
Tom Turkle
Argeria
Au Otter
A Vision of Fashion and Minnesota Farming From 1872
A writer denounces extravagant street fashion with peacock colors and excessive trims, urging plain supple dress for public wear. The piece then shares a Minnesota settler letter describing half-section farms near Mountain Lake, winters of wind and snow, stocked cattle and horses, windmills, sod houses, and a hungry for growth as the region becomes a rail hub and promises a Holland-like windmill future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Mountain Lake
St. Paul
Senator Windom
Sioux City
United States
A Characteristic Anecdote of Lincoln from Furney
An excerpt recounts Lincoln as president listening to petitions while in the Senate and a nurse’s private appeal to save a soldier. The narrator notes the coal delivery ritual in the sick room and the quiet hours of care, illustrating Lincoln and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Furney
Senate
Old Capitol
Perhane
Fefriend
Ak Ae
Mr. Lincels
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Walnut and
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PD. B. Bennett
Omeopathic
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A. B. Cannon
LAS and Feed Stable
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DR. G. Law
Adams and
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Offee
Flower & Cameron
Leavy
Hawes, M. D
Long Island College Hospital
Es Jonnes Store
J. MM. Moss
Monroe St
Highey
Mr. Moss
FF &S L Curne
Plee
Boston
L. van Gomren
Atcumaker and Jewerller
Walnut Street
B. Talbot
Main St
Hollister & Havage
F. J. Percival
Caer
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Madieon Streets
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J. Henry
J. Rogers & Son
Circe
Black-Smith
W. Hilton
D. Buckley
Paine
Sprece
Madison and
Joyor
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Colorado
Vhetmir Ryne
M. BaBcocn
Sttermeyst Law & Notary Public
Pouilip Taylor
N. Lowndes
Winchester Arma
New Haven
Ius
Adame and
Adams
Mouroe
the Baptist Church
Daniel Witter
W. Kirby
Rosa Robbins
John Logan
HY N.C. Meeker
Tobias
Jonesboro
John McNeil
Willard
Fanny Fren
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