A Prairie Wedding in the Grand Prairie
In September 1841 Harry and Sarah’s journey across the prairie ends at a river crossing where a minister facilitates their brief, impromptu marriage. A stable night in a cabin with a welcome feast, neighborly help, and a blessing from Mrs. Nuckles seals their union as they celebrate amid lanterns, venison, and a shared future in the West.
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Prairies
Chicago
Ohio
Biggs
Alton
Davis
West
Henry Brimstead
Eli
Sangamon County
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Indiana
Memoir of Josiah Traylor on Lincoln and 1842 marriage
Traylor recounts youths and times with Andrew Jackson and Lincoln, recalling Mary Todd Lincoln, their marriage on November 4, 1842, and daily life. He describes Lincoln's habits, Mary’s care, and a wedding tour to Washington in 1547, with notes on Emerson and Webster as well as political reflections on Polk and Mexican War debates.
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Josiah Traylor
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wileen
Lincoln
Mary Todd
Mary
Abe Lincoln
Annabel
Washington
Congress
Webster
Emerson
Djinola
Polk
Mexico
Menachusetts
Zach” Taylor
Gov. Seward
Remarkable
Mount
Binal
Biles Bon
Mount of Olives
Youthful artist explains missing details in school illustration
A grade school primary class illustrated a read aloud story about three children riding a goat wagon to a wood as the sun sets. Most drawings show the goat pulling the wagon with horns and a sun behind a hill. A girl drew just a hill and grass, explaining the children and goat had all gone home.
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Opal
History as She is Quoted. Hat shopping on State street
In a Chicago Journal account a woman at a State street department store browses hats with two companions. A tall woman holds a brown velvet tricorn and asks if it is pretty, while her friend with a book recalls Napoleon crossing the Delaware, prompting a childish exchange about Napoleon's exploits.
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Napoleon
Delaware
Chicago Journal
Beaux-arts of a Conversation in a Parlor Scene
A sketched dialogue captures an intimate exchange where a daughter-in-law questions a voice at the other end of a line about the gout affecting a father. The caller debates visiting that night or attending a show depending on the elder’s condition.
Not Go Catching Poppets Quip Sparks Court Talk
A fragmentary exchange mentions a controversial remark about a father figure and a doctor noting overwork. The snippet reflects a social yarn amid tame humor and gossip in a historical paper.
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Carnegie Poppet
Dry Goods Reputations and Soda Water Joke
A dry goods joke sets up a pun about being dry enough and links character to reputation. The quip features a colonel and soda water to illustrate how perception shapes image more than actual behavior.
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Irving Bacheller
Harry
Sarah Traylor
Springfield
Abe
Mione
Plain's
Surorna
Wong
Tom Merley
Bim
Geome
Stephen
Barry
Cme
Steve
Enna
Ettan
Mr. Nuckles
Milwaukee
Aeena I
Matthew
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