Prisoner John Willard a Kansas exile and slavery foe
Governor Willard visits prisoner John Cook alias Ashbel in a charged jail scene. Voorhees and Mason recount the interview in which Cook explains his Kansas trek to free slaves, his perilous status, and his insistence that he learned to hate slavery after witnessing border violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
Cook
Gath
Mr. Voorhees
Sohn
Governor Willard
John
Kansas
Ashbel
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Alexander Stuart
James M. Mason
Mason
Asubal
Astibal
Trent Affair Dinner Talk and Political Jokes Exposed
A Manila-like recount of a 1860s dinner with Seward, Cr Hallope, and Crittenden reveals frank talk on Jefferson Davis and Mason Slidell releases. A later Illinois anecdote mocks oysters and an assault on the big oyster sign. Medical notes debate cold causes versus indoor air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Illinois
Old Capitol Square
Trom Sarea
Philadelphia Record
Felix L Oswald
C. B. Page
Popular Science Monthly
Br. Oswald
By. Oswald
Hints for the Hay Field and Rural Wit
Practical guidance on hay making advises mowing in good condition cutting when blossom fades and dew has evaporated raking into cockes of about three hundred pounds covering with caps if rain comes and drawing to barn before a top dressing of compost. It ends with humorous farmhouse dialogue about pork speculation and bucket shops.
Pork futures and a proposed deal discussed at home
A man explains plans to hold 250 barrels of pork until March, expecting a profit of $250 to $500, as he argues with Mrs. Potts about the source of the funds and the existence of a deal. The dialogue shows uncertainty and tension in the conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darky
Weldoe
N. C
Datebery
Ebery
Mr. Potts
Mrs. Potts
Mareh
Cincinnati Enquirer
Astor
Nothing in a Name and Names That Haunt the Living
A fusion of reminiscences on how given names shape lives, citing Henry Clay once misnamed as Hank Dirt and Washington Lincoln Grant Smith later tainted by prison, plus a series of quirky anecdotes about names and fame. It includes a death notice for famed New York cook Fanny Mee Govern and a Salt Lake anecdote about a bishop's blues over a daughter's remark, ending with miscellaneous cultural notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Jacob Astor
Jay Gould
Vanier
Hill
Meavt
Murray Hill
Joye
Massez
Gardner
Clay
Henry Clay
Eheryboy
Hank Dirt
Ds Clay
Washington Lincoln Grant Smith
Chuck Fall
Callas
Wasi Grant
Denama
Jones
Clus
Montmorenci Stubbins
Catherine Bivens
Princess Bienville
Czar Jackson
George de Foth
Papars
Hortense
Victoria Clark
Lisle Fitzhus Brown
Ebery
Zachariah Chandlers
Roscon Couklings
Thomas Jeffersons
Henry W. Longfellows
Jane
Ratsey
Sarah
Emma
Lucy
Moses
Samuel
Willigut
Chloe
Catherine
San Francisco
Fanny MeeGovern
Sinclair House
Eminton
Salt Lake City Tribune
Mary
Tizaie
Lizzie
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Cape Jonef
Voorhees
Johin Brown
Kasper
Thames
London
Chicago Tribune
Huglish
Engineer Corps
Arsenal
Royal Engines
Wito
Cox
House of Representatives
Great Britain
Europa
Mexico
Seward
Anthony Crallope
John J. Crittenden
House
Davis
Mr. Crittenden
Daff Davis
Hassemed
Uncle Toby
Washington
Beat the
Oregon
Fred
Smith
Dougherty
Mr. Kelly
Kelly
Potts
M. Edmond
Dumas
Chicago Herald
Banatore
Representatives
Stu Pinnery
Senate
Tnion
Mousis
Bob & Bo
Choi
Comedia Francaise
St. Roch
Roch
Valsinghent
Army and Navy Journal
Ioousta
Peerless
Iivile
THE
Geiser
Eclipse
Tam
Lancaster
North Cherry Street
Ezra F. Landis
Whikel
North Queen St
New Postoffice
A.w.whikel
North Queen Street
Locher
Charles A. Locher
East King Srteut
Lititz
Lancaster County House
East King St
Lancaster, PA
Wang
Setley
Fransi
Hun
Lancaster City
Siassea
Gillon
Brown
C. H. Brown
West Orange Steet
Lancastes, PA
J. M. Keiper
N. Queen Street
NEW Post Office
UWA Aid Eyres
Prank Evans
Earle
Wieland
George Dor
Gaii
Angvny
Webaye
Diferent Bs
Meaure
Solissica
Phares W. Fry
Lancaster Fa
W. H. Appel
HLEHR
Litity
Eading
Columbia Brats Road
A. Me
A.M
Lancaster and
Columbia
Reading
Tuity
Marietta Junction
Chickies
Columbia Lancaster
King Quarry Ville
Fan
Quarryville
King Street
Teading
Philadelphia
Pottsville
Warrisburg
Allentown
Hound Brook
York
Hanover
Gettysburg
Frederick
Baltimore
A. M Wilson
Bbanon & Railroad
Ntwi
Lebanon
Cornwall Manheim
Jay
Sansserau Po
IAM. Pom
Ward
Warrige
King St
Lane
Wilson
R. C von
Suesesa Ned
Broad Street
Litiiz
Smith's
Gho. Bew
West Kingst
Cooper House
Alsiacs
Stauffer & Co
Parama
Manilla
Iuperiar
Dunstable
Milans
Dresden
Chatham
W. D. Stauffer & Co
Martin Rudy
Tricycle Agency
W.cor
W.king and CentSys
Hird
Telephone Exchange
L. B. Herr
Queen St., Lancaster
Just
AIT Ask
Hess
Daniel Leopold
Gititz, Pa
H.L. Trout
Penn Square
Lancaster, BA
Noz
Hew Haven
Low Haven Coach Works
Amer & Brunner
Prop
Markly
New Haven
ENN Hotel
Penn, Lancaster CO
J. Ibach
Railroad Restaurant
Lititz FA
Geason
L. R. Hacker
Warwick House
Onh Square N
Ofb
Lititzstop
F.G. Carpenter
Continental Hotel
East Chestnut ST
Penn’s ER
Custon
George Flory
Prop'r
Columbia House
A. Hutton
North Broad Street
Masonic Temple
Academy of Reene Arte
Ozit
JQHE
Best & Son Bolera
Eblatchley
Latchley
Market ST
Thibyon
America
Hy 4Allett & CO
Portland
Maine
Sturgis
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