Homecoming and a Deeper Vindication
Barton Baynes returns to Canton to find family scenes and a changing mood as Uncle Peabody and Purvis adjust to new politics and quiet merriment. Senator Silas Wright guides Barton on a deer hunt, sharing wisdom about leadership and loyalty while a cloud of past gossip clears with Delia and Peabody’s steadfast character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purvis
Mexico
South Carolina
Uncle Peabody
Sile Wright
North
Abolition Party
New York
New England
Dlimer
Canton
Kate
Saratoga
Barton Baynes
Sally
Rater - Fullerton
Silas Wright
Bart
Pve
Cobleskill
Washington
Mr. Wright
Pye
Dave Ramsey
Delia
Peabody Baynes
Deve Ramsey
Selnes
Peabody
Summit Visit reshapes a youth under Wrights guidance
The narrator recalls autumn in Washington with Senator Wright and his wife guiding him. He contrasts Wright’s plain, persuasive senate oratory with the famed Webster and Calhoun. The trip deepens his sense of national grandeur as rail travel inspires awe and the Capitol looms large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republic
Whittier
Emerson
Whitman
Greeley
Lincoln
Utica
Bart
Senator Wright
Calhoun
Webster
Senate
Clay
Wright
Amusing Tale About Kellie Song Named Douglas Gordon
Lawrence Kellie recalls meeting a stranger who hated the sound of his name Douglas Gordon. The man explains telegrams and condolence letters addressed to him were for months tied to Kellie’s song, assuming the tune referred to him, then departs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kellie
Douglas Gordon
Mr. Kellie
Kellie
Aviators and the Oak Park Romance Frayed by Age and War
Ruth Rawson Allan, eighteen, faced opposition from her mother and Harold Sampson, son of Mrs. Mary Sampson, over an engagement to Woodward. Woodward, ten years Ruth’s senior, hailed from Worcester. Harold returned from aviation service with no job or bungalow. Ruth declared she would never marry Woodward, lamenting his lack of romance and Harold’s failed prospects after military discharge.
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Air Park
Ill
Trousseau
Joseph B. Allan
Erie Street
Oak Park
Chicago
Ruth Rawson Allan
Ruth Allan
Harold H. Sampson
Mary Sampson
Forest Avenue
Ruth
Harold
Newton
Mass
Army Aviation Corps
Edward
Milton Woodward
Worcester
Jimmy and Bunny: Squirrel Friend Reunites With Boy
In Irving Park Illinois a boy named Jimmy eleven, disabled, befriends a squirrel named Bunny whose tree home outside Jimmy’s window is at 4117 North Lawndale. After Bunny was captured and moved, local neighbors rallied a penny fund to free him and return him to Jimmy where he perched and feasted while the cage was kicked apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicago
Irving Park
Bunny
Jimmy
Jefferson
North Lawndale Avenue
Tong
Charles
Walter Seligman
Monticello
Avenue
H. B.westlake
Seligmans
Devoted Wife Sentenced to 12 Years for Car Theft Tie
Philadelphia woman receives twelve years for aiding her husband in car thefts already punished in court. She offered no defense, wishing to be imprisoned nearby so her presence would influence him to reform. The piece praises her fidelity and urges hope she might save him despite the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiladelphia—Ierence Duke
Philadelphia
Dickens
Hugo
Bi Sykes
Nancy
Madison beauty refuses to pose for swimsuit photo
Madison Wis resident Josephine Bliss of the University of Wisconsin declines to pose in a swimming suit for a photo. She notes swimsuits are for wearing in the water and jokes about photographers, reflecting a lighter moment in the local press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Josephine Bliss
University of Wisconsin
Miss Bliss
Bliss
Coli
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Irving Bacheller
Itben Halden
Deel
O’ Bart Baynes
Golan‘ton
Winele - Peabody
Aunt Deel
Amy
Ricoeem
AL. Keef
Adison
Wis
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