Adventure and Arbor Day tales in Nebraska history
A collection of anecdotes and sketches recount early Nebraska Arbor Day origins with humorous farm life, a horse named Old Bill planting a willow, and Aunt Anna sharing a Nebraska Arbor Day origin story. The piece also weaves in other frontier stories and a Kentucky betting tale about The Major and a lunar eclipse bet.
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Aunt Anna
Ray
Bessie
Naniie
Harrs
Suntie
Harry
Auntie
Nebraska
Massachusetts
Vair
Mr. Dunn
Pill
Old Bill
Bills
Bill
Sterling Morton
Mamma
Kentucky
Bluegrass
Maj “Wix
Norrow
New York
Tribone
Eply
Insurer Query Over Husband’s Life Sparks Cold Talk
A heated exchange from a Chicago letter page shows a provocative suggestion about life insurance. A correspondent resists the idea of insuring a husband’s life, arguing the man will live too long, while the writer counteroffers urging coverage upon his death.
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Chicago Lectori
A Pat Answer From The Arcola Record
A dialogue shows a lawyer challenging a witness about conscience. The witness asserts conscience is something a lawyer cannot comprehend, highlighting ethical tension in legal proceedings.
A Good Sign in a New York Weekly Cartoon Note
A dialogue mentions a railroad damage suit for ten thousand dollars and a yacht ordered by a lawyer. It recounts Near Convers, G. where two young ladies rode a barebacked horse to reach town in time for a train, after a carriage breakdown.
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Whiffers
New York Weekly
Convers
Fashions for Summer at Sea Shore and Races
A lively New York style column on seaside dress for children and women. It praises harmonious color, outlines sailor suits for boys, wide-brim hats known as cranks, feathered parasols, and gray fashion trends for races. It notes how fashion echoes period values, with playful anecdotes and critique of ostentation.
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Nanny
Gabrielle St. Clair
Bob Spray
New York
Henri IV
Winnie Davis and Wilkin son Courtship Tale From Civil War Era
A fragmented reminiscence recounts Winnie Davis, daughter of the Confederacy, and Alfred Wilkinson of Syracuse, and their courtship spanning years. It traces Winnie’s visits to Emory in Syracuse, their contrasting Northern and Southern roots, and the secret alliance after Davis’s death, ending with a boast of a wager on courting thirty women.
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Winnie Davis
Confederacy
Alfred Wilkinson
Syracuse
Tuisis
Jefferson Davis
West Point
Military Academy
William H. Emp
Emory
Nineteenth Army Corps
Davis
Mexico
Sin
Jeff Davis
Winnie
Thomas Emory
Young Wilkinson
Ohne
North
South
Dr. Emory
Miss Davis
Mr. Wilkinson
Night of cannibal orgies during northern voyage told by two Seattle residents
Gen Lyman Banks and John Hutcheson recounted a two month cruise along British Columbia's northern coast. They described brutal trek through deep snow, packer refusals, and a terrifying Nahwitt cannibal ritual witnessed from a cave, including a fire circle, naked dancers, and execution-like feasts. Banks offered vivid, cautious narration of a night they fled back to safety in Seattle.
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California
Countrie
Saltake City
Utah
Golden State
Lin
Plains
San Francisco
Cal
Sacramento
Tim
Seoul
George Washinton
Ainly
Willam Henery
Avon
Crakshin
Henery
Scrooge
Kim
Han
Lim
Nhody
Jan
Sally
Seattie Withe
Lyman Banks
John Hutceson
Seattle
British Columbia
Old Hudson Bae Company
le Ernisers
Banks
Gen. Banks
Sunmmer Coast Forest
di Union
Victoria
Seattle Post-Intelligence
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Philoxa
Patna
Johnny Merry
Carl
Wille
Letter
Cai O Ledger
Scotland
Martin
Innocen
Stume
Cam
Artter Linner
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