Captain Todd's Horse and Widow's Ride Gone Wild
A Civil War era tale recounts Captain Todd selecting a fast mare and an eager driver Bill Tyke to impress the widow he courts. A wild pasture chase ends with the two men and the woman tossed as the wagon collapses, the mare crippled, and Todd left to return to sea life after a disastrous courtship ride.
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Bunn
Sam Bliss
Sam
Ieee
Todd
Bill Tyke
Tyke
Bill
Ley
Pring
Mara
Themare
Alout
Capt. Todd
Aoother
Ill Tyke
Cap’n
Bull
N. Y. Mercury
Old Fashioned Cotillion and Odd Dances Across Regions
A collation of social dance notes contrasts the old fashioned cotillion with South American tricks like perfume-filled bottles used as challenges. It notes Southern influences on dancing and asks whether other dances should be revived, then shifts to brief, crude anecdotes about funerals and a Virginia death in Culpeper County, tying in eras post Revolutionary War with a bleak humor.
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South America
Dow
Afall Gazette
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Light Brigade
Sfon
Lord Catdigan
Calvary
Harge
Bragg
Bill Tvhke
Sid
Bilow
Samuel Bliss
Cap'n
Dr. Bragg
Richardson & Co Af
United States
Wren
Fiji
Culpepper
Ardeo Lundred
Tutt’s
Tutt
Dr. Torr
Port Byron
W. H. Devore
Banker
Illinois
Thanbactb
Tlea
Nevodab c
Hamburg
National
Roman
Une
Ateamehipa
Neferencib Mitchell & Lynde
Bankers Rock Teland
Fret National Bank
Davenport
Lowa Fleet
Nathonal Bank
Hteseo
National Bank
Milwaukee
Wile
Nabhonal Bank of Commerce
New York
Lidon Bank of
Philadelphia
S Penn Alen
Copp & Nisbethnisheure &T Louie
John
Hoyt
Steinway, Steck and
Emerson
Mooulscorer of
The
John Hoyt
Deelzy
Fieb
Morris’ Lrug
Brady Street
Simmons
Simmons Liver Regulator
J. H. Zeilin & CO
E. W. Hurst
Insurance Companies
Omganizen
Insurance Company of North
America
London Assurance
Pennsylvania
Lancashire
Springfield Fire & Marine
Connecticut
Glens Falls, N. Y
Ofice,Rock Island Nut'l Bank
Rock Island, Ill
Davenport Pottery
T. B. Olshausen & CO
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Moline
Moline Wagon Company
Moline, Illinois
Sherman
Broadway
CLAN
Ully
J. M. Christy
Chile
Steam Bakery
Rock Island, Illinois
DR. McAffee
Perry Street
Iowa
Hart
Lang
Boncbal
Mead
Age
Oryrer Hores
Davenpot
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