German Pioneer Jude Eisenwine’s Struggles to Pecos Saga
Julius Ernest Eisenwine born 1873 in Germany emigrated to Texas with family hardship. Separated from siblings after mother’s 1882 death, he was raised by Mrs. Kraus in Pecos after riding 400 miles from Hearne. He later married Carrie Wilkinson, a Menard governess, and became a respected cowboy in West Texas.
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Julius Ernest Eisenwine
Jude
Eisenwine
Unkown Place
Germany
Elizabeth
Fritz
Eisenwines
America
Julius
Hearne
Texas
Elizabeth Eisenwine
Joe Kraus
Kraus
Charles Schillings
Cora McQueen
McElroy
Casey
Kingston
Liva
Kansas
Carolyn
Carrie) Martha Wilkinson
Carrie
Menard
Splitgarber
Phantom Lake
Carrie Wilkinson
Ft. McKavett
William J. Wilkinson
Martha Spiller Wilkinson
W.J. Wilkinson
Jefferson County
Mississippi
Louisiana
Wilkinson
Barker County
Coleman County
Menard County
Ft. Sumner
N.M
Martha Spiller
Coleman
Nellie
New Orleans
Mrs. Wilkinson
Editorial: Carter faces limits of pleasing all people
The piece argues President Carter can’t please everyone and may only achieve symbolic reforms to curb pomp. It contrasts public expectations of a privileged presidency with Lincolnian ideals of governance by the people, noting history proves hard to please all and the symbol can matter.
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Abraham Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Mr. Carter
Lincoln
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
White House
Jimmy
Housing boom persists despite high prices and rates
AP reports a housing boom amid 8.5 to 9 percent mortgage rates with median 1975 down payment 10.2 percent. Realtors and savings leagues project starts near 1.8 to 2.0 million, potentially surpassing 1973 2 million, driven by money access and low down payments despite inflation risks.
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John Cunniff
New York
National Association — of Realtors
U.S. League of Savings Association
League
Kenneth Thygerson
Dennis Jacobe
Thygerson
Jacobe
Today in History March 9 1977 Highlights
On this date in 1862 the Monitor and Merrimac fought the first ironclad battle in Hampton Roads. Amerigo Vespucci was born in 1451 and Napoleon married Josephine in 1796.
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Associated Press
Monitor
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
America
Amerigo Vespucci
Florence
Napoleon Bonaparte
Josephine
United States
San Francisco
Pancho Villa
Columbus
N.M
Java
Republic of
Rhodesia
U.S
Urbana
Ohio
Richard M. Nixon
Trento
Samuel Barber
Thomas Schippers
Origins of the name Dixie traced to money line and lore
The article surveys possible sources for Dixie as a name for the American South. It cites the French word dix on early Louisiana ten-dollar bills, the Mason–Dixon Line, and a Dutch farmer named Dixye whose enslaved workers reportedly sang of returning to his farm in New York.
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Dixie
U.S
Dix
Louisiana
Land
Land of the
Dixye
New York
Damage to Freedom Train exhibits sparks Smithsonian concern
A 1975 76 bicentennial Freedom Train tour damaged priceless items such as Benjamin Franklin’s Articles of Confederation and the Battle Hymn manuscript. Humidity and temperature lapses led to wear, while some items disappeared. Hearst and Hughes papers reveal delayed ransom talks and cautious financing.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
Peter Spurney
Freedom Train Foundation
Gilda Lee Patner
Ben Franklin
Martin Luther King
Delaware
Jim Thorpe
San Simeon
Hughes
Hearst
William Randolph, Jr
New York
World Journal Tribune
Hearsts
Patty Hearst
Chester Davis
William Gay
Hearst Corporation
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Musin
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Pecos
Diedrich
Caroline Martha Wilkinson
Texas Press Association
Anon Gates
Senate
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