Colonel Reynolds and other Missouri humor in a Civil War yarn
A vivid column tells of Colonel Matt Reynolds defending a Pike County case with a Negro jury, plus colorful sketches of "Rocky" McPike, the Pegleg candidate, and a Confederate veteran recounting a wound near the groin while describing a sharpshooter in a Lexington skirmish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Copsright
Champ Clark
Matt G. Reynolds
Pike
St. Louis
United States Land Court
Far West
Republican
Missouri
Joe Bowers
Matt
Louisiana
Tlemen
Rot
Pike County
Timely Anniversaries Highlighted By Historic Figures
April 6 marks births and deaths of notable figures including Catherine of Russia and Catherine the Greats era linked events. Other entries note Sir Henri Depin and Lunt deaths, engagements of generals Johnston and records of poets and scholars, with a mix of biographical notes and dates from 1700s to 1800s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine of Puasia
Ruesio
Catherine
Catherine the Great
Peter the T
Catherine T
Peter the Great
ITM
Henri Depin
Rrington Lunt
Evanston
Dainty Novelties in Copper Buttons and Belts
Copper Buttons and smart belts for evening wear described. Includes brown costumes, burnished copper accents, oxidized silver and steel embellishments. Ensembles feature folds, jeweled pins, and all white gowns with black velvet trims. Straw hats, pointesprit fashion, yellow straw tones, rose motifs echo Louis XV styles.
A Brilliant Summer Fashion Trends Preview
A fashion preview highlights bright spring and summer trends with gay fabrics and frivolous styles. Narrow embroidery appears on tailored dresses, lace accents many costumes, and tulle and chiffon basques decorate collars. Sleeves gain volume, teletrope pale shades mix with ecru, and white embroideries brighten outfits. The illustration showcases red silk panne with white mull chemisette and a red velvet front laced with white taffeta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jopie Cholier
Mis Rank In the Hierarchy and the Prime Minister Dinner
A humorous overheard exchange about rank and appetite appears in Household Words cited by Chicago News. The cannibal mocks a minister as dinner while the cook suggests it was a prime minister. The piece references a lazy man and the well worn adage about the race not always to the swift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Augusta
Bright
Addrem Jous J. Fours
Tom
Roland
Oliver
Elijah Robinson
Kansas City
Pike
Robinson
John Snooks
Snooks
Ananias
Sapphira
John
Lige
Snooke
Etting
Arch Worsham
Pegler
Mississippi
Missouri
West
Washington
John B. Clark, Jr
John B. Clark
John B. Clerk
Congress
House
Treasury Department
Mulligan
Sterling Price
Fine
Browl
Swift
Chicago News
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. C. Minnis
Hanc Een Ae
The
East Oregonian
Trane
Marie Orshcais
Cory Ticurs
America
Alray Yoh
Rotary and Corporation
Tom Anderson
California
Rocky” McPike
Andersen
McPike
Georgetown
Lexington
van Orsdall & Ross
History
Richard J
England
Cour de Liem
Fontevrault
France
Laura de Neves
Petrarch
Ametory Selvy
Avignon
Lauren
Albert Sidney Johnston
Wort
Grant
Shiborelee
Amnett
Wiehe Caltarian
Eliery Channing Alstine
Newport
Channing
Parente
Harvard
Wos
Richmond
Europe
Hfe
Jenere
Alem
Bartehorn
van Dran
the Best Hotel
Trawine
Corner Court
We Pendleton
M. F. Kelly
Propria
ELEC
GEO
Darveay
Columbia Lodging Hous
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