Uncle Benny Fights Fashion In Patchwork Sabbath Tale
Benjamin Greenleaf, loved farmer with a simple life, resists new clothes as his wife and daughters press for fashion. A rushed Sabbath morning dressing ordeal follows, ending with Benny reluctantly donning a new coat and boots amid family pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Greenleaf
Chrisendom
Benjamin
Gene Reader
Benny
Uncle Benny
Messrs Goose, Scissors & Co
Benjamin Gleaf
Ile
W Oman
House of Prayer
Sire
Benjamin Green
Conelius Cornstalk
Mister Greenleaf
Sally Goggle
Mrs. Green
Greenleaf Peer
Emile Onnee
Oman
Noble Dare of Revolutionary Prisoners Snare at Bergen Heights
On a cold winter night near war's end a daring band led by Capt. John Kidney and Capt. Henry Jaroleman seized officers and refugees from a garrison near Bergen Heights. The prisoners were driven to a sled and jailed in Morristown, while the captors celebrated their perceived triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristle
Essex Co
Bergen Heights
New
Toul
John Kidney
Henry Jaroleman
Jacob Garlaw
Halmach Jarol Eman
Bergen
Kidney
Morristown
Steam Music on Boats by Wm Hoyt of Dupont Indiana
Inventor Wm Hoyt proposes a steam powered musical system on boats using a central horizontal pipe fed by boiler steam, with multiple vertical pipes and whistles operated by piano keys or a crank organ mechanism. He claims steam remains, and jokes about music reaching ten miles on Western waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Me. Wm. Hoyt
Dupont
Indiana
Hoyt
Stesin
Dan Tucker
Auld Lang Syne
Barnum
Jenny Lind
Sei
Amerwan
Phenomena of Death and the Quiet Finality of Wounds
An exploration of death from battle wounds with observations on pain, timing, and facial expressions at the moment of death. Notable anecdotes include a Waterloo foot soldier drinking water before dying and references to Captain Basil Hall’s accounts of Corunna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Miam, Prince of Orange
Wyolt
Netherlands
Charles
Bryan
Waterloo
Basil
Hall
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Plainfield Gazette
William M. Drake & Son
Front St
2Nd Presbyterian Church
Trerms
J. G. Ludlow
Plainfield
New Jersey
Creice
Laing
Edward Deacon
Liberty Place
Cor
Maiden Lane
New-York
Thomas H. Brown
Liberta
John Mills
Broad St
Newark
Greenleaf & Kinsley
Courtlandst
New York
Rowell
Chamers ST
Dr. R
Charles S Rowell
Chambers Street
James M. Boyd
Maiden Lanne
HINDS
S P Hinds
PIANO
Market-St. Newark
Stodart
Boston
Ss. P
Jenny
James Lucas
I. S. Dunilam
E. Townley
Depo
Elizetown
Kenny
Green
Messrs. Fox & Hare
Mr. Scissors
Surprise Party
Steam
Jenny Lindely
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Congress
Franklin
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