Aaron Burr in the Light of History
A Philadelphia Bulletin critique argues Burr was a heartless libertine and political trickster, despite later sentimental efforts to rehabilitate him. The piece notes Burr’s charm with women, political ruthlessness, Tammany ties, and complex personal life, concluding his true character was a polished villain in early American public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Burr
Barr
A Penn
Philadeliia Bulletin
Aaron Hart
Edgar Fawcett
New York
United States
James Parton
Burr
Parton
Princeton
Prince
Andrew Jackson
Senate
Sixth and
Chestnut Streets
Immmner
Old Hickory
Charles X
Tecumseh
New Yorker
Washington
Market Street
Talleyrand
Volney
Louis Phillippe
Jonathan Edwards
Aaron Kurr
College of New Jersey
Philadelphia
Shippen
Benedict Arnold
Theodosia
Sixth
Trenton
Alston
South Carolina
Europe
London
Madame James
Fanny Kemble
Hamilton
How They Worked and How They Appealed to a Man's Liver
A Mississippi Lumberman tale recounts Bill Nye and saw mill life in Wisconsin. A worker backed into a large revolving saw and was killed, his liver allegedly struck by the cold blade after chewing tobacco. The anecdote ends with a caution about leaning on the buzz saw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiis
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Bill Nye
James Whitcomb Riley
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia
The Mystic Cure claims rapid relief for rheumatism and neuralgia within 1 to 3 days. It asserts action on the system to remove the cause and make the disease disappear after the first dose. Sold by Carl Lorens, druggist, 415 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lorens
Lackawanna Ave
Scranton
On the Field of Battle. First Spanish Soldier Quote
In Life magazine’s dramatic scene a first Spanish soldier warns that insurgents have attacked the rear while the other calls to quicken to the front. The exchange captures a tense moment of frontline reaction and resolve amid battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curamba
Canadian Pacific
Aine
Canada
Maritime Province
Anneapolis
Paul
United States Northwest
Vancouver
Seatile
Tacoma
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
B. V. Skinner
Broadway
New York
Sunday School Lesson on Christian Living at Romans Eleven
The lesson outlines the apostle Paul’s call for holy living as a living faith in Christ. It covers affections, conduct in business, virtues, dealing with persecution, sympathy, interpersonal intercourse, and handling enemies with love. It emphasizes heart renewal over mere rule keeping and highlights practical guidelines for cultivating love, honesty, temperance, and peace in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Apostle
Peter
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Moses
God
Jaxson
Matthew
Hamlin and a Balding Friend in Maine House Tale
In the 1840s Maine House tale, Speaker Hannibal Hamlin teased a member with a joke about a bald head. The insult led to a walkout and a political rift within their party. The same man later opposed Hamlin’s US Senate bid, missing by one vote, then won the next vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
House of Representatives
Hamlin
United States Senate
Woman's Wold
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Burr and Jackson
Areull
Horace
Terence
Gibbon
Madison
Vernon
Dolly Todd
Tammany
Boss
Christian Living
J. E. Gilbert, D. D
LL. D
American Society of Religious Education
Joswa
The
San Francisco Argonaut
LE Brun
Saen
Wm. G. Clark
Penna Ave
Scranton, Pa
MOO#IC
Bushdale Works
Laplin & Rand Powder Cos
Denieg Chaeeekitis Pomena
Repauno Chemical Co
HOM Explosives
Castoria
Srreerae
Jax Cremed Scranton
Veo 1
Ais Te Bros
Morgan & Co
Alaska
Fairbank’s
WN. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
Mercereau & Connell’s
Regina
Wyoming
Barbour's Home Credit House
Jack A
Snow
Weston Mill CO
Sevonton, Lyphon, Carbondale
Mansfield State Normal School
Ode School
Claenes
S. H. Albro
Mansfield, Pa
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Mothers of America
Cn Mllidiu
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Abel Dtahegmoniad
Woman's World
Jenness Miller Monthly
Jenness Miller
Go River
Sonthack
Spain
Ar. T
R-U
Furopa
Og. O-R
Mercantile
Diskat i
T of
James H. Plummmer
North William Street
New York City
Jersey
Pierge Penn Ave
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