Foreman Jim Hewston and the Mulligan Guards Romance
Jim Hewston rises as foreman of Mulligan Guards hose company amid a church hall prank era and a romance with Alice Hayter. Years later in Blackhawk Arizona a changed Jim returns to a church and finds Alice again, weighing his past and a lost commitment while Joajita awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hewston
Congression
Alice Huyler
Alice
Jim
Hackhawk
Old Prouty’s
Gire
Stancliff
Galilee
Joajita
Don Jose
Jim Jim
Stonelift
Alice Hayter
Jonjita
Prophet Dowie and Zion flay at Chicago oncoming battle
A hostile column denounces Dowie and his Zion sect as Elijah and Voliva threaten a violent clash near Chicago. The piece mocks religious fakers, notes public gullibility, and suggests Dowie should have invested talents in Wall Street. It contrasts sensational prophecy with financial ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah Iti
New Jerusalem
Phineas T. Barnum
Dowle
Wall Street
Ohio school board bans a woman from teaching
An Ohio school board plans only male teachers for future openings alleging lack of competence in a woman. The page also includes local notes and letters from readers, a “A Word From Josh Wise” column, and brief society items from Bequachee Tennessee.
Cupid in School Sparks Debate Over Marriage Roles
A discussion touches on a Pretty school teacher in Rotherham being dismissed for wearing an engagement ring and an Ohio court discharging a Mansfield teacher for love. The piece warns against tying women's work to celibacy and urges keeping doors open between business and domestic life to avoid delaying or preventing marriage and birth rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All England
Rotherham
Ohio
Mansfield
Senators to act as they see it after careful observation
A column notes that observation convinces the body’s work is understood and duty will be performed. Various brief items mention a speech on railroad late questions, a fort parade, and rumors of war without foundation. Other notes cover a late express, a diplomatic letter, escaped elephants in church, and local notices from Antwerp and Winona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Beveridge
Charley Bonaparte
Navy
Geo. Dewey
Europe
White House
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Packers
THE
Mulligan Guards
A. &. Grant
Henry Ward Heecher
Mary Walker
San Bienciente
Arizona
Blackhawk
Alles
Zion
Chicago
Voliva
Elijah 1
Dowie
Lreathlow
Santa Claus
Pather
Josh Wise
Mme. Yale
Ashland
G. W. Lowry
Mrs. Smithers
Old Smithers
Schwab
United States
Neva
Charley Aeema
New York
Jos Jefferson
Emma Ridge
Icie
Clara Mongrove
Tala Peas
Olive Bennett
Newa
Washington
Caren States Senate
Cupid
Star
Washington, D. C
Standard
O11 Trust
House
Senate
School OF Quality
Eastern Outfitting Company, Inc
Second Avenue
Near Union
Seattle
Reliable Credit House
Pianos of
Man
Price
Kohler & Chase
Waah
Arcades
Nature
Guarantes Ton
Phe
Pike
Boston
Dental Parlors
Becond
Cincinnati
Father
Johnny Morgan
Scrabe
Mother
Bridget
Carnegie
Payne
Antwerp
Bee
D. W. Hall
Kansas
Orient
South Dakota
Argus
Clark
Windom
Hardwick, Minn
Uaker
First Avenue
Dry Co
Seattle, Washington
Lenox
Buster Brown
Alaska
Hilton
Brown's
Swift
A. B. Chase
Sherman, Clay
Second Ave
Pacific Ave
Tacoma
Cony Brokers
Firet Ave
Great Fleargree Sale of
Coats
Waters, Petit Novelty Elone and
Svit FG. CO
Secon Ave
Pantage’s
Uncle Sam
Samfiscated Sale
Sam
Paney Phlue Serge
Mien
Childrens
Osber
Calleo
Ssene
Pat
Union and University
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