Lincoln in Danger and a White House Intrigue
Reminiscences recount threats against President Lincoln with an assassination plot and a shadowy European suspect. A guard detail describes a masked man with a knife and a supposed spy woman, while other brief notes update Congress district plans and assorted 19th century curiosities.
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White House
MMM
Lincoln
Secret Service
Europe
Johnny
Mail And Breeze Fables Shared In Rural Jest
In a breezy rural vignette a tired horse owner equips a small hat to calm the nag as he frets about past overwork and scant feed. A city visitor admires a Durham ball and ends up mudding his clothes, prompting a farmer to remark on his daughter’s common sense and the ball’s steadiness.
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Durham
Kansas
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Boston
N. Dannefer
A. Lincoln
M. Vie
Old Capitol
Chester I. Long
Mr. Long
Cowley County
Jackson
Honolulu
Manila
David Carson
New York
Beal
el Reno
Kansas City
Santiago
Cyrus Leland
Ft. Riley
Roswell
N. M
R. S. Hamilton
Henry Watterson
Democratic Party
Watterson
Schenectady
N.Y
Helena
Mont
Pacific
G.M. Dewey
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Chertiats
Peart Street
New
L. B. Keifer
R.N. Allen
Pres
M. Kennedy
Chanute
Resources
A. N. Allen
Broomheart, Wright &Co
Chiamate
Rankin & Cave