Luke Mason’s Civil War Recruit Defends Neff House
Luke Mason and Arkansaw Tom lead a small band to guard Union sympathizer Jordan Neff’s home from marauding Confederates and stragglers. After repelling burners and a rear attack, Luke’s courage earns him command of a new company and a moment of uneasy truce with enemy Albert Neff.
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Captain Smart
Luke
Arkansaw Tom
Ned Cotton
Bill Swain
Corporal Max
Bill
Jordan Neff’s
Old Arkansaw Tom
Zack
Arkan
Tom
Jordan
Smart
Jiming
Blackhawk
Massa
George Massin
Haint
Luke Mason
Old Tom
Albert Neff
Albert
Brush
Mason
Lillie
Paths Through Marriage and a Buffalo Swindle
A reflective piece on wedding nerves and public pressure at nuptials, likening the groom to Samson under strain and noting the chorus of friends. The column ends with a brief note that a Chicago swindler was found concealed in a Buffalo house, described as a genuine Buffalo hide.
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South
China
Canton
White Cloud
Whampoa
F. G. Carpenter
National Tribune
Chicago
Buffalo
Humorous Verse on a Famous Remedy Note
A fragmentary quatrain shows Mrs D and Mrs G discussing a woman who changed and tried a remedy praised for its past success. The verse mentions ignoring objections and referencing a cure once effective for the speaker and another. The tone implies a cautionary nod to medical or health fad.
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Mrs. D
Mrs. G
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Joel Benton
N. Y. Ledger
John R. Musick
Helen Lakeman
Walter Brownfield
Bedford
Mr. Neff
Chile
Miss Lillie
Lillia
Boaster
John Karns
BJ Smith
Phil Daniels
Luke Major
Smith
Oulda
Samson
Pierce
World's Dispensary
Medical Association, Proprietors
Tee
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W. Douglas
W. L. Doug, Shors
Congress
W. LL. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Joseph H. Hunter
Warangney Pnalon
Aka
Kans
Funk Government
Tissu
P. Ht
Pitzgerald
Clalin Agency
Western Poldherd
Indianapolis
Ind
Pitegeraid
Washington, D
Woutt
New York
Endiannapolis
Bern Bapaty
Ryan Holdemco
Holly, Miele CO
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