Real Ghost Tales and Warhorse at Old Washington Corner
A respectable businessman recounts three eerie hauntings by his mother’s ghost foretelling misfortune, linking vivid visions to fate. The piece also shares anecdotes about Old Pancy the Civil War horse, famed for smart tricks and loyal service, and stray notes on beauty standards and theatrical adverts from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rere
Wi ‘& Reporter
Madteon
Fifth Avenues
Ques- Mom
Jeresey Antanas
Secord
Dng
Williams
Willie
Pullman Family Noted for Charity and Society Life
Long profile detailing George M. Pullman and his wife Mrs. Pullman, their daughters Florence and Harriet, and sons George M. Jr. and Sanger. Highlights include their charity work with Hospital for Women and Children, Old Ladies' Home, and Woman's Hospital, Florence funding a ward at St. Luke's, and the Wildwood club aiding self supporting women. Also mentions fashion notes on slippers and a vignette on Mrs Blaine and spiders used in telescopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Pullman
Pullman
Florence
Harriet
New York
Paris
Ladies' Home Journal
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Ely Tate
Mir Dewd
Mim
Geesie Ey
Bromewall Jackson
Harper's Ferry
Jackson
General Jackson
Chancelloraville
North Carolina
Lincoln County
Morrison
Morrisons
Pancy
Soldiers
Richmond
Ayijate
Philadelphia Times
Tixteen
Ouor
Slversmith
Boston Globe
Naval Observatory
China
Washington
Washington Cor
Boston Transcript
Jack
Pioche
T. J. Osborne
Masonic Hall
Cook Bros. & CO
EAGLE
CHOP
Prormierons
Mam Bizet, Oppasita Lacour
Wevacda
Veal
John Sheridan
Boot and Shoe Maker
A. S. Thompson
Asowast
Uram
Salt Lake
Thompson's Opera House
Main Street
Proce Weekly Record
Nevada
Eisenmann
Pioche, Mevada
Tron
TOK
Prisca
Henry Welland
Lagour
Geo. B. Warren
Pion 3
Meadow Valley Street
Ploche
Joseph Cook
Atl
JOB Printing Department
Lacour Srert
Averys
Laerts
Bip
J. D. Campbell
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