Crowded Midwestern crop notes show drought hurting plows
A dense survey covers Illinois Indiana Iowa and neighboring states with winter and spring wheat conditions corn and oat yields and potato rot. Reports note dry weather drought stress delayed plowing low pasture moisture and uneven horse demand across counties and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Illinois
Andiana
Boone
Carroll
Cranford
Elkhart
Jackson
la Porte
Ripley
Spencer
Vanderburgh
Ome Adams
Athens
Fayette
Holmes
Huron
Allamakee
Qate
Clayton
Crawford
Decatur
Des Moines
Franklin
Howard
Jones
Madison
van Uuren
Lincoln
McPherson
Frontier Hero Barison Sacrifices to Save Whites at Menefee House
The narrative recalls Captain Menefee’s Georgia frontier in Texas near Rio Grande City. Eugene Barison, a former captive who aided Texans with Indian geography, offers to surrender to Lame Wolf to spare the wedding party and other settlers. He is shot but saves the remaining whites as fire and assault overwhelm the homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Barison
Rio Grande City
Texas
Indiana
Capt
Menefee
Yeguns
Old Washington
Bray Zoo
Old “Massa
Capt. Meneses
Molly
Eugene Barlson
Providence
Barlson
Favorite Horn
Lame Wolf
Barieon
Barison
Miss Monefee
Allaire
Westin
Capt. Meneter
Bariaon
Rhely Saidlee
Barfaon
Bartson
Lone Wolf
Riders on Buffalo Rescue Endure Wolf Pack Pursuit
A white party led by Barison and Misa Menefye flee ambush by Comanches. Bound to a buffalo by rawhide, the pair survive captures, wolves, and追 a dramatic rescue by Texan riders who corral the herd and loosen their bonds. The tale ends with Barison and Menefye vowing to fight on together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barlson
Misa Menefye
Barieon
Linne
Harlem
Lume Wolf
Barison
Burl
Widinz
Mark Twain and Lincoln in Letters and a Boston Bread Recipe
A muddled fragment recounts Mark Twain and a London meeting, a Cambridge classmate tale about Robert Lincoln, and portraits of Abraham Lincoln used in letters. It cites a Boston Brown Bread recipe with cornmeal sour milk molasses and soda, and notes Alabama as the first Southern state to pass a law allowing women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Australia
Mr. Clemens
London
Robert Lincoln
Cambridge
Abraham Lincoln
Robert
Asira
Bam Lincoln
Postoffice
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tal
Fene
Lega Burlson
Burnson
Menefer
Lame Wall
Hy Hart Rvning
Lame Wolfe Camp
Bart
Mise
Vegua
Gon
Davend
Hint
Arash
Brander Matthews
Francis Wilson
Mark Twain
Souhern
Alabama
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