Story of a Gray Jacket in Confederate Heartland
In Civil War setting Captain Wayne carries a crucial message and boasts a perilous mission shadowed by captivity and a forged romance with Edith Brennan. A rescue amid the ruins of a besieged house unfolds with daring escapes, betrayals, and the vow of reunion after war as Wayne and Edith share a tender farewell before a dramatic departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Harreback
Shoota
Sheridan
Edith Brennan
Mal Fannan
Jed Buitany
Gen. Sen
Aayne
Edith
Miss Minor
Mraungay
Fath
Brennan
Arenas
Blucenats
Dinner at the Bungays Helps Rest and Reunion
In a tense kitchen scene the group gathers for a meal after tension with the Bungays. The sergeant, hungry and trying to smooth tensions, asks Mrs. Bungay for a plate while Jed and Cap discuss the Confederate war remnants and a mule named Beelzebub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap
Beelzebub
Ritter
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
A collection of testimonials from women across Reedville Oregon New Orleans Mishawaka Mishawaka Ky Deisem and North Dakota praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the Change of Life. They report cures of hot flashes dizziness backache sleeplessness and nervousness and say they feel well and would not be without it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Captain Wayne
Major Brennan
Letul
Stonington
Conn
Misa Minor
Reedville
Ore
Lydia K. Pinkham
Mary Bocart
Oregon
New Orleans
Lydia E. Pinkham
Gaston Blondeau
Polymnia St
Mishawaka
Ind
Lydia
Pinkham
Chas. Bauer
Alton Station
Seonki
Emma Bailey
Om Station
Deisem
Mrs. F. M. Tuorn
Dak
Good Marksmen Tale From Highlands Hotel
A Yankee in a Highlands hotel overhears gentlemen bragging about shooting. He recalls seeing a fly killed at 300 yards, sparking a quip from an Irishman who once witnessed a beer barrel rolling down a hill and bullets fired when the bunghole turned up. The banter highlights long lived shooting boasts among a party of men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands
Begorra
The Difference Between Editor and Office Boy
Quote exchanges humorously contrasts roles in a newsroom. The editor fills waste baskets while the office boy empties them, illustrating minimal differences in status or function within the office hierarchy. The remark appeared in Life magazine.
The Commander Quote on Salary and Loyalty
A compact quotation contrasts Mrs Peck’s husband’s salary with Mrs Peck’s command of him. The exchange presents a stance that a person’s value lies in loyalty to truth, echoed by Longfellow’s line about being true to truth.
California Woman Beats Illness by Quitting Coffee
A 64 year old California woman recounts twenty years of indigestion and insomnia eased after switching to Postum. She notes improved strength, sleep, weight gain, and color over nine months of exclusive Postum use, then relapse when resuming coffee, and pledges lifelong Postum use as the healthier choice.
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California
Postum
Postum Co
Battle
Credk
Ana
Wellvile
Tims
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Dellars
Cawdall Parrisit
Arthur T. Williamson
CRG Eco
SLA
API
Edith Krennan
Johnny
Eurald
Mrennan
Joatanes
Milas Mihor
Caton
Misa Miller
Haines
McDonald
Abe
Virginia
Ilvea
Richmond
Charlottesville
Lydia Lydia E. Pinkham
iMirs
H. W. Longfellow
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