Wakarusa 8es Published Thursdays in Elkhart Indiana
The Wakarusa 8es is printed weekly on Thursdays in Wakarusa near Elkhart Indiana with Owen St. Clair listed as editor and proprietor. The note identifies the paper’s publish day and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakarusa
Elkhart
Owen St. Clair
MSD
OwEn St. St. Clair
M. D
South Elkhart St
Wakarusa, Ind
J.8. Dodge
Main Street
Indiana
Burker Co
Mounting River Poem by Miss Mulloch
Poem describes a journey down a dim river with mountains and forests at sunset. The speaker asks sorrow to fade and asks heaven to bless loved ones while the past sleeps. Repeats imagery of floating on forever and peaceful sleep.
The Skeleton of the Bats Love Tragedy on a Voyage
Dora Wilton bids Henry Barton farewell as he sails to the East Indies aboard Captain Blake’s brig Essex. A storm wrecks a raft bearing Barton and a skeleton, leading to a two year search. Barton survives on a raft, is captured by natives, then rescued when Dora and Blake find him. the skeleton is revealed to be Barton’s raft burden. Dora and Barton reunite as a married couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Burton
Dora Wilton
Henry
Dora
Dee
Chestnut Grove
Blake
Barton
Rayt
Leeward
Essex
New London
Onic
Eury
Henry’. Barton
Caf
Aaid
Henry Barton
Fle
Islland
Dora ‘Wilton
W. Y. Ledger
Susquehanna River
Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna
Nanticoke
Philadelphia Bulletin
Castle Building
Clara Augusta depicts a woman at a lattice dreaming of a grand old castle. The vision frames crimson curtains, a dim stately fortress, massy turrets, gray balconies, and a pageant of stone in a sunset sky.
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. B. Woolverton m
Waterford and
Main Streets
H.T. Montgomery, M. D
Knepple
H. Heatwole
Waterford
Fifth Street
Market St
Latta
C. C. Sparklin
Larra & Sparklin
Physicians &Surgeons
Goshen
Locke
David Lamb
Werntz & Sellers
Drocaists and Grocers
Elkhart ST. Wakarusa
IND
Ss. C. Harrington
Justice OF the Peace
Warkaarubaa
Elkhart Street
I. A. Benner
Notary Public
Seaman & Nassaun
Wakarusa Flouring Mills
Batié
Miss Muloch
Rufus Hale
Rey
Henry Ward Beecher
Bill
Baldy
Horace Greeney
Oto San Jose
John Dennis
George ‘Washington
Eph Kelley
Clara Augusta
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