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Portraits and legends in a quirky Indiana paper
A slice of 19th century newspaper miscellany in Elkhart and South Bend. It covers Washington lore funnies from Old Dominion memory to Kalakaua in California, plus local court notes, accidents, robberies, and postmaster Brush's deficit amid small-town satire and gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
George
George—Washington
Ana Paul Jones
Alexandria
Virginia
Washington
Capitol
South Bend Union
Mr. Berry
elder-Berry
Berry
Sairs
Brush
Robert Sanford
Philip Crull
Elkhart Review