A Long Journey Synopsis in 1831 to Sangamon Country
Samson and Sarah Traylor and their two children Josiah and Betsey travel by wagon from Vergennes Vermont in the summer of 1831 toward the Sangamon Country in Illinois seeking government land. They read a small book about the land and pass through New York state camping by the way as they press toward the land of plenty famed for its boundless beauty and fertile meadows.
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Samson
Sarah Traylor
Josiah
Betsey
Vergennes
Sangamon
Illinois
Land of
Plenty
New York State
Brimstead
Robert
Henry Brimstead
Henry
Sarah
Land of Plenty
Santa Claus
Sand Plains
Traylors
Joe
Colonel
Pete
Brimsteads
Utica
Dennia
John McNeil
Great Falls
America
Journey to the Sangamon Lands with the Brimstead Family
Samson and Sarah travel with their youths Joe and Colonel the donkey dog through a rugged western journey. They assist Henry Brimstead and his children amid rough roads a spring water find and a charitable meal. The group bonds over hardship as they press toward Utica and Buffalo amid danger and hunger.
Journey Through the Erie Canal Road to Niagara Falls
In Utica they buy provisions and a tin trumpet for Joe and a porcelain doll for Betsey then travel along the historic Iroquois Long House route toward Boston and the midland seas. They view the Erie Canal with its mammoth barges and DeWitt Clinton’s fame, meet moving teams and farmsteads, camp by the river near Rochester and Lewiston, hear the Niagara Falls, and share a camp with Irish emigrants named Flanagan en route to Michigan.
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Utica
Joe
Betsey
Boston
Long House
Hudson
Lake Erie
Erie Canal
Samson
DeWitt Clinton
Sarah
Connecticut
Ohio
Canandaigua
Genesee
Rochester
Lewiston
Niagara River
Falls
Flanagan
Flanagans
Michigan
Old Country
Broome County
New York
To Be Continued Good Literature Still Produced
Henry van Dyke remarks that literature continues to flourish as writers create from passion, echoing the spirit of past authors like Thackeray Dickens Carlyle Ruskin and Emerson. He asserts authors write for love and select their own paths as the best method.
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Thackeray
Dickens
Carlyle
Ruskin
Tennyson
Browning
Irving
Hawthorne
Lowell
Emerson
Henry van Dyke
Leopard on Ship Frightens Missionary at Sea
A gray haired missionary recalls a near fatal encounter when a leopard stalked his cabin aboard a ship near Africa. Guards prodded the creature back into its cage as the beast snarled and the preacher’s voice calmed the danger.
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Africa
Capetown
Peter Pan Remains a Christmas London Icon
The Peter Pan stage tradition endures in London each December, defying belief in fairies for many, as the tale continues to draw crowds to St James and its yearly jaunt to Neverland. From its 1904 Duke of York debut with Nina Boucicault to today, the play remains a Christmas institution.
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London
Peter Pan
Barrie
Wendy
St. James Theater
England
Captain Hook
Duke of York’s Theater
Charles Frohman
Nina Boucicault
Peter
Eleanor Carroll
New York Evening Post
Butler pledge varnishes chair and trousers in prank
A Butler College pledge from Lambda Hi Alpha added ec to a tonic label and gave a chair a “permanent gloss.” He then varnished a chair in the college building, ruining a fellow student’s trousers. An upperclassman found the missing hair tonic and suspects the pledge.
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Butler College
Lambda “Hi Alpha
Indianapolis News
Distillation of Witch Hazel and Early Market Labels
The text notes Rev. Thomas Dickinson of Essex Connecticut first distilled witch hazel and black birch about 75 years ago. He used it for family and neighbors, with commercial bottles appearing 50 to 60 years ago under names Hawes Extract Golden Treasure and Extract of Hamamelis, the Golden Treasure bottle bore a miner digging gold image.
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Thomas Dickinson
Essex
Conn
Dickinson
Granddaughter asks if grandpa’s beer has fever
A grandson narrates a scene in which a man makes beer in his cellar using a hydrometer to test its kick. His granddaughter follows him downstairs and asks, Has your beer got fever today. He reassures her as she watches him test the brew.
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Gran'pa
Bayer Introduces Aspirin Tablets for Protection
An advertisement extols Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as a trusted medicine prescribed by physicians for over twenty one years. The ad notes the Bayer name appears on each tablet for authenticity and protection.
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Bayer
Heat Flashes and Dizzy Spells Reported in Eau Claire
A Mrs J B from Eau Claire Wisconsin describes relief from heat flashes chills and dizzy spells after using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She credits the remedy with restoring health and strength and invites others to seek free advice or send 10 cents for sample tablets.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Dr. Pie
Pierce
J. B
9Th Ave
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Irving Bacheller
States
Vermont
Rwell
Elijah Brimstead
Buffalo
New England
Middle Border
Mississippi
Lake View
Silver Creek
Dunkirk
Erie
Indiana
Abe Lincoln
Leopard
Houseoak
P. d Self
Fels Weill
Taunton
Blanche Silvia
Mass
Tandard Remedy World
Mr. Hill
Will Company
Pault
Manufac
M. H. Anderson Co
Martha Hamil
Liberty Hall
Dodd
Hamilton
Dodd's
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buff N
Revenue Cutter
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