Our Visit to White Cliff Farm on Virginia's Eastern Shore
A travelogue recounts a party's Southern farm visit near Chesapeake Bay to White Cliff. The writer notes large 800 to 1500 acre farms run by colored workers, luxurious homes, and refined Southern hospitality. Observations include indolent Southern life, strong English lineage, and contrasts with Northern toughness, with intimate detail on interiors, meals, and a moonlit bay scene.
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Level
Virginia
Pennsylvania
United States
Chesapeake Bay
White Cliff
Warren
Leon
Parson
Knabe
Topsey
A Defense for H A Woodward In Suger Grove Warren County
A letter argues for defense of H A Woodward accused of illegal practice of medicine. Authors claim prosecutors stem from jealousy of rival physicians Drs Burroughs Seabory and Whitcomb, cite Woodward’s 27 years of legal defense, past maltreatment, and mob actions in 1857 in Busti as context. The piece urges readers in Warren and Chautauqua counties to recall his supposed vindication.
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Herman Woodard
Warren Village
Gretna Green
Harmony
Israel
South Sea Islands
James Hodges
Warren County
Woodard
Warren
Samson
Dirk Samson
Loormpn H. Wooparp
Watts Flats
Suger Grove
H. A. Woodward
Woodward
Cleveland
Ohio
Ackley
Chautauqua
Busti
Publishing Crimes in Meadville Pen Debates Daily News
A new Sunday paper the Pen from Meadville criticizes the national press for sensational crime coverage. It argues headlines promote crime and moral decline while urging change. The Pen opposes Dr Roberts, an independent candidate for Congress, fearing he could aid Democrat John L. McKinney.
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The
Pen
Meadville
Telegraph
Callender
Dr. Roberts
Congress
John L. McKinney
Beecher Suffered Hay Fever Vacation Misery
The piece mocks Henry Ward Beecher’s August and September vacations causing hay fever, describing frantic sniffing sneezing and headaches. It promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a cure by placing it in the nostrils to soothe affected parts and restore senses.
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Ward Beecher
Ely
Soldiers Reunion At Titusville Sparked Warm Memories
The 83d 111th and 15th Pa regiments held a reunion in Titusville last Tuesday with 80 Warren men from Eben N. Ford Post and 37 from Hugh McNeil Post of Clarendon, plus Clarendon Cornet Band. Excursion trains carried attendees from Irvington, Pittsfield, Garland and Youngsville. Local press notes McConnell’s temperance lectures in Enterprise amid intoxication reports, while Sugar Grove hosts a large successful agricultural fair with record entries and robust dining hall action. Mathew Young’s bones were moved to the new Youngsville cemetery with a grand oration by Dr. Axtell. the fair featured a popular baby jumper exhibit run by A Krech with prize winners announced.
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Titusville
Warren
Eben N. Ford
Clarendon
Hugh McNeil
Warren County
Clarendon Cornet
John Coleman
Irvington
Pittsfield
Garland
Youngsville
Oil City
Blizcard
McConnell
Enterprise
Sugar Grove
Presbyterian
Congregational
M. E
Wiggins
Jerome Babcock
D. B. Jagger
J. P. Miller
D. Fulkerson
M. W. Curtis
Mathew Young
Old Burying Ground
Youngsville Cornet Band
Axtell
Findlay Siggins
Matthew Young
Mr. Young
A. Krech
Unis
Nettie Ludlow
Mary Bauzer
Louie Knapp
Little Rick Silk
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Beecher
Wil J. McConnell
M’connell
Sugar Grove Falk
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