Blind Love and Bold Betrothal in Missouri
Tom Strickland wins Mary Todhunter's consent after a tense confession scene at her home. Colonel Todhunter and Mrs Todhunter press for a proper blessing and warn of married life’s challenges, while Bedford Giles touts Stephen K Yancey in a rousing campaign stop.
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Mary
Tom
Tom Strickland
Mary Todhunter
old Solo_fion
Colonel Todhunter
Young Strickland
Ivin
Mrs. Todhunter
Marster
Todhunter’s jab shatters Yancey stronghold in Missouri race
Colonel Todhunter delivers a biting parable against Bill Strickland and the Hon. Stephen K. Yancey, deriding celestial morality and angelic proof. Bedford Giles’s praise of Yancey sparks roaring laughter as Giles flees in mortified haste, leaving Todhunter’s five minute speech credited with breaking the Yancey shield in Missouri politics.
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Stephen K. Yancy
Stephen Kk. Yancey
Gabriel
Stephen K. Yancey
Jackson County
Bedford Giles
Missouri
Todhunter
Dunklin County
Mizzoorah
Bill Strickland
Nineveh
Colonel Todhunter
Ninevest
Hlon
Stephen K. Yaheey
Ucksus County
Yancey
Bil Strickland
Hisself
Giles
Stephen Ix.yancey
Sword of Righteousness
The Lottie May Doggett Ballroom Scandal at Nineveh
Tom Strickland warns Colonel Todhunter of a damaging whisper about Lottie May Doggett at the Sons of Confederate Veterans reception. A rumor claims a man was seen leaving her house at late hours, threatening ridicule and possible expulsion from the ballroom.
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Sons of Confederate Veterans
Nineveh
Nineveh Light Infantry
Sons of Veterans
Tom Strickland
Lottie- May Doggett
Lottie-May
Tom
Clonel Todhunter
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St. Louis
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South
Middle West
Edwin Forrest
Commonwealth of Missouri
Warren
Warren, PA
Lottie-May Doggett
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