Grover & Baker Sewing Machines Admired in 1858 Letters
A letter from Thos R Leavitt, Enq, Sydney, dated February 12 1858, describes a Melbourne tent show of over three thousand yards sewn with Grover & Baker machines and a single seam rivaling double-sew sailors. It cites testimonials from Senator South Carolina Mamanad, Gov J G Harvis Tennessee, Cassius M Clay, J G Brown Nashville, Mrs M A Forrest Memphis, Deary Brothers Allisonia, John Erskine Tony, Lucy B Thompson Nashville and T Thompson Nashville praising speed, durability and labor saving benefits of the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine.
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R. Leavittt
Sydney
New South Wales
Melbourne
Grover & Biker
Grover & Baker
Grover & Baker Sewing
Mamanad
South Carolina
J. G. Harvis
Teamesser
Deary Brothers
Allisonia
Toni
John Erskine
Rock melts the heart of a cold farm woman in Morton
In Morton the hard, motherless Miss Deborah Sage, famed for thrift and coldness, discovers a softened heart when a frightened Mary Sprout, daughter of the betrayed Jason Sprout, seeks help. Sage binds the bruised finger, offers care, and, surprised by a child’s love, asks to adopt Mary, changing both their lives as the village whispers of justice and mercy.
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Miss Deborah Sage
Deborah Sage
S‘ie
Deborah
Jason Sprout
Mr. Sage
Mitch
Mary Allen
Mrs. Sprout
Miss Sage
Garden'4
Mary
Sage
Amaaia
Mary Sprout
Moses
A Practical Joker on the English Stage
A Lancashire comedian known as Dick Hoskins pranks a solemn tragedian in a Rochdale theatre. Dick mimics graveyard humor with Yorick and Doctor Banks’s skulls, provoking a brawl that ends with the tragedian toppled in the grave as the audience roars. A sly punchline from Dr Belamy concludes the anecdote.
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Dick Hoskins
England
Digger
Rochdal Theatre
Lancashire
Hamlet
Mr. C
Banks
Doctor Banks
Yorick
Lick
Doctor Bank
Ophelia
Memories and politics from Lafayette and Paris
The narrative recounts Lafayette recalling Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1838 visit and proposal to Clementine, Lafayette’s granddaughter, and her later marriage to Beaumont. It contrasts memories of home with public life, then shifts to Marksville, Louisiana, noting a violent fray after Judge Cullom demanded satisfaction from Alexandria lawyer W. Lewis following an insult.
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Fennimore
Paris
Lafayette
Cooper
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Bonaparte
France
Clementine
Clementing
M. de Beaumont
Austria
Marksville Parish
Avorkiutes
Marksville
N. E. Cullom
W. Lewis
Alexandria
Duel on Avoyelles Street Between Judges and Lewis Family
Account of a violent confrontation two days after rumors of an attack on Judge Cullom. B Lewis and John C Lewis fired at Judge Cullom from about eight to eighteen yards, with the judge returning fire using a pistol and shotgun. The judge escaped unhurt while Lewis was wounded twice but recovering. bail set for Lewis, and later court actions show the matter was brought to a close with assurances of no renewed disagreement.
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Lewis
Marksville
Cullom
Cull
B. Lewis
W. Lewis
Delavallade
Mr. Lewis
Mr. Li
Mr. L
Judge Culloar
John C. Lewis
Judge C
Bif
Avoyelles
K.J. Lewis
John CO. Lewis
Wm. Maxwell
J.P
T. P. Frith
James Horace Marshall
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