Secesh Democracy Party, Jefferson Davis Democrats, Douglas Democrats, Peace Democrats, Copperhead Sneaks made up for lack of numbers with volubility and nuisance tactics. Their mouthpiece paper, the Democratic Standard met in the bar of the Virginia Hotel.
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Thomas Fitch publishes his own literary journal
To great fanfare and celebration – as if to counter the tidings of recession, everyone hypes up the publication of the journal. Something like The Golden Era, the Occidental was an ambitious 8-page journal of short stories and poetry. the sagebrush school writers contributed material but Thomas got no advertisers and only printed one. Fitch […]
Sam goes to Carson City to help at a fundraiser for Mollie
Mollie’s church wanted to build a brick building and Sam gave a humorous lecture raising $200 – it was also a speech he gave earlier before the Third House called his Third Annual Message. Given at the request of the trustees of the local Presbyterian Church. MT&OC pg 90 Hal Clayton presided and everyone was […]