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April 16, 1855
Daily Davenport Gazette
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
What is this article about?
A Cincinnati news report charges Mary Stanton with stabbing Mary Duffy while drunk, prompting the author to reminisce about a gentle cousin Mary Stanton who once freed captured rabbits out of kindness, lamenting the desecration of the name.
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Mary Stanton was charged with stabbing, with intent to kill, Mary Duffy. It appears Mary Stanton was drunk, etc.—Cin. Times.
We once knew a Mary Stanton. It was not that one. Our Mary Stanton is now an angel in heaven. Sweet Cousin Mary, she was so gentle, so kind, the very birds loved her. She would step aside to avoid trampling upon a worm. We remember one act characteristic of her warm heart. We boys had secured a nest of half-grown rabbits, made a box and placed the captives there. The morrow was big with plans in which the little prisoners figured conspicuously. The morrow came, but the rabbits were gone. The kind heart of Mary had been won upon by the distress of the captives, and so, she opened the door and they left for their native fields. Gentle Mary, many years has she slept beneath the sod. Her memory is revered, but ah! how the name is desecrated.
We once knew a Mary Stanton. It was not that one. Our Mary Stanton is now an angel in heaven. Sweet Cousin Mary, she was so gentle, so kind, the very birds loved her. She would step aside to avoid trampling upon a worm. We remember one act characteristic of her warm heart. We boys had secured a nest of half-grown rabbits, made a box and placed the captives there. The morrow was big with plans in which the little prisoners figured conspicuously. The morrow came, but the rabbits were gone. The kind heart of Mary had been won upon by the distress of the captives, and so, she opened the door and they left for their native fields. Gentle Mary, many years has she slept beneath the sod. Her memory is revered, but ah! how the name is desecrated.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Crime Story
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Mary Stanton
Stabbing Charge
Kind Heart
Rabbits Freed
Name Desecration
What entities or persons were involved?
Mary Stanton
Mary Duffy
Cousin Mary
Where did it happen?
Cin. Times
Story Details
Key Persons
Mary Stanton
Mary Duffy
Cousin Mary
Location
Cin. Times
Story Details
A woman named Mary Stanton is charged with stabbing Mary Duffy while drunk; the author recalls a different, kind-hearted cousin Mary Stanton who freed captured rabbits and is now deceased, mourning the tarnishing of her revered name.