History of Missouri in words of one syllable (1889) (14576903408)

Identifier: historyofmissour00macn (find matches)
Title: History of Missouri in words of one syllable
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: MacNamara, Emily R. (Steinestel) (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, New York (etc.) Belford, Clarke and co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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ork their will. But woeand at times death was dealt out to those who werebrought here. Near the close of the war sev-enmen were sent to their death at one time, in theyard of the pris-on. They had brought death toUn-ion men, and much harm to the Un-ion cause.Thus a sketch of old McDow-ells Col-lege may wellform a page in the His-to-ry of Mis-sou-ri. In 1865 the old sur-geon and foun-der cameback to St. Lou-is, and the old Col-lege, with its war-worn face, once more gave voice to sci-ence and skillby which to aid health and limb, sight and speech. Dr. Jos-eph McDow-ell died in 1868, and in1873 ^ ^^^^ med-i-cal col-lege was built, andMcDow-ells Col-lege, old Gra-tiot Street Pris-on, ispart of the his-to-ry of a great and sad past. The new school of med-i-cine, the Hahne- Gratiot Street Prison. 73 mann sys-tem of Hom-oe-op-a-thy, was brought toMls-sou-rl some time in the years 1840-1850, andit came to stay and thrive in spite of the ill-willof the old school. Some of the men in the front
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MIS-SOU-RI MED-I-CAL COL-LEGE, ST. LOUIS. ranks who, with their skill and high aims, did somuch to break the tough neck of Blind Pre-ju-dice,which stands to fight—to the death if it can—allthings new that bid fair to rob the old of some of itsfame, bear the names of Drs. Gran-ger, Stein-es-tel, 174 History of JMissonri. Tem-ple, Fish-er, and Corn-stock. Some of thesehave since gone to their long rest, but the Schoollives on and has grown vast in fame through thegood work of those who, by their keen skill, savelife and bring health to man-kind with Ho-moe-o-path-ic treat-ment in Mis-sou-ri. CHAPTER XXI. POOR SAMBO IS MADE A FREE MAN. In 1864 Thom-as C. Fletch-er, the first real Black Re-pub-li-can —that means one who thinksa ne-gro has the same right to vote, and live, and doas the white man does—was made Gov-ern-or of theState. He was the first Re-pub-li-can to hold thathigh of-fice in any slave State. George Smith wasmade Lieu-ten-ant-Gov-ern-or. Those who were inheart with t