Emigration in Louisiana Prairie region urged amid political talk
A Sumter letter notes emigration toward the prairie region of Southwestern Louisiana as a inviting prospect amid Washington gossip about Representative Reagan and the Morrison bill. It cites President health rumors, charity acts from Charleston and New York editors, and details on a guano bill and railroad debts.
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Washington
Reagan
Morrison
Congressional
Prairie
Louisiana
Local lawmakers return from Atlanta amid slate talk
Col. E. G. Simmons Wright Brady and D. B. Harrell our immediate representatives in the State legislature returned home from Atlanta Thursday. The Atlanta Journal suggests the name of Henry Grady as candidate for Vice President on the next Democratic national ticket.
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E. G. Simmons
Wright Brady
D. B. Harrell
Atlanta
The
Atlanta Journal
Henry Grady
Time as a Measure of Sin in Longfellow Quote
The passage argues that clocks and calendars merely mark time as an outward sign, not time itself, stating time is the life of the soul and that temporal units like months and years are arbitrary measures rather than true duration.
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Wright Brady
General Assembly
M Brady
Brady
Longfellow
New Year's Resolve and the Call to Start Anew
Poem by Killla Wheeler Wilcox urging readers to shed regrets and embrace renewal. It speaks of leaving past sorrows, rebuilding life, and standing firm on the grave of errors as the new year brings light over a worn world. The piece encourages perseverance and hope.
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Killa Wheeler- Wilcox
Phil's New Year's Present From Street Orphans
In New York's down town a cigar shop run by Phil becomes a warm haven for newsboys and girls. On New Year’s Eve a parade of grimy children arrives with a gift, Mary presenting a gold handkerchief. Phil’s gratitude shows a rare tenderness for his young helpers.
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Phil
Mary
Paddy Haggerty
Beckman Street
Mickey-the-Pig
Snowball Billy
Becky McGill
Oscar-the- Dude
Wee Little Bible
Siplas Johnny
Laggerty
Bo Mary
Becky
Bible
Paddy
Elea
New Year Prayer for Shared Work and Healing
The passage speaks of collaboration and unity in healing and growth as a New Year blessing. It envisions turning sorrow into strength and dispelling temptation by divine partnership, guiding hearts toward mercy and trust while melting away errors.
The Sweepers W Year's Story of a Sweeping Youth
A wintry village scene unfolds as a spruce youth in velvet and fur carries a brand new broom. He proclaims sweeping the earth of all corruption and disease, declaring a vast contract to scour away hatred, oppression, and poverty with confident, merry defiance.
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Bey
Deane
Universal
Syed Rommy
Earth
Ar Mp
Erin
England
The Old Sweeper and the New Year’s Promise
A reflective scene unfolds with a weary sweeper and a traveler discussing lives, time, and renewal as bells ring in the new year. The elder speaks of city wonders, revolutions, and a world reborn, while the road-weary figure contemplates aging, duty, and the weight of history.
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