Hains Action Recalled in Hampton Early Days
In Hampton Virginia a New York report notes Thornton Jenkins Hains has renamed himself and shipped as a common sailor to conceal his identity after transferring royal ties on his writings to his father. The piece recalls the 1880s Hains Hannegan shooting at Fort Monroe, the sensational trial, and the later flight from public life.
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Hampton
New York
Thornton Jenkins Hains
Tony” Hains
Old Point
Annis
Peter Hains
Sing Sing
Elizabeth City
Virginia
Edward Negan
Fort Monroe
Hains
General Hains
Robley D. Evans
Navy
Haine
Hannegan
Washington
Army
Evans
Oung
Captain Evans
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
Thornton Hains
Philadelphia
Ed Hannegan
South
East
John Wise
John Goode
Virginia Bar
Edgar E. Montague
Commonwealth
Foreman Jones
Old Point Comfort
The Human Note and the Fall of a Singer In Outlook
Richard Burton reflects on a heavenly note that carries human longing and pain. The poem traces a singer’s fall from mortal sorrow to celestial praise, contrasting earthly pathos with divine worship and hope beyond the gates.
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Richard Burton
Seumas McManus at Home in Mount Charles
In Donegal, Seumas McManus, famed Irish story writer, welcomes author in Mount Charles bungalow above seven counties view. He is a Sinn Fein member who foresees Ireland’s glorious future and hopes it comes to pass before the narrator dies.
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Seumas McManus
Charles Battell Loomis
Donegal
America
Mount Charles
Done
McManus
Sinn Fein
Ireland
The Unhonored Prophet
A correspondent reflects on Wilbur and Orville Wright, noting the usual case of a prophet unloved at home. He recalls the Wrights felt indifference from their country yet found appreciation abroad and shares a Carlyle anecdote from the 1870s about a visitor praising Carlyle to a native who had studied with him.
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the Independent
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Wrights
Wilbur Wright
Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Skule
Widow Finds Interest In A Man Despite His Qualities
A widow states she can be as drawn to a man by his character as by his charm and intelligence. Her perspective highlights how personal interest crosses surface appeal in relationships.
Memory A Peculiar Mental Faculty
A survey of remarkable memory feats cites Hugo, Cuvier, Agassiz, Gray, Leidy and Magliabechi. It notes memory as a faculty linked to language and knowledge, with examples from librarians and missionaries, including a Kentucky revivalist reciting scripture verbatim.
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Lippincott's
Victor Hugo
Will
Cuvier
Louis Agassiz
Asa Gray
Harvard
Joseph Leidy
Academy of Natar Sciences
Philadelphia
Magliabechi
Spofford
Librarian of Congress
William Ash
New York
Leibnitz
Duke of
Cermoneta
Dr. Leyden
Daguesan
Boileau
William Cullen Hicks
Kentucky
Adam Clark
Moffatt
Africa
Reflections of a Bachelor
A humorous column from the New York Press jokes about courtship and social manners. It notes women chatter as a sign of having little to say and pokes fun at charity pitchmen and a husband whose comfort rests in his wife’s views on visiting friends in carriages.
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New York Press
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U.S
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Attorneys-at-Law
Ames Savings Bank
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