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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1875

Page

8

Poem by Prof Venable Praised by Longfellow

The Cincinnati writer Prof. W H Venable receives high praise from Longfellow for a poem that expresses teachers hopes and the imagined outcome of their efforts. Venable notes that many educators may share the same vision of guiding the young and the reward of their labor.

W. H. Venable Cincinnati Longfellow Venable

Lincoln Assassination Night in Washington Recalled

A veteran recollects the April 1865 events after Lincolns assassination. Washington crowds flooded the city, Ford’s Theater, the Peterson house, and Willards Hotel became scenes of shock. Seward and Chase were nearby figures while Lincoln died next morning and the nation mourned profoundly.

Abraham Lincoln Washington Lee Grant Army of the Potomac Lincoln Tenth Street Ford’s Theater Treasury Seward Peterson President Willard Mr. Seward Mr. Chase Stanton Marning Eve Capitol Christendom Europe Liberty

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