The Farmer's Humble Life and Homeward Light
A rustic poem extols the farmer’s honest, diligent labor and thrift. It depicts sunrise to sunset work, rest, and a welcoming home. The light in the window and the star of home symbolize joy and gratitude, as a husband and wife share the simple merit of their life.
Willow Switch and the willows of fate in early New York
In a pioneer settlement along the Genesees and Erie Canal a judge and his daughter Susie plant a willow slip for memory as a naval officer suitor departs and later returns. Years pass through Civil War turmoil as Susie’s family endures loss, reunion, and a living memorial tree that marks their endurance and faith.
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Father Finds Son After Years Apart In Rochester
Washington correspondent recalls a Civil War soldier William Kneale of Captain McPherson’s Sixteenth New York Cavalry who left his wife and infant son in a Rochester home. The boy Willie Kneale grew up in the soldiers’ and sailors’ orphan home until a Rochester man named Kneale, later revealed as the father, learned of him. After ten years of searching the father, now remarried, located his son and Willie left for Rochester to reunite with him, joining a carpenter family business and reporting happiness at the reunion.
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Yield of the Pennsylvania Oil Wells 1860 to 1876
The table shows vast petroleum output from the Pennsylvania oil region from 1860 through 1876. Annual yields range from about 597,000 to 9,065,000 barrels, with the average daily product since discovery around 12,000 barrels and rising to about 33,000 barrels per day in 1873 to 1876, peaking near 39,000 in July and August.
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Polite Person Leads Virginia School Headship
Miss Randolph daughter of Thomas Jefferson heads a young ladies school in Charlotte Virginia. She has seven anecdotes about her famed mastery including a tale of her great aunt who remarried. A polite man once called Gwen is described. he will be welcomed.
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Thomas Jefferson
Charlotte
Virginia
Tito
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