Ohio Senate Recording Clerk Miss Styron Wins Five-Ballot Contest
Miss Cora Styron of Newark won the Ohio Senate recording clerk post after a spirited race, besting four women competitors on the fifth ballot. Her father, a North Carolina native, organized a Federal company and endured nine months in prison before settling in Ohio after the war.
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Ohio Senate
Newark
North Carolina
Ohio
Styron
Half a Century In Harness. Wicksteed and Arnold
Gustavus A. Wicksteed Q C long served Canadian and British legislatures as law clerk and translator, chief of the bureau for fifty years, and wrote poetry including Waifs in Verse. He was born in Liverpool in 1799 and retired in 1887. Sir Edwin Arnold, born 1831, won the Newdegate poetry prize in 1859 and led the Sanskrit college at Poona before turning to philosophy and poetry in the Orient.
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Gustavus A. Wicksteed
Q. C
Lower Canada
Union
Dominion
Lord Durham
Withal
George IV
Victoria
Liverpool
Canada
Sir Edwin Arnold
Oxford
Birmingham
India
Poonaha
Orient
Asia
Thomas Arnold
Rugby
Matthew Arnold
Thomas
Newdegate
John L Jolley South Dakota congressman profile
The Hon John L Jolley chosen for a vacancy in South Dakota entered congress with a notable reputation for jovial nature. Born in Montreal July 14 1840 he learned harness making then moved to Wisconsin and finally Vermillion D D where he resided. He taught in the territorys first public school in 1866 67 in a log cabin.
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South Dakota
John L. Jolley
Congress
Territorial
Montreal
Wisconsin
Vermillion, D. D
Denmark's King Christian IX Rise From Humble Roots
Christian IX of Denmark, born as the fourth son of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg, ascended the throne after revolutions and treaties. His family connects across Europe with Prince Wilhelm ruling Greece, Alexandra married to the Prince of Wales, and other members holding royal titles. The lineage is noted for its widespread influence and notable marriages.
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Christian IX
Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-ducksburg
Europe
Wilhelm
Greece
Alexandra
Prince of
Wales
Riassia
Duchess of Cumberland
Chistian
Two Truths and Tender Verses from Boston Transcript
A poetic page snippet features verses about love, memory, and regret. It contrasts promises not to hurt with the ache of forgetting and the lasting pull of quiet days. The Boston Transcript appears as the source, presenting reflective couplets and a literary tone.
The Question and Yankee Blade Fragment Review
A historical verse fragment centers on a suitor asked about by NE and a girl who gives no clear answer. The speaker, possibly RIE or Atury, contemplates the suitor’s fate and her mother’s inquiry into the suitor’s wealth. An additional line mentions Yankee Blade as context.
If I Should Die Tonight A Poem By Belle E Smith
A reflective poem where the speaker imagines friends honoring a death with tenderness and forgiveness. The narrator pleads for love and repentance now, fearing estranged hearts and wishing for forgiveness before rest. The piece centers on memory, guilt, and the desire for compassionate farewell.
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Belle E. Smith
Mothers Invented by God Says Boston Poet
The dialogue features a speaker praising mothers as essential, explaining that God cannot be everywhere and so invented mothers. The exchange and the concluding line by Sir Edwin Arnold reflect a lighthearted defense of maternal roles in the era.
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Sir Edwin Arnold
Liberty in the Face of Slavery, a Call to Courage
A fragmented excerpt discusses liberty as the ultimate fairer thing and the heroic struggle for freedom. It urges turning to the children for renewed faith and courage, with references to anti-slavery sentiment and the enduring value of liberty. The text attributes a quotation to Swinburne and mentions Mey Austin.
A Woman in the Army Nurse Mary Livermore Recalls War Times
Mary A Livermore a noted army nurse share camp fire recollections of frontline life She recalls swearing among soldiers the mercy shown to dying men and her own service writing letters for wounded a memorial to Sir Philip Sidney and the care given to all who suffered in war.
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Mary A. Livermore
Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Philip
Story of a Drum in Battle Drama
A Chicago Mail reflective piece contrasts marching drums with wartime fear and courage. It follows a drummer boy amid advancing regiments, shrapnel and shell bursts, the drum’s steady rhythm persisting through chaos until darkness falls on the field.
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Ody Keckers
Chicago Mail
Fraternity Reunion Honors Veterans in Ceremonies
The article describes a veteran gathering where fraternity ideals unite diverse citizens. George L. Kinicer leads a tribute as ceremonies elevate the nation’s heroes to an exalted plane through shared reverence and remembrance.
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Republic
George L. Kiinicr
Family health warning promotes Ballard's Horehound Syrup
An article urges households to keep Ballard's Horehound Syrup for hereditary consumption and various throat and chest ailments. It claims early use cures coughing and lung conditions and notes the product is safe and dependable, sold by N. M. Warre. A separate note mentions an international chess congress tied to the World's Fair, supported by major chess groups.
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Ballard
N. M. Warre
Ballard's Snow Liniment hailed in life story ad
A carpenter from Danville Illinois credits Ballards Snow Liniment with saving him from two months of immobility after a heavy log crushed his foot. The testimonial extols its healing power for wounds sprains sores and bruises and warns against inferior white liniments.
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John C. ‘Goodwin
Danville
Ill
Ballard
N. M. Wurrtt
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