A Dream of Wedding Day Delights and Doubts
The speaker muses on the day of a wedding and the coming month as a bride prepares her robe and hair. He imagines the quiet night or morning, wonders who will share his sorrow, and recalls a life with an eighteen year old wife while two rosy boys upstairs seem not theirs. The scene ends with the carriage leaving the dark street and a cheerful little wife.
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Eleanor
Rosa
Guinevere
Pyperedy
Mr. Rayne
Reyne
Rayne
Kaytee
Dr. Lauie
Naytre
Sir Lancelot
Lancelot
King Arthur
Mer Rayne
Boudolfjon
Bethany
Mrss Rayne
Rhoda
Ike
Frank
Lilith
Adan
Hossetti
Rhod
Mita
Oberheige
Cleopatra
Antony
Mrs. Rayne
Blake
Mr. Browning
Raynes
Bombay
Atwood Eliot
Mia
Presbyterian Beauty in a Quiet Love Poem
Poet portrays a shy Presbyterian girl sewing a wedding gown beneath roses. The speaker notes her blend of duty and budding desire, her half innocent, half sinful charm, as prayers grant few kisses and hope for a tender future with care and restraint.
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Ina
Ming
The Sapphire Voyage and Mrs Raynes Veiled Past
A narrator details a Bombay social drift with Mrs. Rayne and her husband, classic beauty and refined rivals, while weaving hints of a hidden past. Grays eyes, a sea journey, and a gray gown trigger memories as the narrator reconstructs Mrs. Rays history from scattered clues.
Political Parties for 1873 Define Republican Victory Narrative
The article argues the 1872 election secured a decisive Republican triumph with Grant garnering 8,502,084 votes, far surpassing 1868, and a party with a two thirds House and Senate majority. It cites population growth, state governments, and electoral strength to claim Republican dominance and condemn Democratic opposition as unrecoverable.
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United States
National Party
Republican” Party
Union
Granit
Grant
Florida
Mississippi
Texas
Virginia
Tlis
Republican Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Indiana
New Jersey
Delaware
Reflection on Death and Reunion Beyond the Grave
A philosophical meditation urges calm in bereavement, urging readers to focus on reunion after death. It emphasizes meeting, reception, and the Master, inviting hope in the afterlife and new joys awaiting souls beyond the bourn.
Miller Whistles Enchants East City Ladies
Appletons Journal notes that young women in an eastern city are entranced by Joaquin Miller as he whistles in hosts' parlors. The article suggests the effect is adult, not childlike, and highlights the performer’s appeal in social gatherings.
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Appleton’s Journal
Joaquin Miller
Aimboy Journal Notes on Doctor Cor Bus Tape Worm Tale
The Aimboy Journal recounts a tale about Dr Cor bus removing a tape worm from four lads, claimed to be about a hundred sixty feet long, described as the longest lad of this generation. The piece reads as a humorous or oversized anecdote in period voice.
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Aimboy Journal
Dr. Corbus
Beautiful Sights of New Mothers and Newborns
A young mother fondling her newborn babe and a young man admiring his newborn mustache appear among the world’s most beautiful sights. The scene conveys tenderness and novelty, reflecting family milestones and personal pride in early parenthood.
Paper Offer From D Netos for Two Dollars a Year
A fragmented line offers a yearly paper subscription for two dollars and a chrome eight dollar item, signed by D Netos, with the promise of no questions asked.
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D. Netos
Skulls of Shakespeare Exhibit Spark Abroad and Local Fines
An Irish abbey displays two skulls claimed to be Shakespeare in youth and manhood. In Paducah a small boy was fined eighty three cents in City Court for crying fire without cause. Maine printers mark Franklin's birthday with a fancy ball. Rural North Carolina presses push for whipping post restoration.
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Ireland
Shakespeare
Paducah
North Carolina
Sand Spouts Dazzle Virginis City In Aerial Dust Dance
Half a dozen sand spouts towering about a thousand feet burst above Virginis City recently, their conical forms spreading sand and dust across the skyline as residents watched the unusual atmospheric display.
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Virginis City
A Letter About Chinese Funeral and Local News
A long letter from the Far West recounts a sensational Chinese funeral with ritual offerings, priests, music, and a solemn procession. It contrasts the scene with local fires, the Modoc war, and a call to support common school education and the County Superintendent’s office.
Teachers Institute at Silver Creek
Teachers from Silver Creek and Ridott met at Blanchard school-house on January 11 for a profitable institute led by Superintendent Kleckner and Mrs Kleckner. Sessions included phonetics arithmetic geography reading and an essay titled Kind Words with audience participation and demonstrations by local teachers.
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Silver Creek
Ridott
Kleckner
Friends of Educational Interest and Progress
Blanchard
Misa Howard
Joseph Lapp
Silver Creek School No. 1
VW. A. Sikkema
Hershey School
Supt
Insurance Companies Prepare Annual Financial Returns
After a severe year many insurers are compiling returns required by departments. The Boston fire and widespread conflagrations of 1872 reduced premium receipts and forced bankruptcies, stockholder assessments, or capital cuts. Officials promise thorough supervision and soon a public, authentic view of each company’s financial condition.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New York
Chicago
Illinois
Connecticut
Ohio
Rhode Island
California
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Dartmouth Catalog Lists Courses and Students
The new catalog records Dartmouth College components including 264 academical and agricultural school items, 63 scientific and 3 students, plus seven in civil engineering.
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Dartmouth College
Medical
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