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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1898
Page
3
The piece reproduces Walt Whitman describing Lincoln's assassination as witnessed in Ford's Theater. It covers the moment the pistol fired, Booth’s dramatic fall from the box, and the crowd’s quiet reaction plus later celebrations in a Philadelphia record.
A dramatic stage scene recounts an actor's intense performance with a knife and a chaotic audience reaction culminating in guards storming the house. The piece also notes Valentine customs and offers a description of Abraham Lincoln's tall stovepipe hat and its associated anecdotes.
A reader writes a playful valentine to a girl in a scarlet hood, praising her cheerfulness and charm as she walks to school. The poem depicts peers, rough street life, and the speaker’s wish to be her friend. It presents a nostalgic, affectionate voice from Youth's Companion.
James Elter, one of the oldest War Department doorkeepers, recounts a rare incident with President Lincoln at the Seventeenth Street entrance. Lincoln unpinned Elter’s badge, took his chair, and delivered a message directly to the Secretary, briefly serving as doorkeeper in the lower hall and sharing a quiet audience with the official.
A St Valentine Tea may be a charming, casual festivity. Invite bright young guests and keep the mood playful. Use pink and white decor, place a sentimental quote on each name card, and pair each dish with a related couplet read aloud by the server.
A playful verse imagines a postman who would misplace letters that carry bad news and argues it would be odd to miss valentines twelve times a year, packing a stack of cards in a bag.
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