Hancock and English Accept Nominations in 1880 Democratic Ticket
General W. S. Hancock and Williams Exauisa English accept 1880 Democratic nominations for President and Vice President. Hancock vows to uphold the Constitution and oppose fraud and bayonets in voting while urging unity, public credit care, and protection of labor. English praises Democratic platform and criticizes Republican party for power, calling for constitutional governance and reform.
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Governor’s Island
New York City
Grenxv Lemmen
United States
Cincinnati
Washington
Inpranatoris
Ind
John W. Stevenson
John A. Stockton
Gextlemen
Nogy
Jefferson
Republican Party
Sam
Williams
Exauisa
Sabbath School Substitute Teaches Samson in the Den
A Sabbath School teacher in Cincinnati area had a substitute who impressed the class by teaching Samson in the lion's den and Moses in the fiery furnace. The returning teacher learns the pupils remembered the lessons, including biblical tales, prompting a humorous exchange. The piece notes this as a factual anecdote, not a joke.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Cincinnati
Weill
Samson
Lion’s den
Daniel
Moses
A Dangerous Talent and a Frugal French Satirist
A discussion on the perils of early beauty and singing talent for a sixteen year old girl, with family dreams of opera fame and fortunes. A French satirist's tale of paying money by coins, noting his trick of reading a receiver's smile to avoid overpaying in Germany.
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Grisi
Gerster
Germany
Bridgeport
The Daughter at Home and Domestic Grace
A reflection on the value of gentle influence in the home. The text praises the young woman who brings harmony with tact sympathy and selflessness, noting she may lack beauty or carriage but possesses a compelling dignity.
Three Score and Ten
A Boston Traveller-voiced reflection notes that turning seventy would deprive the world of its leaders and literary giants. It laments the loss of Beaconsfield Bismarck Gortshakoff Andrassy Castelar and venerable poets like Tennyson Longfellow Whittier Holmes as the great minds pass beyond seventy.
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New World
England
Beaconsfield
Germany
Bismarck
Russia
Gortshakoff
Austria
Andrassy
Spain
Castelar
Atlantic
Tennyson
Longfellow
Whittier
Holmes
The Original Maud Muller sparked from a Maine harvest memory
A Springfield Republican correspondent links Whittier's Maud Muller to a Maine girl seen raking hay near York while Whittier toured with his sister. The moment inspired him to write the poem that evening. The item also recounts quirky anecdotes and aphorisms.
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Springfield Republican
Maud Muller
Whittier
Maine
York
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