Carrier's Address to the Patrons of the Lexington Caucasian
A 1869 carrier’s New Year address bids patrons welcome the year sixty-nine. It recalls sixty-eight’s events, war and reconstruction debates, and national strife. The poem notes peace efforts, changed labor, and calls for gratitude to God as the nation faces political and social tensions. The piece salutes the carrier’s role in informing readers about town, country, and world events.
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Lexington Caucasian and Express
Christ
Quist
Sayesh
Benttier
Fumlat
Pratec
Maria Bella
Earth
Forgiveness for a Wayward Student at College
A veteran professor contends with a tenth lapse by Fulano who sells his textbooks for a wild fest. The youth keeps his final book, a presentation copy of the professor’s History of Spain, which moves the teacher to forgiving him though puzzled by the reluctance to sell that last volume. London Tit-Bits
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Fulano
Patent Office
Spain
John
London
Warships Go Down British Navy Suffered Fifteen Times
A Chicago Daily News tally lists fifteen fatal naval disasters for British ships over 41 years. It cites Cobra wreck with 67 deaths and notes other losses including Eurydies 300 perished, Thunderer boiler explosion, and Victoria collision with Camperdown, among many incidents.
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Chicago Daily News
Cape Finisterre
Vanguard
Eurydies
Teste of Wight
Atalanta Wea
Bermuda
Dotterel
Straits of Magellan
Tory Island
F Lves
Sultan
Lily
Labrador
Cruiter Baracould
Cape Vilano
Victoria
Camperdown
Syria
Admiral Tryon
Viper
Alderney
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Lexington Weekly
Benton Enid
Rome
Thomas
Hodman
Steys
Montgomery
Lou Weill
Satan
Miss Stone
Beecher
Professor
Jeconnisteant
Lexington Intelligencer
Farmers’ Institute
Intelligencer
Intelligencers
Special Farmers’ Institute Edition
The
Poultry Farmer
DAL
Missourl
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