The Red Drum Song by Eugene Field
A wartime play song where boys march with a red drum and imitate soldiers and Native Americans. It portrays boys in a mock battle with drums, noises, and pretend skirmishes, ending as they return home in parade. It includes racial stereotypes and minstrel imagery common to its era.
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Clory
Eugene Field
Cardinal Richelieu and Adrien Mauprat Conspire
In Richelieu's private study a secret planning session unfolds as Adrien de Mauprat joins a nocturnal council of Marion Delorme guests. The cardinal contemplates political manipulation while Mauprat and Julie navigate loyalties, foretold betrayals, and looming danger at the palace gates.
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Duke Royal
Gaston
Mauprat
Riche-lien
Marion Delorme
Knight of Mauprat
Prince of Orleans
Cardinal
Adrien de Mauprat
Gift of a Life chapter fragment in royal Paris scene
A fragment from Chapter IV shows a doorway scene with banners as a figure enters before the ruler of France. The text notes a gallant covelinens figure who served under her color, and references Petha Miss costume, hinting at attire and allegiance during a royal moment.
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France
Petha Mls
Hypnotic Nurse at City Hospital Controls Patients
A Cincinnati Enquirer report describes Mrs. Mutchler, a petite city hospital nurse, who can calm and direct violent female patients by a gaze and touch. She has led to dramatic recoveries, including ordering a patient to disrobe and bathe before sending her to a ward, with police noting her unusual influence over hysterical and violent individuals.
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City Hospital
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mutchler
Mutecler
Walnut Hills
Ann Street
Mrs. Mutehler
Mrs. Mutchler
Growth of Yellowstone forests spans over two thousand years
Silicified stumps and fallen trees in Yellowstone show rings counting up to 245 on a three foot five inch diameter, suggesting forests persisted for about 2 000 years. Growth resumed quickly after volcanic deposits, with soils forming rapidly on dried volcanic material.
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Popular Science Monthly
Alligator Law Reenactment Sought in Louisiana
Citizens press for reenactment of a law to protect alligators as wholesale destruction continues. The surge in pests such as muskrats rabbits and opossums has damaged levees and crops and may threaten lives.
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Louisiana
Beecher Letter Recounts Lincoln Stories Visit
Robert Bonner publishes a long hidden letter from Henry Ward Beecher about a Lincoln visit. Beecher recalls three stories told by the president, noting two are forgotten and one is not fit to tell. The Plymouth pastor’s reminiscence reshapes perception of Lincoln’s persona.
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Lincoln
Robert Bonner
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth
Abraham
Saids by Sages Reflections on Character and Duty
A collection of aphorisms on self reflection, usefulness, happiness, leadership, temper, rest, ambition, and obedience. The excerpts urge inner virtue, restrained ambition, and following laws with higher obligations than illegal acts, warning against vanity and hollow talk.
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