Deer Island Home Of Harriet Prescott Spofford
A vivid portrait of Deer Island, the seven acre refuge opposite Newburyport in Massachusetts, home to Harriet Prescott Spofford. The piece describes the island’s cliffs, the old suspension bridge, and the welcome privacy Mrs Spofford keeps, noting her literary stature, warm hospitality, and the charm of her seaside residence as a focal point of regional culture.
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Hound
Deer
Amerles
Harriet Proscent Spotford
Foil
Deer Island
Wonca
Sas
America
Lowell
Russell Lowell
Atlantic Monthly
Emerson, Salmes
Hawthorne, Whittier
Longfellow
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dr. Holmes
Harriet Prescott
Col
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Miss Prescott
Mr. Lowell
Colonel Higginson
the Atlantic
Boston
Newburyport
The
Atlaotic
Rhet
Deersland
Sir Rohan
Poe
Hawthorne
Miss Progcott
Alan Louse
Mrs. Spoffard
Richard S. Spotford
Mary N. Prescott
Monument Flags To Adorn Grant Monument In Wisconsin Tales
Gov Lua Kollette announces two battle flags from Wisconsin regiments will be loaned to the Grant Monument Association under a recent law. The banners recount marches from Leavenworth to Washington, the Civil War campaigns including Shiloh, Atlanta, Jonesboro, and the surrender of Johnston. Flags will be placed in a room at Riversdale, Wisconsin, with inscriptions noting the regiments and their service.
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Lua Kollette
Grant Monument Association
Wiscon
Wisconsin Infantry
Wach
Nickajack Creek
Bald Hil
Atalanti
Ezra Church
Jonesboro
Loveday's Station
Savannah
Poedaligo
Orangyeburg
Columbis
S. C
Feretteville
Averyburg
Bentonville
Geo
Johnston
Raleigh
N.C
Grand Review
Washington
Shiloh
Fenn
Corinth
Lumpkin's Mills
Miss. Menesaw Mountain
Chatterhoochie River
Decatur
Garden Party Echoes Old Time Camaraderie
Fragmentary diary style passage describes a quiet gathering in a garden. The tone recalls long-standing friendship and simple, cozy talk among Mrs. Spofford and others, with natural imagery of river sounds and gentle atmosphere.
Camotta Mycas Heroic Nerve Averts Ottawa Balloon Panic
In Ottawa, Carlotta Meyers wife of Prof Carl Meyers demonstrates rare nerve during a crisis when a balloon ascent risks disaster. Facing a panicked crowd and a torn balloon, she climbs into the basket and uses a improvised parachute to save passengers and herself, guiding the craft to a controlled descent as the gas escapes. Her quick action steadies the mass, saves lives, and ends the peril with the balloon safely landed.
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Giyer
Sir. Nicholas
Cleveland Moffett
Mme
Carlotta Meyers
Carl Meyers
Frankfort
New York
Ottawa
Vistoria
Crystal Palace
Canady
Exposition
Carlotta
Rideau River
Prof. Myers
Meyers
Tellef
Trey
Parachutist Lands Safely In Evergreen Trees Near Ottawa
A parachutist, after a daring descent, guided the parachute skillfully to land among evergreen trees fifteen miles from Ottawa. Onlookers and officials reported she emerged unhurt, though grateful for the safe arrival and the well executed steering for a controlled touchdown.
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Ottawa
Window Gardens a Fadt Among Fashionables
The piece notes the fad of miniature window gardens among Par vgian women, with wealthy dames using costly tools in silver and bronze engraved with initials or coats of arms. Jeweled screens and gold-initialed watering pots cost up to 3, and the trend is seen as prettier and more sensible than many fads, though possibly short-lived.
Through Mists of Rain Poem by Frank L Stanton
A lyric verse recalls a lost beloved with rain shrouded scenes of a valley and garden. The speaker mourns a tender gaze and memories, noting love’s unrest and a lock of hair as symbols. The piece appears attributed to Frank L Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution.
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Frank L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Prayer for Wyxer Baby Sparks Hushed Brooklyn Exchange
A Brooklyn Eagle fragment shows a nurse telling to a man named Tommie that a baby arrived from heaven last night. Tommie eagerly asks if the baby is black, saying he had prayed for a wyxer baby for a long time.
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Tommie
Tvea
Brooklyn Eagle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harriett Prescott Spofford
Merrimack
New Han Bhury
Massachusttts
Shelving Beach
O Mas
Marriott Prescott Spogerd
Roy Sluned
Deel
GRANT
Hudson River
Mrs. Spofford
Camotta Mycas
Atronaut
Sven
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