Gentle Words Improve Hearts and Sparks in Kindness
A Detroit Free Press verse urges gentle speech to heal hurt feelings. It emphasizes soft words bring joy, reduce strife, and foster forgiveness, urging readers to replace harsh remarks with kinder dialogue and generous regard.
A Ray of Sunlight Amid Storm in Haunted House Tale
In a drenched country mansion a picnic party seeks shelter as a storm rages. Meg and Mark confront a past shadow and confess love, while Philip’s fate looms and a hopeful ray of sunlight promises a changed life.
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Red Johnson
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Mark Hunter
Megkdith
Mr. Hunter
Mark
Herman’s Glade
Miss Johnson
Jack Trevor
Meg
Phillip
Blane
Mark Alunter
Philip
Margaret
Rosa Bonheur and a Century of Art and Perseverance
Rosa Bonheur, in her sixty second year, continues to support girls design schools in Paris as her sister Rosalie runs the institution. The biography traces her grit from Bordeaux youth to Paris, early talent, studies at cattle markets, first exhibitions in 1840, major works like Horse Fair and Haymaking in Auvergne, and honors including the Legion of Honor bestowed by Empress Eugenie.
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Savannah
Rosa Bonheur
School of Design
Rosalie Bonheur
Rosa
Delaroche’s
Bordeaux
George Sand
Mme. Peyrol
Lrosa
Labourage Tivernais
Auvergne
Luxembourg Museum
Eugenie
Wisdom and discipline guide daily life
A reflective meditation on laying out daily conduct and orderly time. The piece warns that plans must coexist without conflict and that true wisdom comes from personal experience, shaping character and behavior.
The Fatal Glass Warns Against Drink
A moral poem warns of the dangers of alcohol as a deadly elixir. It describes the sparkly lure of wine and how intoxication ruins men, harms families, and leaves children without bread, urging readers to choose water and spiritual restraint.
Origin of the English Post Office in the Early Monarchy
The article traces the post office as an evolving system from royal relay routes to a crown mail service. It notes a 1636 proclamation by Charles I establishing night and day runs between Edinburgh and London and linking Lincoln, Hull, Chester, Holyhead, Exeter, and Plymouth, laying groundwork for a centralized postal network.
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English Illustrated Journal
England
James I
Charles I
Edinburgh
London
Lincoln
Hull
Chester
Holyhead
Exeter
Plymouth
Post and Royal Mail Monopoly in English History
The article explains how a royal post system evolved into a state monopoly under Charles I and was adopted later by Cromwell. It argues the government used mail carriage to monitor and thwart royalist plots, transforming royal power into parliamentary control and signaling a continuous state postal service from Charles I to the present.
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Charles I
Omaha Lands Open to Settlers Under 1882 Act Terms
The Interior Department states the Omaha Indian lands in Nebraska will be opened to settlement once proclaimed, with sales to actual settlers at appraised value. Payment terms: one third due in one year, one third in two years, and one third in three years, at five percent interest, after entry date.
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Washington, D. C
Omaha Indian Reservation
General Land Office
Charles F. Manderson
Department OF the Interior
United States Senate
Very Ee Ee L. Harrison
Eccentricity and Luck in the Company of Success
A brief note contrasts eccentricity as a grand title with the idea of luck serving under Captain Success. It hints at roles and reputations in a military style phrasing without naming real persons or events.
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Luck
Captain Success
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