Rudyard Kipling Remembered As Poet And Man Of Literature
An obituary style notice reviews Rudyard Kipling's life from birth in Bombay to his rise in London and fame as a poet and storyteller. It notes his tropical upbringing, early writings, marriage to Carolyn Balestier, and relocation to Brattleboro before New York illness. It highlights The Recessional and The White Man's Burden, his earnings, and a view of his character as practical, modest, and commercially minded.
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Enock T Carson Highest Masonry Authority in America
Enock T Carson of Cincinnati ranked as the era's top Freemasonry authority and prolific book collector. For 54 years he amassed rare Masonry and secret society volumes, aiding writers nationwide. His library, open to scholars, reflects a life devoted to the craft amid public duties and private business.
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Life of St Patrick Captured in Slavery and Converted Ireland
A historical sketch recounts St Patrick born in Boulogne France who was captured aged sixteen and taken to Ireland as a slave. After escape he studied and returned to convert Ireland, founding churches and monasteries, with legends of miracles and irish Christianity spreading across the island.
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End of a romance born in Lincoln's Illinois home
A Springfield born lawyer John D Clews and Sarah Jennings a relative of Andrew Jackson, both aged over 100, wed recently in Franklin Pennsylvania. Their wartime separation with Clews serving in the Army of the Potomac and enduring Libby Prison ends in a reunion at a veterans’ gathering, rekindling a long-remembered love. The tale spans Mexican War beginnings, Fort Sumter, Vicksburg, Sherman's march, and final reunion.
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Whimsical Tales and Courtly Exchanges From Old Letters
A collection of anecdotes features William M. Evarts amid a ministerial elevator scene, Julia Ward Howe quipping with a pompous bachelor, a proud Irish mother praising her clever son, and Kipling sharing tales with Dorothy Drew. A Trinity College debate about substitutes in death draws laughs, while Lord Halifax’s critiques irritate Pope. An Irish lord’s check to Parnell ends a formal interview, and Sarah Bernhardt’s autograph-lead pass is revealed. A Covington-Cincinnati feud over fugitives is recounted, and Guildford’s Maid’s Money lottery honors long-serving maids with dice and consols.
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Boy's Gift to Mrs McKinley in Chicago Visit
A Chicago lad named Herman Simon Strausser slipped past guards during President McKinley’s Chicago visit and presented Mrs. McKinley with a rose. She rewarded him with a photograph of the President and her, and he left with the keepsake. Also noted are Norfolk England’s windmill weathered 200 years and the Pope’s prize for a Holy Family painting being reopened as an international contest.
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Thoreadly Welcome and Richard Smith In Sharp Exchange
The text recalls Theodore Hallam of Kentucky famed for wit in a clash with the late Deacon Richard Smith editor of the Cincinnati Gazette. Smith discussed political matters with a friend over St Nicholas, prompting Hallam’s noted repartee in this recounting.
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Light Effect in Telegraph Instrument Found
Prof Zickler demonstrated that ultraviolet light transmitted up to 200 meters can trigger a telegraph instrument. The light enables a spark between highly charged conductors that would not spark otherwise, enabling the telegraph to operate at that distance.
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French boiler explosions reveal non iron tubes used
A French official investigation finds 15 boiler blasts with no iron or steel tubes. Brass tubes appear in 14 cases and copper in one. Eight boilers featured tubes over four inches in diameter. The Chicago Record quotation contrasts frank speech and a spouse’s blunt honesty, ending with a light note on ties.
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