On Helen's Cheek A Portrait Of Youth And Beauty
Poem fragment recalling Helen's cheek as a symbol of youth and beauty. The speaker laments passage of girlhood, praising glow, bloom, and enduring memory despite time’s advance. Rich imagery evokes morning, roses, and noble womanhood.
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Helen
A Soldier's Death and a Love Remembered
A narrative covers Horace Winston departing to war, his death on a distant field, and the widow Annie’s vow to carry his legacy. The piece blends romance with war’s cost, ending with a reflective note on selfless virtue.
The Brave Captain And The Cabin Boys Heroic Rescue
An old brig Mermaid battles a southwest England coast wreck. Captain Barrett clings to life as ropes and rockets ferry his wife and child to shore. Cabin boy Bill hides Zip the raccoon and saves the day, delivering the captain his loyal pet. Beecher prank prompts a playful reporter lesson.
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Mermaid
London
Pernambuco
England
Barrett
Brazil
Zip
Bill
Mary
Capt. Barrett
Jim Barrows
Capt
Davil Kerr
Harper's
Young People
Eagles in Indiana and other scattered notes
A Indianapolis Journal piece interviews Prof Collett on Indiana eagles detailing their numbers, nesting sites, and behavior. It recounts bald versus golden eagles, a Vermilion County eagle assembly, and territorial ranges, plus a digression on rats as sanitary scavengers. It also covers a separate note on John Cleves Symmes and a short remark on General Scott in the Mexican War.
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Prof. Collett
Indianapolis
Indiana
Benjamin Franklin
Turkey
Vermilion County
Wabash
Montezuma
Sugar Creek
Park County
Coal Creek
Fountain County
National Congress
Symmes
John Cleves Symmes
Peyton Symmes
Sussex County
New Jersey
Fort Adams
Lieut
Marshall
McBride
WY. S. Morwood
New Orleans
Order of
Glirs
England
New Orleans Picayune
Cerro Gordo
Chapultepec
Scott
World ends in ten years preacher predicts perishing
A Texas preacher forecasts the world’s end within a decade stirring debate across towns. The item cites cultural reactions and adds quips about aging, memory tips, and lighthearted sketches from newspapers and readers.
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Tom
Norristown Herald
M. L. Hotpigor
Boston Courier
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Etna
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New Zeland
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Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
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Lowell Courier
Boston Post
Brooke Hereford
Boston
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Town Herald
Chicago Ledger
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Harper's Bazar
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Philadelphia News
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