Decoration Day as a Symbol of Union and Nation Building
A detailed eloquent meditation on Decoration Day praising its role in honoring Civil War heroes who preserved the Union. The piece argues the day embodies national unity over sectionalism, foresees a future when war is rare yet military valor remains revered, and lauds American ideals guiding global conduct.
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Herore
Pan
South
North
American Brotherhood
Earth
American Republic
Republic
Europe
Asia
Animals Found Efficient for All-Round Farm Work
Farmers from Kentucky Ohio Georgia Tennessee Kansas and North Carolina report mules outperform horses for farm tasks. They cite lower feed needs tougher hides heat tolerance longer life and steadier work with less harm to crops. Many stress avoiding long-legged mules and ensuring compact builds.
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Kentucky
Ohio
W. HE. Q
South
Georgia
Kansas
H. M
W. F.M
North Carolina
Great Actor's Last Play Macklin's Final Shylock Appearance
The memory of the great English actor Macklin centers on his last stage moment as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. He arrived ready in costume to a green room filled with performers, asked if there was a play tonight, and, upon being told he is the Shylock, expressed disbelief before sitting in silence as others worried.
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Macklin
Shylock
Merchant of Venice
Portia
Shyock
Curtain Rises then Fades for Macklin in London Scene
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Macklin’s stage attempts at Covent Garden, his memory failing and prompting the prompter for lines. The tale shifts to a church scene where Sister Melissa’s heaven ticket sparks sobs and a chorus of praise before reflections on romantic ideals.
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Macklin
Covent Garden
Ittle Country Church
Melissa
Heaven
Baptist Church
Leesville
Give Chickens Best of Care
Advice on summer poultry care warns to inspect all birds for lice and mites during hot weather and to keep bone or meat scraps fresh and away from heat. Emphasizes that poultry feed should be pure for human consumption and to provide shade to young coaling and ducklings to prevent death.
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M. B. Bernard
Covering Walls With Wistaria
Walter B Leutz extols wistaria as the ideal wall cover, favoring the common royal purple over the Japanese variety. To keep a dense display it must be pruned and trained for years, then allowed to run in all directions. He recalls a Richmond Virginia wall seventy feet high as a luminous example. The climate needs little ongoing care once established.
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Walter B. Leutz
America
Richmond
Do Not Use Foreign Seed Potatoes Say Officials
The secretary of agriculture warns that imported seed potatoes pose disease risks to the U S crop. European varieties are late and unsuitable for both northern and southern planting, and could raise future production costs if grown here. Officials urge rejecting foreign seed potatoes to protect yields.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Europe
United States
Care of Stallions and Pony Companions
A stallion kept isolated tends to become moody and irritable. Some English breeders lead their stallions with a pony during exercise to foster attachment, keeping the pony in an adjacent stall at night. While some horses are too savage for this method, younger stallions can be trained to it.
Aaron Burr The Man Who Would Be King
A condensed portrait of Aaron Burr from his Jersey youth to becoming vice president and his dramatic fall. The piece traces Burr's early brilliance, military service, legal career, political rise, duel with Hamilton, Mexico plot rumors, exile, and final years ending in Richmond.
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Aaron Burr
Man
Jersey
the Lind
Princeton College
Princeton
Durr
Patriot Army
Benedict Arnold
Arnold-Montgomery
Quebec
Arnold
Montgomery
George Washington
Burr
Washington
Israel Putnam
Pat
New York
United States Senate
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Weehawken
N. d
Hamilton
Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
New Orleans
United States
America
Ingland
Europe
Nassau Street
Hoe
Mme. James
Een Richmond
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Lafitte and the Pirate Trust Shape of New Orleans Era
Jean Lafitte and his brother Pierre build a blacksmith shop in New Orleans then turn to slave smuggling as the slave trade grows. Lafitte amasses ships and men at Barataria, earns the nickname Boss, resists authorities, aids America at New Orleans, and later relocates to Galveston before a government crackdown in 1820.
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Jean
Pierre Lafitte
New Orleans
Jean Lafitte
Louisiana
Africa
America
United States
Plantera
Spain
Lafitte Brothers
Lafitte
Barataria
Jenn
Bosse
Andrew Jackson
Galveston
Bowie
Bowie Knife
Gale
Chapter of Tobacco Misadventure in James I Era
In George Colman’s Random Records a tale from James I’s reign shows boys secretly smoking tobacco despite the monarch’s dislike. The dormitory scene ends with one pupil admitting he smokes "for corns" after failing other excuses.
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George Colman
James 1
Dominie
Not Many. A Bridge-Crossing Man Quip
A short quotation notes a man who crosses bridges before reaching them and implies he does not get over many streams. The line appears in the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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Algernon
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Wistaria
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New York World
the “Pirate Trust
Sirrah
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