I Have Been Where God’s Handiwork Was Seen
A reflection on the Abilene Reflector piece describing landscapes and human industry as evidence of divine design. The speaker recalls valleys, rivers, forests, and canyons, then shifts to mines, slopes, gangways, and coal pits, noting human craftsmanship and the grandeur of creation. The poem ends with praise for God’s wisdom and human labor alike.
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Run Oceens
Earth
Will S. Afymroe
Philadelphia
Model Father Drama Turns On Ambition And Duty
In a Murrray style scene at the Mudpool Hotel Pelham Vane enters to guarded awe. A drunken miller bolds forth praising actor Gomery Bassett while the tragedian faces mixed scorn and reverence. Tensions rise as old loyalties test Vane and the room weighs art against vanity.
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Riper
Basher
Pelham Vane
Mr. Riper
Story
Povey
Montgomery Assett
Mil
Southampton
Miller
Bassett
The Drunken Miller and the Bassett Reveal
In a tense parlor scene, Montgomery Bassett, the renowned actor, confesses his ruin and poverty to English gentlemen while a drunken miller, angered by bragging, challenges him. Subscriptions from patrons fund a night’s tribute as Bassett confronts his fall and a landlord’s coin clinks in gratitude.
Senator Hoars Issue on Negro Suffrage Debate in South
An Independent Newspapers opinion discusses Senator Hoar's critique of Southern racial politics and black voting rights. It argues Southern franchise issues are logical postbellum outcomes, credits Hayes with stabilizing the region, notes black progress, and cites effects on national politics and voting patterns.
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Rocky Mountains
Virginia
Carolinas
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Southland
National Army
Shaw
City of
New York
Charleston
Union
Treasury
Longfellow
George Washington
South Carolina
Chester
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Hoar
South
All Fair Men
Hayes
Great Northern Party
Chalmers
Arger
Rhode Island
Cleveland
Blaine
Mississippi
Chicago Herald
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David Christie Murray
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Bashet
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Dasher
Montgomery Bassett
Naples
Mr. Hogan
Life Guards
Stanley Vyvyan
Yorkshire
Cassidy
Hogan
Cameron
Mrs. Cameron
Jane
Mrs. Casidy
Jack Junior
Matilda
Horace Cassidy Esqueire
Jack
Leverett
Aswell
Aidy
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Mrs. Cassidy
Bill
Eyther
Sentari
Boston
Losion Glode
THE
Loyal South
Bainbridge
Paris
Figaro
Ohio
T’ Amerique
Tecumseh Sherman
Sherman
Georgia
Sud
Pats Recemment Etait Ministre Des Finances Sous le Governement National
Lia
Ville
Georges Frisbyhorr
Salent
Villes de
America
John Tecumseh Sherman
National
George Frisbyhorr
Zoological Gardens
Y. Sun
Detroit Free Press
Corner
Buckeye
I.uou Mber
J. S. Hallam
F. L. Parker
the Farmers Lumber CO
M. Nicolay
Abilene
Kansas
Hobbs & Parker
W. E. Bomgardner
Spruce Street
Fourth
Abilene, Kansas
Agricultural Land CO
Daily Gazette
N. Blevins
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