Zouri's Valentine Restores a Family Peace in Old Farm Tale
A rural saga of Seth and Joe and six “little states” children, led by Zouri the willful eight year old. She bravely defies bans to mail a valentine to Uncle Joe, sparking reconciliation with Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, and the rest. Joe reads the note, joins Seth at the homecoming, and the family reunites with Zouri as peacemaker.
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Texas
Mississippi
Seth
Tosiah
Joe
Zouri
Missouri
Tennessee
Lous
Georgia
Uncle Joe
Valentine
Tenny
Louisiana
Poppy
Any
Honey
Zouri; Joe
Yeithta
Tan
St. Valentine’s Day
Florida
Virginia
Helen F. Kendrick
A Real Valentine A Poem of Love and Rebuff
A speaker sends a playful Valentine to his beloved and receives a witty reply. The poem recounts Cupid, blindfolded, and a bold retort that dares the lover to declare his own feelings. The speaker, chastened, dons his coat and hat, presenting Cupid’s woes in plain prose and is met with tender kiss and a decisive yes.
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Cupid
Valentine Awakens Lost Love in Demorest Verse
A husband recalls reading a wife’s old valentine and realizing how the lines from a prior romance stirred his heart. He observes the past poem triggered guilt, then softly comforts her, renewing the present love as he recalls the poem’s confession. George Birdseye’s verse frames enduring affection.
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Valentine
George Birdseye
Demorest
Formosa's Size and Volcanic Peaks Described
The island spans about 270 miles by 140 with central mountain ranges. Peaks rise high, Mount Morrison at 12,000 feet, all volcanic. Periodic tremors shake the center as the climate stays mild with temperatures seldom dipping below forty.
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Formosa
Mount Morrison
A Valentine for Washington Critia
A brief verse expresses a sweetheart asking for fidelity through stormy winds and sorrow, promising only sweetness in return. The poem centers on romantic devotion and eternal memory, with the speaker urging enduring affection beyond pain and loss.
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Valentine
Washington
Critia
Love's Mission in Every Line on Flying Feet
Poem style lines express devotion as a love mission with kneeling prayer at a shrine while a figure named Bewy Palentin Firegklyn Life features in the text. The fragmentary piece centers on affection and spiritual imagery.
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Firegklyn Life
Fire Sweeps Memphis Business Block, Losses Near Million
A major blaze engulfed a large portion of downtown Memphis destroying Bruce-Reine Co. and adjacent firms on Main to Monroe. Losses estimated at 750000 to 1 million dollars with many warehouses, hotels, and manufacturing houses reduced to debris. Fire spreads to Second and Union streets. Tenn and Ark engines expected to aid.
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Chameigha Tama
Menpurs
Tenn
Memphis
Bruce-Beine Flat Co
Levy
Tieuhrman
Main and
Monroe
Bruce Reine Co
Langstaff “Hardware “Co
Rosin & Slurst
Lemon& Gale
Hi, Weller Manufacturing Co
Wm. Jack & Co
Gotthelf Jewelry
Leuhrman’s
Charles Meyer
Ruby
Monroe Street
Welter
Jones, Kuhn & Co
Lilly Carriage Co
Main
Second
Union Streets
Colt Manufacturing Co
Peabody
Armstrong Furniture Co
Leuhrman
Union
Wilkinson
W. S. Bruce & Co
Latty Carriage Co
Brumer
Union Street
Seyfourth
B. McMahon
Nashville
Little Rock
Second Street
Cole Manufactur
Supreme Court Denies Mandamus Over Silver Brick Case
Justice James of the District of Columbia superior court delivered the court's opinion denying Merrick Morse and others a mandamus to force the secretary of the treasury to receive and coin a silver brick in dollars. Chief Justice Bingham dissented on some points but agreed on the main question.
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Washington
Senate
Put-in-Bay
Com
O. H. Perry
Lake Erie
Fremont
D. P. Roberts
Indiana
General Land Office
W. C. Haskell
U. S
Ohio
House
John Crowe
Dayen
Wesley Rowe
Saylersville
Henry T. Cox
Louisville
Tenn
U.S
Warham Easly
Tennessee
Crisp
McMillin
Enloe
Court of Claims
Mississippi
House Committee On Elections
Andrew Stewart
Twenty-fourth
Pennsylvania
Alex. K. Craig
James
Superior Court of the
District of Columbia
Merrick
Morse
Secretary of the Treasury
Bingham
English Syndicate Negotiates Buy of New Orleans Cotton Presses
A London syndicate is reported to be negotiating to purchase all cotton presses in New Orleans and potentially in other cities, signaling a major consolidation in the cotton trade.
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Ivers and Pond
Cata
New Orleans
British Opinion of Blaine's Letter
The Globe argues Blaine withdrew from presidential hopes, citing a failed Chilean policy and poor continental stance. It states England harbors no regret over his failure and views him as an adversary of friends and an ally of enemies, noting his openly anti England aims.
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Blaine
London
The
Globe
Mr. Blaine
England
Fatal Affray in Point Pleasant Prompts 2 Deaths
A disreputable boat house near Point Pleasant West Virginia owned by a woman named Morgan was the scene of a bloody confrontation. Six men and four women fought after Charles Knapp and John Casey quarrelled over Ora Clark. Casey was mortally wounded by Ora Clark. Luther Knapp and John Burke suffered injuries. Ora Clark escaped unhurt. All were arrested.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
W. Va
Morgan
Chas. Knapp
John Casey
Ora Clark
Casey
Knapp
Clark
Luther Knapp
Charles
John Burke
Reform in Congressional Funerals Discussed in Congress
Washington Feb 9 Congress faces sharp debates on funeral expenses for deceased members. Both House and Senate committees question escalating costs and discrepancies in bills, signaling possible reform before the season ends.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
House Committee On Accounts
Senate Committee
What Ohio's Election Cost
Ohio officials released November election expense figures under the new ballot law. Booths cost 75,596.42 dollars, printing 28,120.44, salaries for judges and clerks 64,687.99, other expenses including county boards salaries 37,154. Total 205,436.39 dollars.
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Ohio
Columbus
Secretary of State
Ohio Penitentiary Wardenship Offered to Col. James
WELLSTON O Feb 9 Col Chas C James has been tendered the warden ship of the Ohio penitentiary by Gov McKinley The colonel will accept and is ready to step in as soon as Mr Dyer steps down and out
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Washington
Senate
Sherman
Auglaize County
M. F. Wood
Theo. P. Wood
121St Regiment
Senate Committee On Finance
Stewart
House
Burrows
Reed
Maine
John Randolph Tucker
Yoder
Ohio
United States
Kyle
Congress
District of Columbia
Dolph
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Albert Stratton
James Keefe
Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry
Philip M. Fox
Mt. Washington
Ohio Penitentiary
Wellston, O
Col
Chas. C. James
McKinley
Dyer
Theological Student in South Carolina Suicide Reported
Theological student Rev. Geo. W. Widow, a Presbyterian trainee in CostumBIA, S. C., cut his throat from ear to ear in the presence of his young wife. Insanity is the alleged cause referenced in the report.
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Costumbia
S. C
Geo. W
Ex Premier Alexander Mackenzie Injured in Fall
TORONTO February 9 A fall last Tuesday from which Hon Alexander Mackenzie former Canadian premier became delirious and is believed to be critically ill His relatives have been summoned for possible medical care and family support
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Canada
Toronto
Alexander Mackenzie
The Grip's Successor in Vienna Influenza Poison Water
In Vienna a new epidemic follows influenza, causing fever acute colic and blood ejection. Doctors attribute it to influenza or tainted drinking water, with officials noting a poisonous origin in the illness spreading through the community.
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Vienna
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Joseph Bernhard
Mrerchnant
State Street
Harrison, Ohio
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Munsey’s Weekly
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Cincinnati
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Frank Rowles
Ebenezer Comstock
Mark Comstock
Ohio Cavalry
First
U.S. Cavalry
Barnes Robinson
Twenty
Kentucky
Brice
Ohio State Board of Health
Department of Health
Louse
Mary £. Shadel
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Proctorville
H. A. Shadel
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Brodrick
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H.C. Jett
Breathitt County
Frank D. Bolton
New Harmony
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