The Health of Nature and Surrender of a Southron Queen
Poetic meditation on nature as solace and meaning, interwoven with a Civil War era romance. Rosalie Benton endures intrigue with McKinnon as Ladue's fate unfolds, ending in a poignant surrender and reunion among blue and gray veterans.
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Hancock
Department of the Gulf
Benton
Rosalie
Mobile
Paul Ladue
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Elinor Benton
Elinor
Brother Jack
Hector
New Orleans
Charlottesville
Jack
Southron
Rosalie Benton
Fred
Stantea
Rosalie and the Night of Despair in Chapter XXVIII
Passionate scene unfolds as Rosalie confronts love and guilt. The vanished trust reappears as a sudden confession from the man she loves, ending with a tender, dramatic rekindling and a fragile return of life and hope.
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Rosalie
Proof of Her Constancy Among Three Widowed Rings
A Baltimore Sun report recounts a widow confiding that she married three times and, to stay loyal to all, had each wedding ring welded into one broad band. She says the merged circlet keeps her constant to John Edward and Robert.
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Baltimore Sun
John
Edward
Robert
Roosevelt Visited East Side for First Time as President
President Roosevelt toured New York City’s East Side at the invitation of the Hungarian Republican club, dining at Little Hungary and receiving an enthusiastic ovation from thousands of foreign born residents. Mounted police guarded the route as crowds cheered and electric signs proclaimed delight. He spoke briefly at the banquet, amid elaborate green and flag decorations and a prominent head table.
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New York
East Side
Roosevelt
United States
Great East Side
Second Avenue
Sixth Street
Avenue B
Hungary
Doctor's Skeleton and the Patient Who Paid
A doctor's servant announces a wealthy skimp, a notoriously poor payer, who is shown a chair facing a skeleton. The doctor explains the bones belong to a deceased patient of whom fees were never paid. The patient leaves in fear, but returns the next day with full payment of the long overdue bill.
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Smith’s Weekly
No Concerts Not In My Line Says Fogg
In the Boston Transcript Fogg recounts attending a concert then reading his morning paper. He laments missing vivid natural scenes described there and concludes concerts are not for him.
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Fogg
Boston Transcript
Governor Helps Tramp Then Sends Him to Wheat Farm
The Argonaut recounts Governor Bachelder of New Hampshire disliking tramps yet giving a quarter to a hob0. He shares a tale of aiding a traveling man who asks for work and is directed to a farmer needing threshers. The tramp thanks him and heads toward the right path.
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Bachelder
New Hampshire
Confesses a Shortage
In Los Angeles, Owen Kelly, former Philadelphia grocer and bank director, is under arrest amid claims of embezzling over 50,000 dollars. He admits owing about 50,000 to Philadelphia relatives and friends, says he will return without a requisition, and asserts no charges are filed against him. Friends in Philadelphia believe the man in custody is the missing merchant, though no embezzlement charges exist.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Owen Kelly
Philadelphia
Kelly
Adams Defense Closed in Colorado Governor Contest
Gov Alva Adams closed his defense for governor with ex Gov Peabody’s counsel to present rebuttal evidence over five days. A legislative committee must report findings by March 1 and decide the contest on March 2. Attorneys were told to file briefs after testimonies to aid committee conclusions.
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Denver
Col
Alva Adams
Peabody
William H. Griffith
Parliament Opens Sixth Session of Edward VII Reign
King Edward opened the sixth session of the first parliament of his reign with the traditional ceremony. He read the speech from the throne before members of the Lords and Commons in London on February 15.
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London
Edward
Coldest Weather in Six Years Hits Pittsburg Area
Pittsburg reports temperatures from 7 to 10 degrees below zero on Tuesday with suburbs at 15 below. The blast marks the coldest spell since February 159.
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Pittsburg
Verses on War and Kipling Echoes from Houston Post
A mixed verse piece contrasts Russia and England with martial themes and warns against aggression. It cites Kipling and Tommy Atkins, then shifts to rural humor about work and leisure, ending with a regional dialect fantasy of sleep and food.
To a Child Reading by Edward Doyle
A lyric speaker addresses a child urging careful reading aloud and spelling. The poem admires the child’s ascent up a metaphorical mountain of learning with the spring of knowledge as the reward. The speaker longs for understanding and finds small refreshment in each dropped word or syllable as the child climbs toward insight.
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Edward Doyle
Lippincott'’s Magazine
Winter Scene in the Country from Housekeeper
Edward C. Litsey portrays a bleak rural winter with brown leaves and snow, a gray sky, a halted stream, bare armed trees, a fox hunting the view, and a smoke-wreath farmhouse as men move about in biting cold air.
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Edward C. Litsey
Night at Sea Poem by E. C. London Outtook
A reflective verse from London Outtook by E. C. contemplates a night voyage. The speaker watches a quiet sea, stars and a passing ship, while doubts and hopes mingle as the unknown shore beckons.
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E. C
London
The Child That Once You Were
Florence Wilkinson writes of a past child seen in a mature face now marked by sorrow and mortality. The poem expresses grief for lost boyhood and the years of sinning and suffering that followed, ending with a poignant reflection on memory.
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Florence Wilkinson
McClure’s
A Touch of Envy
A short verse notes a snowbird perched in a tree boasting jokes on humans. The speaker envies the bird’s carefree life, no rent, no coal or wood to buy, no need for coats or collars, and the bird’s relaxed flight away. The column echoes playful regional dialect and whimsical observation.
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Snowbird
Song of Winter Love
A brief verse reflects a lover crossing a wintry heart and awakening living feeling. The speaker recalls a passing presence that stirred deep emotion, melting winter within and waking singing waters. The piece conveys transient romance and emotional renewal.
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Springfield
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Squire
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Gordonsville
Iron Horse
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Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees and Abandoned Lands
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Little Nick
Rudyard Kipling
Tommy Atkins
William F. Kirk
Milwaukee Sentinel
J. M. Lewis
Houston Post
Lookout
Washington Star
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