The Doctor and Death Claim Deborah Lee in South Tale
A poem styled reminiscence recalls Deborah Lee in the South countree as the beloved of the speaker. Death and a steam doctor take her away on a cold March morning, leaving the speaker to mourn beside a grave. The piece traces enduring love, memory, and the hopeful day when angels ask for him too.
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South Countree
Deborah Lee
Edgar A. Poe
Annabel Lee
Deborah
Dixie Land
Leras
Debora Lee
Angels of Love
Aly
Chicago Tribune
Tina Rage
Flamel
Chicago
The Poor Old Man Ends His Quiet Prairie Life
A compassionate account of an elderly man living alone near a prairie settlement. He wore a cheerful demeanor, helped local children with stories and simple crafts, and received visits with bread and fruit from neighbors. After a fever worsened, he died peacefully in his cabin as dawn light touched the bluff.
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Ixthye
Benny
Uncle Benny laid to rest in quiet home burial
A somber account of Uncle Benny’s funeral with neighbors guiding his coffin to the grave. Relatives and children weep as the shrouded figure is laid to rest beside a humble cabin scene and keepsakes that tell his quiet life.
Susan's Sister in the Far West
A humorous El Paso Journal sketch shows a Country Editor quipping with a visiting woman about woman’s rights. The scene unfolds with satire on suffrage and subscription pitches, ending with a quip about sending a year’s copy.
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The
el Paso
Susan
Far West
Illinois
Lot
el Paso Journal
Normaam
Maaui
Bogus politicking ends with a jailbird muse
A comic dialogue fragment features a man dodging a female agitator from Chicago. The scene unfolds with temperate banter on women’s rights and marriage roles. Gen. Longstreet names colored appointees at New Orleans port, prompting mixed party reactions.
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Longstreet
New Orleans
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Newbury
Elizabeth Woldower
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Post ” Printing Office
Wilmington, N. C
Mingerg AW Ueley
A. M. Bininge, &Co
Beaver Street
New York
J.A. Clifford
United States
West Indies
Barry Brothers
IVC
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Persoaally
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Wilmington, North Carolina
Purcell House
J. R. Davis
Montiel
J. A. Clifford
Joseph T. Neff
Dock’ Street
First National Bank OF
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Jas. H. Cnapsbourn
D. Wallace
Murray
Eowin E. Burruss
Asa K. WaLliger
Wm. Larkins
Ti. M. Bowden
D. Wattacs, JR
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Freedman’s Savings and Trust
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Washington, D. C
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Geo. RE. French
Clm'u
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WM. Whittley
Geo. Z. French
South Front Street
Renovator
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Pharmacy
DR. Lawrence
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Price
J. J. Lawrence, M. D
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Virginia
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Orrice Cuter
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Wiemington, & Weldon Railroad Co
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L. Fremont, Eng
Wilmington & Manchester
R.R.C
Florence
Kingsville
North Eastern Railroad
Charleston
Cheraw and Darlington Railroad
Cheraw
South Carolina Railroad
Augusta
Eave Kingsville
Northeastern
South Carolina
Columbia
M. Macae
NAND
Rockingham
Wadesboro
Everett
JAY Cooke & CO
Wall Street
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Jay Cooke
Ed.p. Rowell & CO
United States and Territories
Dominion of Canada
North America
GEO. P. Rowell & CO
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Park Row
Bellevue Institute
Attleboro
Bucks County
Philadelphia
Thorugh
Seal
J. C. Mann
Wilmington, N
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