Homeward Praise of Our Native State in Song and Solace
A lyrical meditation extols the beauty and bounty of the home state. The piece channels biblical and regional imagery to honor nature, orchards, streams, and native flowers while expressing citizenry’s love and devotion to homeland and loved ones asleep within its borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiles
Moses
Pisgah
Ur Eara
Beneh the Green Sword
Ils
Old North
Lfe
The Vanity of Life and its Constant Change
A reflective piece on life’s vaster mutability. It notes changing pleasures and hopes, shifting friendships, and aging’s impact on appearances. The author argues that every life stage brings new joys while time erodes constancy, leaving only the past secure.
Ocean Steamer Pantry Reveals Voyage Provisions
The steward describes provisioning on departure from Liverpool for 546 cabin passengers and 300 crew. He lists 12 500 pounds of fresh beef and 11 500 eggs among other foods and drinks, suggesting the voyage cost to victual the vessel for each trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
A Summer Girl in a Saucy Hat and Gaiters
A summer girl walks the street in a kid leather gaiters with a saucy hat. Her soft white skin and freckled brow charm onlookers as dimples play on her apple blossom cheeks. She eyes suitors with witching eyes and a coy invitation to woo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halfway
To My Sweetheart A Poem Of Faithful Love And Enduring Bond
A poetic dedication declares unwavering love from a speaker to their sweetheart. It contrasts happiness with sorrows and poverty, praising the beloved’s beautiful eyes and hand as priceless, and affirms that love endures until death. The verse emphasizes devotion, trust, and a shared resilience through hardship.
A Mixture of News and Mirth From the Era
A rapid collage of notes ranges from tea-smoking craze and Pacific earthquakes to politics, crime, and curiosities. It notes Col Dockery’s Brazil voyage, a giant petrified turtle found in Brazil Indiana, and New York City directory growth.
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Brazil
Ind
Field and Stockman
Chicago
New York City
State News Highlights From North Carolina
Revenue officers destroyed 26 illicit stills in Surry County last June. Gen D H Hill in poor health. Stephen Drake a Raleigh area resident claims to be 104. A colored woman in the state has born nine children in five years. Prof George S Wills of the University of North Carolina becomes professor at Peace Institute. Miss Jane Long to return to North Carolina to join the faculty.
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Victoria
William IV
England
Henry III
George III
Our Country
Washington
John Nichols
Raleigh
Treasury Department
Offic
Nichols
John L. Sullivan
California
Lowry
Mississippi
Fitzpatrick
New Orleans
Jackson
Purvis
Marion County
Charls Rich
North
Carnegie
Surry County
George S. Wills
University of North Can Beer
Oak Rakes Institute
Jane Long
Borth Carolina
Peace Institute
Opium and Liquor Habits Cured Without Nervous Shock
Illinois notes claim of curing opium and liquor habits without nervous shock, presenting a controversial treatment claim. The item reads as a brief public notice or advertisement of a clinic offering cure methods in Illinois.
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Nature
Pieldi
Euphoni
Ously Elucidated
Col. Dockery
Pacific Coast
Sullivan
Canada
Germany
Switzerland
Georgia
York
Martain Irons
Gould Lines
Hoxie
St. Luis
Ludwig Vonhinkelsteinhausenbieser
Cincinnati
United States
New York
Cleveland
Col. Cody
Edison
Dr. Carver
Bill Nye
Carolina
Paris
Mercury
St. Paul
Minn
Huron
D.T
Morehead
Bismarck
Fort Sully
Lake Michigan
Pliny
Gen. Boulanger
Thomas Jefferson
Memphis
Holland
West
Woodsdale
Kan
Pittsburg
James Gordon Bennett
Spain
Persia
Brooklyn
Ohio
Commissioner Tanner
Mich
Henry Clews & Co
Cartard& Bradley
Columbus
State News
Dofpep
RAND
Rocky le
Tarboro Knitting Mills
Rrel County
D. H. Hill
Stephen Drake
Revenue Department
Etthe
Hormes
Leslie E. EY Dwight
Jon Ct
Illinois
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