The South Rising to Prosperity and Unity
A vivid wartime to postwar tribute extols the South’s recovery and growth. It frames the North and South as joined forces in industry and harmony, praising emancipation gains, cotton declines, mineral wealth, and a bright future under Providence. It lauds new Souths youth, rail and factory strength, and regional unity under Columbia.
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New South
Rome
Birminghams
Bassemers
Alphens
Niddleboroughs
Harrimans
Ces 5
Annistons
Decatur Piedorg
Hoogas
Harriman
A Golden Sunset Flashes Across the Sky
A vivid description of a sunset where the western sky glowed with burnished gold and yellow-tinged clouds. A rainbow-like arc appeared from a cloud-bank, symbolizing unity, before storm clouds closed in and the moment faded as if Nature mourned the sunset.
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Heaven
Middle
The Maid I Love
A lyrical poem praising a beloved, describing beauty grace and emotion. The speaker reflects on where love comes from and the beloved's effect, using imagery of dawn, nature, and music to express deep affection and devotion.
Passage on Beauty Time and Constancy in Love
A reflective verse scene contrasts beauty with time's passing as beauty’s glow softens yet love endures. It speaks of aging hair, fading cheeks, and fading eyes while asserting that devotion and fidelity will deepen, guiding lovers toward a heavenly home.
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Goldsboro
Kirby H. Smith
Kemp P. Battle
Paul C. Cameron
Smith
Caldwell
Mixed Bag of Reflections and Notables From A Busy Era
A collage of sayings on religion politics and progress cites George Westinghouse marble cottage in Massachusetts a Jeanne d Arc unveiling and hints of Rockefeller funded press ventures. It notes Yale gifts Henry Villard rail buildup in the South and a Fire at the Western Union Building with broad republication of cultural and economic concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale College
Dwight
Yale
Ellen Battell Eldridge
State News Roundup From North Carolina Briefs
Reports from Durham plan a $250000 plug factory venture as Moore county census work is redone. Greensboro passes a bar room screen removal ordinance. a Braden county man fatally shoots himself. a Johnston county man is jailed for illicit distilling.
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Sunny South
Phos
Ighters
Mest
Thi
South
Columbia
Maid
Zephyr
Min’stry
Euphoni
Ously Elucidated
George Westinghouse
Lennox, Mast
Jeanne d’Arc
France
John P. Sr
Nebraska
Christ
Mme. Modjeska
United States
Matthias Splitlog
John Dunnell
Providence
Kan
John D. Rockefeller
Chauncey Kilmer
New York
Rock City Falls
Fat Tom Reed
Root and Branch
Henry Villard
Western Union Telegraph
North
Blaine
Knight
Harrison
Southland
South Carolina
Tillman
Alliance
Palmetto
New York Herald
Mahone
Virginia
President Harrison
Davis
Army of Northern Virginia
Grand Army of the Republic
Wirt Dexter
Chicago
Gilmer County
W. V
Washington City
Senate
Morgan
Treasury
State News
OFPEP
Durham
Moore County
Burlington
Greensboro
W. T. Robeson
Braden County
Troy Carroll
Johnston County
Columbus, Ohio
J. L. Scroggs
Randlemar
Trinity District
P. F W
Stamey
J. M. Brower
Brower
Williams
Ffth
Elisha Holland
Wilmington
Morehead
Asheville
Mt. Airy
Piedmont
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
N.C
Henderson
Nashville
Raleigh
Chatham Oem
Sin Potter
Snow Hill
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