Ode to Senator Ransom A Master of Oratory
A Scrivener’s glowing appraisal praises Senator Ransom as a noble gifted and brilliant orator whose fiery delivery moved audiences like a storm. The piece likens his magnetism to a torrent of eloquence, comparing his voice and movement to thunder lightning and ocean surf while recounting a Snow Hill speech that electrified listeners and defended Democratic records.
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Ockingham
Wilmington
Ransom
Caroline
Ron
Oratory
Ne Office of Oratory
Senator Ransom
Snow Hill
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Grils
Cocles
Democratic Party
Greece
Macedon
Artaxerxes
Orient
Vulcan
Ajax
Hell
Villians
Jupiter
Mixed Bag of Briefs and Quips From a Bygone Era
A jumble of short notes on work and society scenes. Mentions include 45 000 women printers in England 1500 carpenters in Milwaukee 83 000 American miners and Bank of France employing 160 female clerks. Quips touch on love knowledge public good and a violinist duke.
The Sweetest Name and World News Tidbits
A collage of notes on prominent figures and events: E P Sargent re elected Grand Master of locomotive firemen. lions share of labor news from Europe and America. references to church and hymnody. Queen Victoria and Moltke birthdays. political moves by Rockfelter and Breckinridge. eight hour labor push. and Cardinal Newman’s literary force noted by critics.
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E. P. Sargent
Locomotive Firemen
North Carolina News Roundup Highlights Deaths and Growth
North Carolina reports include the death of Panacea Springs owner Thomas W. Harris, the Raleigh Tribune noting 2,165 Farmers Alliance members in NC, and Raleigh native Will T. Rogers dying in his 19th year. Asheville’s population appears at 11,834 in the directory count, Haile mine output approx 9000 monthly, and local protests against a liquor distillery led by Iredell County women.
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Panacea Springs
Will T. Rogers
Raleigh
Kentucky
That City
Asheville
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