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Southern history of the war. The first year of the war.

Added t.-p.: The first year of the war. By Edward A. Pollard. Corr. and improved ed. Richmond, West & Johnston, 1862. A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site. Also available in digital form.

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Train's Union speeches. "Second series." Delivered in England during the present American war.

From the London American, March 12-July 9, 1862. In double columns. Differs from another edition only in the omission of a part of the text on p.88-89: "Some time ago ... the legation". A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site. Also available in digital form.

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Hospital days

A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site. Also available in digital form.

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Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), July 11, 1891

They IAke UepwbIier We Jews like republics said an intelligent Russian Jew in this city We are well treated in all the republics of the world In the republic of France we enjoy all our rights and likewise in the republic of Switzerland In the republic of the United States we are on politi cal equality with citizens of other races and creeds and are at no dis advantage in business life The re public of Mexico protects the Jews and we are protected in all the re publics of South America In Eng land which is as liberal as a repub lic the Jews areunder no disabilli ties and you have heard of the Jewish lord mayors of the city of London It is despotic governments only that have persecuted the Jews and Russia is now the only autocra tic government in Euprope We want to see republics established in all the countries of the world for the Jews feel that they can live safely in any republicNew York Sun A SAFE LVVESTMERT Is one which is guarantee to brina you satisfactory results or in case of failure a return ofpurchase price On this safe plan you can buy

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Image 2 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), January 27, 1883, (French)

NEW YORKS GasLit Life Illustrated The ahove is the title of a serie of sketches of the shady side of life and character in the Great Me tropolis now being fully Illnstra ted from authentic sketches in the National Police Gazette of New York which are realistic and faithful portraitures from real life The illustrations are by the best artistic talent attainable and the discriptions are from the pen of the most gifted journalist and brilliant writer in America who it is conceded has rivalled that master hand at word painting Charles Dickens It is snfliclent to say that New Yorks Gaslit Life will present the most stick ing vivid and truthful pictures of the undercurrent of life in New York City that have ever been presented to the public The National Police Gazette of New York is for sale by all newsdealers price 10 cent per copy or it can le ordered direct from the publisher Subscription price 400 per year The National Police Gazette of New York has no connection with any other publica tion of its clas who for gain as far as possible copy its tithe and appearance CAUTIONThe public are cautioned against buy ing weak

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 29, 1902

VOPLE Belfast Young Home I Mil 11 21 1902 Jg when we awoke rut soon cleared oft in having the finest ill here and Athens to nmere on board in good ft six hours later than d time of departure That ii in this part of the world where time seems to count as merely made to kill Sunday Vl a good rest and on account of p extreme cold were not on deck all y but saw the site of ancient Troy mu the Asiatic shore It was beautitul coming through the Dardanelles about sunsVt At the town of this name we stopped to land a freight of artichokes and beans and to have our health certi ficates approved We awoke at six the next morning to find ourselves about to drop anchor in the llosphorus oppo site the sevenhilled city of Constantine with the star and crescent on all sides t was a little cold and dither foggy so we did not hurry to see lie entrance in to the harbor which has been so enthu siastically descrilied by many Gradu ally however the minarets appealed through the vapors one by one and the domes of the mosques

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 11, 1902

CAPTAIN JOHN M HARDY Master of Schooner Kadlant 28 Tears Aye said skipper John M Hardy as liewhipped over the end of a piece of rope he was splicing on board the trim little schooner Radiant I have been 28 years in the coasting trade from ISoston arid New York ports east Yesn thats better than the average says be and he turns the rope over and looks longingly over the deck of the old schooner which has so long been home to him The old schooner Radiant and her jovial old commander past three score years have few equals in points of con tinuous service and the companionship of the two has been both pleasing to the shipper and the goodhearted old captain t apt lonn ju iiaruy now nearing three seor and ten years was born in Peer Isle the son ot Joseph P and Polly llaskell Hardy and until the age of 4 years resided there when the fam ily removed to Winterport where they had a little home and did a bit of farm ing in connection with their seafaring His father followed the sea but little yet there was in Capt Hardy the love of

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 30, 1904

How Women Should Rest Stop Work in Time The Afternoon Wap Regular Out Door Exercise Change of Occupation a Form of Rest Necessary 1 ecreation and Relaxation By CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK Autlior of Crudle aud Nursery First Aid to the Young Housekeepers Housekeep ing Made Easy What to Eat In City Tents Etc Copyright ISM by Christine Terhune Herrick The time seems to have come when American wemen have to be taught to rest They have learned nearly everything else but resting is some thing a good many of them have never had time to acquire There is a saying that Providence looks after the lame and the lazy The implication is apparently that the healthy and the industrious know how to take care of themselves The fact remains however that they seldom do They go until they drop and never seem to have the least idea that they are overdoing until they give out en tirely One of the first things to he learned about resting is that it is like some other remedies for the ills of this life It is worth twice as much if taken at an early stage as it is if delayed until the

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 29, 1904

A Letter and its Result So thats the way the land lies is it asked Ivy Lyle The sensitive face under the big roselined sunliat was very white Her lips quiveied a little The bands that held the vagrant sheet trembled 1 thought said the girl to herself I hadnt begun to carein that way I was only becomingattracted But the shockthe disillusion When she had started out an hour ago for her usual brisk morning walk along the crisp shelving sands she had been one of the most indifferent light hearted of girls She was done with college and the two years of foreign travel that had succeeded school as a sort of polishing process She had per fect health and misty di earns of all the veiled future held in its keeping She had aesthetic tastes and her skill in athletic sports was the admiration of her less vigorous girl friends She had been having a beautiful time down at this gay unconventional resort on the Michigan coast And nowwell tem porarily it seemed that her pleasure was spoiled And in her heart she knew that she must have been beginning to think too much of the man

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 5, 1905

EARLY DAYSJN JACKSON REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD SETTLER Thinking that stories of old times as told by our older people would he of in terest to our readers we several weeks ago wrote to a number of old men in this and surrounding towns asking them to call on us when in 1J rooks This week we had the pleasure of meeting and conversing with one of these venerable men in the person of Uncle Jewell Piper of Jackson who cailed at our office in response to our letter He said he would have called before this had he not been so busy for after harvesting his own large crop of hay lie had been working by the day haying lor others and didnt want to quit until everybody had got quite through After getting well seated and ins pipe lighted Uncle Jewell said he was ready to talk A few leading questions got him under way and for about two hours we sat and listened to the stories and happenings of the earlier days as they fell from the lips ot this citizen of Jackson Uncle Jewell says he was born in Jackson December 111808 and therefore will be

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 21, 1907

THE VETERANS POLL TAX In the Maine House Feb 7th on motion of Mr Skidmore of Liberty an act to amend Chapter 163 Public Laws ot 1905 relating to the exemption of soldiers and sailors from poll tax was taken from the table Mr Skidmore then addressed the House rs follows Mr Speaker in tabling this bill my purpose was to call the attention of the members of the House to the fact that this bill was treading ou dangerous ground that it created a class legisla tion that is it relieved from taxation a certain portion of onr people who were well able to pay The law relat ing to a poll tax by some is considered to be absurd and wholly wrong but as for me I do not think so It gives to those w ho are young and just coming on the held of action and who have not had the privilege that others have had to acquire property ou which to be taxed a better and more thorough knowledge of the plan and conditions of government Now there is a law on the statute books which this law calls attention to which exempted all soldiers

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Image 2 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 22, 1909

THE REPUBLICAN JlURNAL BELFAST THURSDAY APRIL 22 1909 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Republican Journal Publishing Co CHARLES A BILSBUKY BuStSnager Subscription Terms In advance 200 a year 100 for six months 50 cents for three months Advertising Terms For one square one inch length in column 50 cents for one week and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion MAINES LITERARY OUTPUT Maine has many claims to distinction If it may no longer be called the Pine Tree State we can take the spruce as an emblem or adopt Miss Sarah Orne Jewetts designation The Land of the Pointed Firs We no longer build ships but they are not built elsewhere and until this class of shipping went into decadence Maine held her supremacy both in ships and their commanders Un til the advent of the artificial ice plant and the Morse ice trust our ice crop furnished employment to hundreds of men and horses in the winter months and when the rivers opened our vessels carried the ice to market Maine is be coming the summer playground of the nation and the mecca of sportsmen dur ing the fishing and big game seasons Lumber and granite are important fac

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Image 2 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 6, 1909

THE REPUBLICAN JOURNAL BELFAST THURSDAY MAY 6 1909 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Republican Journal Publishing Co CHARLES A PILSBUKY Editor and Business Manager Subscription Terms In advance 200 a ear 100 for six months 50 cents for three months Advertising Terms For one square one inch length in column 50 cents for one week and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion The report that the Pattangall co teriewhy not say ring instead of coterieis trying to shelve Obadiah Gardner finds confirmation in the attacks upon the late Democratic leader because of his course at Augusta as chairman of the Grange legislative committee We should have more sympathy for Brother Gardner if he had not faced two ways on the liquor question As a candidate for Master of the State Grange he was an ardent prohibitionist while as the Demo cratic candidate for governor he was for resubmission as a stepping stone to li cense or free rum In one respect how ever lie is entitled to sympathy With i uti gan tongue anu pen against mm he is robe pitied And to make a bad mat ter fT Gardnerworse Oliver Otis has irawy his sniekersee and taken the war

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 28, 1910

The Queen of the Kennebec i Or The Last of The Wampanoags BY FRANK W GOWEN NO 11 Arnold was true to bis word and over took Morgan at Indian Old Point in Nor ridgewock Here he found the river for a mile or two ahead so broken into rapids that it was necessary to land all his boats baggage and stores and transport the same along th banks of the river This was a doubly hard task for his sol diers as trees and bushes had to be cut down and cleared away to effect a pas j sage for the army The trials and hard j ships of the brave and hardy soldiers had begun in good earnest but Arnold was j everywhere present now with the rear division of his struggling army giving orders right and left to the officers then jumping into hiscanoe he shoots forward like a deer and when he comes in sight of Morgans toiling soldiers far in advance of the main army they send up a hearty cheer for their brave and daring leader who knows no fear Night overtakes him but this brave man rests not Sit ting before a big

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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 20, 1911

PUISTEMH xxtra DRY WHW ITA A CflwSH v tyDOS wTn E x G0VEiE HIS HVU sJ KtjHNESS SHOULD I fcji LOOK INTO THIS J M itl une in a Night sr for small wages for a company My work was that had got out of order ier odd jobs that required iv of the business I was t my affairs in shape to i not see much prospect home one evening and had n there was a ring at the boy handed me a note It the letter head of a big _ firm and said that Mr fasurer of the company I ad recommended me fora asked that I come around soon as convenient my tool bag which 1 had with me I went with the fiice of the manufacturing ised with the prospect of ner and found there a tall ressed man with gray hair hop whiskers and two or sitting on stools working us hooks pen that safe asked the gray whiskers Weve vork to do here this evening ier who knows the combi out of town this afternoon it the name of the maker on made my observations and ue gentleman that I didnt ay to

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