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Image 4 of Holly Springs gazette (Holly Springs, Misp. [i.e. Miss.]), March 3, 1843

THE WIDOWS MITE The tear for others woe thats given Or pitys whispered prayer Ascends like incense up to heaven Ani claims a blessing there When pomp and pride had thrown Their offering to the poor A humble widow stood alone And gave her little store Though small the gift twas a her hoard And angels with delight Did in the Book cf Life record That lonely widows mite II U M 1 L I T Y XY MONTGOMERY The bird which soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lonely nest And she which doth most sweetly sing Sings in the shade where all things rest In lark and nightingale we see What honor hath humility When Mary chose the better part She meekly set at Jesus feet And Lvdias g rule opened heart Was made for Gods own temple nect Fairest and best adored is he Whose clothing is humility The saint who wears heavens brightest crown In deepest adoration bends The weight of glory bows him down The most when most his soul ascends Nearest the throne itself must bo The footstool of humilitv TIIK KOAT OF LIFE I saw a little fairy boat Glide oer

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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 25, 1903

probate court j is an abstract of the business ate Court for Waldo County ime P Drinkwater Lincoln K Drink water appointed livid V Morey Belfast will ua C Morey appointed ex ivderiok A Knowlton Bel oved Elizabeth A Knowlton itrix pliraim A Pitcher llelfast Fred W Pitcher of New pointed executor li F llun luia B Nichols Searsport Ellen C Nichols appointed v with the will annexed iliiah A Say ward Burnham I Frank J and Fred W Say 1 executors mli M Pease Belmont will licit G Morse appointed ex iicoln A Webber Searsport Mr appointed administrator all B Ellis Belfast Fred uitli Framingham Mass ap strator H F Dunton agent hi McG Kandall Belfast R pointed administrator vo M Mason Monroe Wal ppointed administrator Iucy A Derrick Belfast El desthn Wadlin and Frank P nted trustees first and final utor allowed Win li and Frank l Spinney Spinney appointed guar llizael McKeeu Belfast allow _muted to the widow ailaee J Cuuniiigham Swan i f pf 22150 grauted to the Kiln M Williams Searsmont i to sell personal estate ad inventory returned uniel B Williams Searsmont i to sell personal estate ad inventory returned Ralph Devereux Jr Sears

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 28, 1912

Some New Books QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER DETECTIVE L C Page Co of Boston have re cently published a volume by Charles Felton Pidgin entitled Quincy Adams Sawyer Detective chronicling the fur ther experiences of Quincy Adams Saw yer The possibilities in the establish ment by this clever discreet and ever entertaining person of such attractive qualities of an office for the investigation of crime are capably handled by the au thor The young detective proves his intelligence by unravelling a seriesof startling mysteries which have long baffled the city police LITERARY HEARTHSTONES OF DIXIE La Salle Corbell Pickett widow of Gen George E Pickett the Confeder ate officer whose name is associated with the desperate charge at Gettysburg who has devoted her life to literature is the author of Literary Hearthstones of Dixie a volume full of side lights on Poe Sidney Lanier Paul Hamilton Hayne Henry Titnrod Joel Chandler Harris Francis Scott Key Fr Ryan Dr George W Bagby Margaret Junkin Preston and Augusta Evans Wilson all of whom are poets or authors of the South The text is appreciatively writ ten and much of the material relating to the writers who are alive was gathered in person by

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Image 5 of The evening world (New York, N.Y.), April 5, 1915, (Final Edition)

THI 1VKWIKC WORLD MONDAY APRIL I ltll AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve life not help to destroy it 2 AS a result of receiving hundred of thousand of letter cables and memici through various sources containing heartbroken appeals prayers and pleas from the people of our mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers have concluded to place this appeal before the great American people on behalf of our readers The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost without exception by this disastrous conflict of the European Italians Their brothers their sisters parents children or relatives live In the warring countries This does not mean that the Ameri can people as a whole is not vitally affected but our readers are more closely linked through the bonds of blood relationship with the peoples of countries now plunged in the depths of barbaric warfare Each days mail with its news of the pitiful progress of the war brings some new and bitter anguish to the hearts of our people The pleas of the millions of widowed mothers the appeals of the fatherless children and orphans and the prayers of the starv ing

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Image 7 of The sun (New York [N.Y.]), April 5, 1915

THE SUN MONDAY APRIL 5 1915 AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CI Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve lifenot help to destroy it R Vf S a result of receiving hundred of thousands of letters cables and mes sages through various sources containing heartbroken appeals prayers JM and pleas from the people of our mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers have concluded to place this appeal before the great American people on behalf of our readers The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost without ex ception by this disastrous conflict of the European nations Their brothers their sisters parents children or relatives live in the warring countries This does not mean that the American people as a whole is not vitally affected but our readers are more closely linked through the bonds of blood relationship with the peoples of countries now plunged in the depths of barbaric warfare Each days mail with its news of the pitiful progress of the war brings some pew and bitter anguish to the hearts of our people The pleas of the millions of widowed mothers the appeals of the father less children and orphans and the prayers of

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Image 5 of The Washington herald (Washington, D.C.), April 5, 1915

7Sf3r7S VUW Jh r T I r obh i THE WASHINGTON HERALD MONDAY APRIL 3 1913 AN APPEAL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve life not help to destroy it 99 TO AS a result of receiving hundreds of thousands of letters cables and messages through various sources containing heartbroken appeals prayers and pleas from the people of our mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers have concluded to place this appeal before the great American people on behalf of our readers The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost without exception by this disastrous conflict of the European nations Their brothers their sisters parents children or relatives live in the waning countries This does not mean that the Ameri can people as a whole is not vitally affected but our readers are more closely linked through the bonds of blood relationship with the peoples of countries now plunged in the depths of barbaric warfare Each days mail with its news of the pitiful progress of the war brings some new and bitter anguish to the hearts of our people The pleas of the millions of widowed mothers the appeals of the fatherless chil

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Image 5 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 5, 1915

AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve lifenot help to destroy it AS a result of receiving hundreds of thousands of letters the plants devoted to the manufacture of ammunition cables and messages through various sources containing e 1 1 j heartbroken appeal prayer nd plea from the people of our for nabons at war to immediately cease mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers making powder shrapnel and cartridges destined to have concluded to place this appeal before the great American destroy our brothers widow OUT sisters and mothers people on behalf of our readers I7 The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost Orphan their children as well as destroy forever the without exception by this disastrous conflict of the European priceless possessions handed down by our ancestors nations Their brothers their sisters parents children or rela tives live in the warring countries This does not mean that the We appeal particularly to the American manufacturers and American people as a whole is not vitally affected but our read their workmen engaged in manufacturing any of these articles to ers are more closely linked through the bonds of blood relation

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Image 7 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), April 5, 1915, (HOME EDITION)

THE WASHINGTON TBIES MONDAY APRIL 5 1915 AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve lifenot help to destroy it AS a result of receiving hundreds of thousands of letters cables and messages thcough various sources containing heart broken appeals prayers and pleas from the people of our mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers have concluded to place this appeal before the great American people on behalf of our readers The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost without exception by this disastrous conflict of the Europexn nations Their brothers their sisters parents children or relatives live in the warring countries This does not mean that the Ameri can people as a whole is not vitally affected but our readers arei more closely linked through the bonds of blood relationship with the peoples of countries now plunged in the depths of barbaric war fare Each days mail with its news of the pitiful progress of the war brings some new and bitter anguish to the hearts of our people The pleas of the millions of widowed mothers the appeals of the fatherless children and orphans and the prayers of the starving thousand

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Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), December 7, 1895

Valuable Plantation for Sale In one of the most fertile regions of the Parish 280 arpents of improved lenl heautilully situated with a f ont of 7 qrpent on BRavon Tigre by a depth of 40 arpents located oartly in Ver milion and Iheriaparishes within twociles from a railroad depot and bordering on a navigabic stream which affords water transportation to gulf ports This land is suited for cotton sugar cane corn and sweet potatoe a portion of it is adapted to cattle grazing and rice culture without the process of irri gation and the whole can be made so by irrigation from Bayou Tigie Fruit trees grow well and yield abundantly The land is all en closed and has 9 or 10 small build 1irs For further particulars regardinii Pnme and terms of sale apply to Miessrs Broussard Kitchell Attys Abbeville La or to AURORE DEFRANCE Widow Louis Laporte Nov 2395 C DEBAILLON Attorney at Law Lafayette La Will practice his profession in the District Courts of Lafayette and Ver milion parishes Southern Pacific Company The shortest and most direct route to all points in Texas New Mexico Arizona Colorado Califor nia and on the Pacific Coast The Standard

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