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Grover Cleveland, December 6, 1886, part 1

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1885 - 1888)

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Grover Cleveland


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Martyrdom of Polycarp and Justin Martyr: The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philipp…

In The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

The Warrior

In Catherine Booth

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Mildred Duff


Catherine Booth (1829 – 1890) was the wife of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army in England. She was a full-partner with her …

The Great Horned Owl

In The Tale of Billy Woodchuck

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Arthur Scott Bailey


This collection of short stories is about the amusing adventures of Billy Woodchuck and the other animals he encounters around Pleasant Vall…

The Gudra's Daughter

In The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales

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Frank R. Stockton


This is a collection of original and interesting fairy tales. We have here princes and princesses, pirates, wizards, and all the other ingre…

Chapter 24

In Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand

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Henry Cadwallader Adams


A young man travels to South Africa to find his Mother and sister. He wants to be a clergyman and a farmer when he arrives there. This story…

Chapter I - The First Campaign

In The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 2

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Archibald Forbes


This Part 2 of "The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80" discusses the 1878-80 war, which was one of the major conflicts during the Gr…

Across the Ocean; or, a Boy's First Voyage: Chapter II

In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 20, March 16, 1880

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Various


Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, po…

An Autumnal Romance

In Cobwebs from a Library Corner

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John Kendrick Bangs


This is a book of 57 sections divided into 2 parts. The first part is comprised of 26 poems & the second part concludes with 31 assorted…

A Triumvirate Against Prohibition

In The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

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Charles Hanson Towne


Subtitle: "The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United States" From Chapter 1: &…

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