Word: ward
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Henry Ward Beecher preached a political sermon at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., last night, strongly opposing the nomination of Folger for governor...
Eighty-four's Triumph was a grand success. The procession was weird, the talking part of the programme good, and the drinking part entirely satisfactory. The poem was delivered by Mr. J. F. Jenkins, Jr., and the oration by Mr. J. H. Ward, Jr. The convivium afterwards was held in the American Institute Fair building, where hat kicking, crack walking and busy times generally were rife until the "wee sma' hours...
...Preceding the procession will be a band of music, while a wagon, carrying an effigy of the "vanquished foe" will bring up the rear. Ambrose D. Henry will be the imperator of the evening; a poem will be read by the haruspex, J. Foster Jenkins, Jr., and J. H. Ward, Jr., the carnifex, will deliver the oration. These exercises will be held on the college campus, after which the students and guests will march to the American Institute building and enjoy the convivium until morning...
...receiving. It is made up of a number of engravings and paintings which belong to the Fine Arts Department and of others loaned from private collections, and they all will amply repay half an hour's inspection. Some of the sketches by Turner, as well as the copies by Ward, are of particular interest, being highly characteristic of the dashing style of the author, and to those who have never seen his larger works, they will prove a valuable supplement to the courses in fine arts, which they may have followed here. Among other notable sketches are some studies...
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