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by W. B. Yeats The Golden AgeWarA Remonstrance with Scotsmen for Having Soured the Disposition of their Ghosts and Faeries Not only in Ireland is faery belief still extant. It was only…
HAYS Edward Retilla , a Representative from Iowa;
born near Fostoria, Wood County, Ohio, May 26, 1847;
attended rural schools near Fostoria and Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio;
served as a…
RICH John Tyler , a Representative from Michigan;
born in Conneautville, Crawford County, Pa., April 23, 1841;
moved with his parents to Addison County, Vt., in 1846 and to Elba, Lapeer County,…
