“ Flora Haines, author, whose maiden name was Flora Haines, born in FLORA HAINES LOUGHEAD. Milwaukee, Wis., 12th July, 1855. Roth her parents were natives of Maine. She attended school in Columbus, Wis., and in Lincoln, Ill., graduating from Lincoln University in June, 1872, with the degree of A. B. Her literary career has been a quickly successful one. When fifteen years old, and a very busy school-girl, the desire came over her to write a story. ”