10 Dec 1863
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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1863
Page
1
In a sunlit November room Cecile and Major Kensett face a broken engagement as a Thanksgiving reunion unfolds. A telegram confirms an accident spared their regiment, sparking a renewed pledge of love. The scene blends intimate romance with Civil War era duty and tender resilience.
A Baltimore encounter recalls a hungry soldier who, years earlier, was fed by a local boy. On returning to his hometown after service, the captain presented the boy with a photo album bearing the inscription Soldier, are you hungry. The gift honors the boy, son of a Lutheran minister, and the generosity shown during wartime.
A clipped dialogue shows an Irishman asking a telegraph operator if he charges for the address in a message and for signing. The operator replies no, prompting further quips about fees in a humorous, likely garbled exchange.
A London medical man recounts a conversation with an old woman who asks if he prefers gin rum or brandy. He admits he does not drink any, citing prior hospital experience. She insists gin is best, claiming hospital knowledge proves gin damages skin while rum soaks it and brandy harms it enough to allow a finger to fit through.
Tuere Ifalians traveling in Tartary have been imprisoned by the Emir of Bokhara who could not understand a photographic apparatus. He is as wise as a Cossack who rode and skedaddled on a trombonist. A Morne admonishing her seven year old son urged doing today what could wait. The child quips about plum pudding and a riddle about a mouse and a young lady.
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