02 Aug 1876
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Newspaper
Belleville Republic
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1876
Page
1
Anecdotes recount General Custer’s leadership in the Michigan cavalry, drill discipline, and care for troops. A trooper’s pork exchange shows his commissary, band leadership spurs charges at Burns Ford, and bravest hoof and saber moments reveal the “Uncle George” tactile commander.
A Baltimore American correspondent recalls meeting Mrs. Gen. Custer at a Union League Club reception. She is described as a devoted frontier wife from Michigan who endured military life with her husband, finding camp life freeing from the ills of high civilization and filled with wholesome sleep and simple comforts.
Tur notes that early Massachusetts fathers frowned on painting. Rev Thomas Allen of Charlestown faced punishment in 1630 for painting his dwelling but escaped by proving it occurred before his time and that he disapproved. The first Boston church was never painted and a 1670 Boston mechanics list excludes painters. The aversion only spread after the Revolution.
In a small village Rose Marks and her cousin Roger endure poverty after a typhus outbreak claims their family. A devastating lightning fire destroys the old house but binds them as they rescue Rose and survive. An insurance payout later funds a fresh start as Rose reveals a 2500 dollar check from Safety Insurance to furnish their new home.
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