Cruel barrack cat torture ends amid officer crackdown
An 18th/19th century account recalls soldiers tying two cats by their tails in Kilkenny barracks and tossing them to fight until death. An officer investigated daily, guards kept watch, and a trooper severed tails with a sword. The officer then sought to stop the cruelty, while one era note cautions on misused will and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilkenny
Cross
Aesterion
Cer
Aratl
Tail
Schummelkettel
Grain Market Notes and Health Tips From The Era
In Cannelton Indiana on August 6 1864 readers see the Great Grain Market with data on Wheat and Corn receipts at Buffalo from 1845 to 1863 noting droughts and rises. The piece also shares health hints about airing bedding and sleeping, plus a humorous tale of Old Judge and a deserting debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Grain Mart
Buffalo
West
Sea Board
Great West
St. Louis
Northern Union treachery from battlefield dead bodies described
A letter writer narrates a graphic tale from Mantes France claiming Northern Union authorities desecrate battlefield corpses for profit. The account alleges corpses are stripped, shipped to generals, and traded through a network of corrupt dealers amid wartime speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCF
Mantes
France
United States
Qualifeld
Bettles
Union
Do you know what the difference is between body and soul
A young mother speaks to Kev and Willy about the body and a deeper spirit, noting the body carries you while the soul remains within. Willy answers with a keen line about his floss? (OCR fragment)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kev
Willy
Two Views on Women Roles and a Jefferson Quotation
The excerpt contrasts two types of girls: those suited for social life and appearances abroad against those who are useful and cheerful at home. It also quotes Thomas Jefferson noting his regret that the 1776 generation sacrificed itself for self-government, with a consolation that he will not witness its later fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swerson
Massachusetts
Peninsular and Oriental Company
Ava
Ceylon
Mr. Pound
Thomas Jefferson
Whimsical Bits and Fragments From A Busy Evening
A collection of short, quizzical lines and social witticisms. A child refuses wedding cake, a Paris monkey act amuses crowds, and toast lines from a sprinter’s festival mingle with musings on manners and virtue.
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Bree
Voupme
Cannelton
Indiana
People’s Journal of Health
Cincinnati
Weat Indies
Gen. Hancock
Ata
Fahi
Ash Kotep
Christ
London
Gonnah
New York
Society of Acclimations
Academy of Science
Paris
Simon
Japan
Franconi’s
Cy” Bowels
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