23 Sep 1869
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1869
Page
1
A long miscellaneous page longs for reflection on endurance and offense amid Civil War echoes. It blends personal recollections from Benton family tragedy with social critiques, moralizing on patience and temper, and notes on public reform and medical folly, interlaced with reminiscences and political commentary.
A Boston Traveller correspondent relays a drifted memoir from Vicksburg. A man, once Vermont born, narrates enlisting for the Confederacy to avoid prisoner fate, leaving his wife to grief by their home ruined by war. He recalls a reunion near a grave and his wife’s death or disappearance amid Civil War bombardment.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Tom Benton leader of the Pacific Railway project and his friend Shillington. Shillington gathered material from Congressional Globes for Benton’s abridgement, while Benton urged timely completion as his health declined and he pressed for help at 2 o'clock to finish the work before death.
A fragment from an old postal regulation shows rates for letters by distance, with single and multiple page requirements. The text contrasts era mail limits and fees, including mile-based charges and paper piece counts, alongside stray local notes and a dramatic conversation excerpt.
A reflective piece questions the myth of family beauty and its dangers. It contrasts parental pride with the risks of vanity and the potential harm to less favored children, suggesting Providence and fairness in judging worth. The prose critiques social expectations and the idealization of attractive offspring.
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