24 Sep 1868
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Newspaper
Cedar Valley Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1868
Page
1
A humorous wartime memoir excerpt follows a regiment member who bets he can pass as a refined lady at a Dundees ball. Amid brandy and disguises, he endures stormy weather and social awkwardness, foiling plans while a web of jokes and mistaken identities unfolds.
The text discusses the Seymour family’s history of insanity and tragedy as a backdrop to political events. It notes Horatio Seymour as a possibly pure statesman, yet suggests family taint and stigma influenced perceptions of his presidential ticket with Blair. It also includes a railroad signaling note about safety procedures and employee instructions.
A garbled OCR snapshot recounts scattered items from a 19th century paper including quips about Panateloons and a fox, a court introduction of an offender named John Sintwousy alias Jones alias Smith, a Quaker and the weighty walking ratich, a journalist criticizing a fair sex essay, Josh Billings on horses and moral thrift, Pat and Eimar dialogue, a Manchester trader labels joke with I Pepper, editor reproach for carelessness on an inserted article, General Butler anecdotes, a Louisiana joke about shirts, and a Paris paper noting censors.
A terse, fragmented text hints at a plea or poetic statement with references to courage, a drawn by gold hair, and a cur from earth’s storm and despair, ending with farewell words Adieu. No identifiable person, place, date, or event is present.
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