Railroad Bulletin Arrival and Departure of Trains
The Daily Press presents a September 98 railroad bulletin detailing train arrivals and departures. The notice lists scheduled times, stations, and service notes for regional routes and connections.
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Press
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1861
Page
4
The Daily Press presents a September 98 railroad bulletin detailing train arrivals and departures. The notice lists scheduled times, stations, and service notes for regional routes and connections.
A speaker imagines Irish soldiers joining an American cause amid Civil War fervor. He envisions an Irish Brigade under General Shields fighting for the Stars and Stripes, uniting Irish and native fighters, and returning victorious to a revived republic. He frames exile, loyalty, and liberty as intertwined, with a hopeful vision of a shared national covenant.
An extensive Portsmouth bakery operation uses revolving knives to mix dough and cast iron rollers to flatten it. The dough is formed into hexagonal biscuit shapes with a vertical frame and sharp edges, allowing nearly all dough to be used. After cutting, the biscuits bake and separate.
An Indiana private interrupted a St Louis sermon with a plea to place both hands on the South and make it stay. The article notes a government proposal promising a $100 bounty to volunteers at war end, urging immediate payment to recruit soldiers.
A New York paper urges mercantile readers to monitor Union forces plans to reopen Gulf ports such as New Orleans and Pensacola to cotton. It suggests offers of 15 to 20 cents per pound could lure loyalist Southerners and depressed planters to ship cotton, causing market disruption and foreign exchange perturbation.
A Sacramento Valley report cites a U S warship near Vallejo with guns aimed toward Mare Island amid rumors of a conspiracy to blow up a powder magazine. The Alta California notes rising secessionist activity across California with secret meetings and purchases of guns. Local voices claim about twenty thousand Secessionists could spark rebellion, urging vigilance and unity against the movement.
Philadelphia defense plans advance through topographical survey from the Juniata mouth to the Chesapeake. Two batteries will arrive from West Point. Fort Mifflin is being restored with new gun carriages and stone platforms. dikes and ditches will be enlarged to mount about 100 guns. Fort Delaware and Red Bank noted for Revolutionary defenses while security concerns rise with Confederate activity and local arrests.
A New York Ledger essay argues that moral courage, integrity, and faith in a just cause define real heroes in battle. It contrasts brave but depraved soldiers with upright enlisted men who endure hardships for liberty, noting bad character undermines military virtue and that despoiled forces cannot sustain great exploits.
A veteran letter recounts Civil War era recruitment talk by Artemos Ward. He surveys recruits with mock questions about combat, rank aims, and muskets. The writer jokes about drill progress and readiness to fight for Columbia and the Stars.
Notices describe extra charges for advertised letters and require senders to provide addresses and details. The post office hours are listed with weekend variations and rules about remaining letters and recording processes.
A dense OCR mishmash lists numerous personal names, surnames, and scattered places without clear context. The fragment reads like a name inventory with occasional initials and stray terms, offering minimal coherent events or narrative.
The Emperor ordered vegetable gardens behind every regiment to provide extra comforts for soldiers. Engineers prepared ground and sowed cabbage and other vegetables. Each regiment now tends its plots producing cabbage, leeks, onions, beans, and other produce with plans to expand next years. Soldiers take pride in the gardens and the initiative, called the Zim veides.
A scanned text lists recipes and rough instructions for pies and cakes including Mook Arrie Pie and Corvie Caxe with ingredients like sugar flour butter and tartaric acid. It mentions prep steps boil bake and soaking bread, plus notes on serving and quantities. The fragment ends with a cook’s scribble and signatures.
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