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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1899
Page
9
Jim Wright drives a wagonload of cartridge boxes to the Union lines at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg. The perilous ride through fire and collapsing terrain tests loyal Sam the enslaved driver, who dies saving the squad as the Sixth Corps arrives to turn the tide.
A group of powder-stained soldiers gather around a wagon as Jim Wright proclaims a black soldier a hero who gave his life for his country. Four grimy men lift the fallen fighter Sam and place him with other dead heroes in a line under the evening sky beside Youth's Companion.
Story notes how two London girls visiting the Battenbergs at Windsor caused Queen Victoria to recall her London home. The girls, kneeling to pray, cried out “Queen live forever” and later joked with the Queen about where she lives in London, naming a landmark opposite Gorings.
A survey of new devices includes a eye shield using Cellivoid, a grease free candle holder, a cyclometer bell, umbrellalike rain shield for bicycles, lever operated furnace doors, and automatic passenger photography. A sermon on David the giant slayer urges the able to uplift the less fortunate, warning against overconfidence and urging responsible leadership.
A 1899 sermon extols staying at home as moral power while praising David for restraint. It urges faith in God, warns against reckless risk, and calls for personal augmentation through prayer, study, and service to counter fear and grow virtue in society. It closes with a Virginia family naming quirk.
The text describes a Brahain tooth cleaning rite using a smag twig from certain trees. It sets prohibitions on cleansing on specific lunar days, during new and full moons, on Tuesdays, birth-related astrological days, eclipses, planetary conjunctions, equinoxes, and parental death anniversaries. Those who cleanse on these days risk hell.
A Bright Side quip jokes about Congressmen talking so much that no time remains to pass bad laws. The line contrasts talk with action and ends with a wry observation about doors opening when others close.
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