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Newspaper
Cuba Patriot
Location
Cuba, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1886
Page
6
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Rev. T DeWitt Talmage contrasts two city bound youths Edward and Nicholas. Edward succumbs to temptations, gambling and drink, loses work and life chances, while Nicholas stays faithful, rises in business, marries well, and remains devoted to God, highlighting religion as the key difference.
Chicago readers note the death of Lenoir a famed porret in Paria aged 103. The bird Could repeat many words and phrases from lines to France through which it lived, and was known for its vocal feats.
Narrative recounts a Confederate cargo raid aboard the Isle of Wight loaded with artillery and muskets bound for Nassau, the mutiny plot, the ensuing firefight with a Yankee pilot, and eventual capture by a Union blockader. It notes postwar tales of John Brown relics, and a proposed monument debate in Washington and Charleston.
Monson Massachusetts resident George H Newton shares a curious wartime artifact story about John Brown. A 40 ton whale exhibited in Davenport Iowa leads to a pike exchange guarantee noting Brown's pikes were mostly sent south by Loyd under Buchanan era politics and later used to arm a Texas regiment. The pikes were stored at Mount Vernon Alabama arsenal, burned, then rolled into iron at Rock Island Illinois.
A nineteen year old Union cavalry recruit recounts a night on picket duty in 1864 near Petersburg. While guarding a field from a bush where a Confederate rider might appear a half grown pig bolts from a clump of bushes, startling the rider and the narrator.
Capt. Roe of the Philadelphia Times recalls the brutal aftermath of the Civil War clash at Shiloh. He describes torn bodies, a young wealthy youth with chest laid open, and the night spent shifting between muddy and rainy sides as Union hope hinges on Buell’s dawn arrival. The piece mourns war’s extremity and asserts Northern resolve.
A Pension Office clerk muses on the odd collection of names on veteran pension books. He notes Daniel Webster and George Washington beside Oliver Cromwell and Julius Caesar, with humorous entries like Ham and Sugarfoot showing the wide variety of names.
Senator Benjamin Harrison of Indiana launched the Republican campaign in Indiana. A fragment from his Staile speech outlines alleged Democratic misdeeds, criticizing corruption and election manipulation while asserting the need for reform and party loyalty.
A Democratic Congressional Committee pamphlet titled Republican Abuses in the Pension Bureau is criticized for misstatements and slanders. The piece claims postal misdelivery and partisan manipulation of pension bills, citing House and Senate votes and noting the involvement of Senator Kenna. The piece ends with a note on the cost of manual Southern vote counting.
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