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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1887
Page
8
A compendium of Civil War reminiscences appealing to veterans and readers, featuring anecdotes from actual experience and colloquial recollections. The work compiles battlefield memories, personal hardships, and observed events from seasoned participants across Union and Confederate spheres.
Hampton Roads narrative recounts the Merrimac’s feared assault and heroic naval defense at Fort Monroe, then shifts to Civil War statistics. It details troop totals, battle losses, cemetery sites, and the heavy cost of war, highlighting the sacrifices of Union and Confederate soldiers and the fates of prisoners of war. The piece closes with anecdotes of two Massachusetts brothers and their cork legs illustrating wartime memory.
In 1862 at a fort south of Alexandria Daniel Pratt famed as a humorist and traveler faced a mock execution after Confederate papers were planted on him. A staged pardon from Lincoln saved him, requiring immediate return north, a escape over the bridge to Washington, and cementing his legendary nickname.
A Confederate front line memory describes a lone picket near Nash ville watching a cornfield under a silent night. The narrator, terrified and tense, sight s a distant enemy and narrowly fires, then recalls a chaplain’s Bible reading during a Virginia campaign. The fragment shifts to social musings on Milton, Shakespeare, and visitors to literary sites, praising preservation and a nostrum advertising Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. The piece blends personal war memory with era commentary and cultural notes.
Alexander Black urges amateur photographers to experiment with view camera lenses for portraits rather than professional portrait lenses. He notes perspective distortion from wide view lenses, advocates three quarter views, and emphasizes using distance to avoid exaggerated features. He praises the camera as a great teacher in science and art, urging ongoing exploration.
A Philadelphia Call excerpt portrays Key West as resembling a West Indian town with Bahamian and Cuban communities, a small American presence, and no sanitary laws. It critiques local governance, disease control, and social conditions while noting a proposed quarantine station’s rejection. It also comments on Moxie Nerve Food and its purported medical influence amid public discourse.
A country editor, pressed to print before a picnic, runs his own article as republished by request. On return, he is angered to see the note “Republished by request of the editor,” a prank that highlights the mischief of overworked newsroom hours. Nearby, Arkansaw Traveler notes sixty thousand carloads of dust swept by New York street crews.
In 1880 Thomas Tormey of Scott Depot Putnam Co West Virginia battled sciatica and found relief with St Jacobs Oil after three rubbings used by October 25 1886. The Notre Dame sisters in Govans Maryland report Red Star Cough Cure aiding cough chest oppression and sore throat. Bottles priced at twenty five cents.
A writer proposes the umbrella originated in Persia to hide from the sun rather than rain. Persians reportedly worship the sun and used the umbrella to walk abroad discreetly while wearing traditional clothes. The image links the umbrella to secrecy and daily life, including a playful note on a jug.
In a blunt social exchange Esmerelda Longcoffin is teased about her engagement as friend Fanny notes a rival and past engagements. The dialogue hints at romantic maneuvering and social scrutiny among a circle of acquaintances.
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