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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1888
Page
3
Fragmentary wartime poem by Wilson celebrates Union loyalty and veterans. It envisions soldiers singing of peace and victory while camping together, urging unity and remembrance of fathers who led the way. The piece references marching songs, emblems of loyalty, and a hopeful postwar era.
James Franklin Fitts reflects on soldier humor during campaigns, detailing camp pranks, the elephant parade, slave and freedman entertainments, and humorous letters and records. He recalls the lighter moments that strengthened camaraderie amid war and the withering wit of officers and soldiers alike.
The piece recounts an incident at a fortified post where a deputy sheriff pursues a Black person, then allies with soldiers to hide the fugitive. It shifts to a veteran’s memory of a sick comrade serving through Fredericksburg, who endures cold, shares blankets and religious tracts, and dies soon after returning home.
In April a group from Leavenworth Kansas marched southwest with no set destination seeking tobacco. After days of scarcity they found a locked box-store with an English bulldog guarding it. They pried the padlock and chained the dog to obtain enough tobacco to quell hunger and need.
After June sixth no fighting is noted at Cold Harbor but on the night of the third or fifth a midnight attack shook the camp. The narrator recalls the panic and rapid reaction, praising the Second Corps for courage and cohesion under heavy Confederate assault, and notes lines held firm to march toward the James.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle preacher Talmage denounces masculine dress for women and feminine traits for men as moral wrong, urging adherence to distinct gender attire. He warns fashion both reforms and harms, cites George Sand, laments luxury, and contrasts worldly displays with Christian virtue and charity.
A San Francisco Argonaut piece lampoons fat men seeking weight loss with diets and brutal workouts. It describes autumn gym regimens at the Olympic Club, scales, peculiar machines, and the lure of food and drink that defeats restraint, leaving men hungry after trials.
In Eagle Pass Wyoming a large man with a fierce mustache threatened a stranger in the Two Orphans saloon. The barkeeper explained the man was upset after the council vetoed an ordinance. The scene ended with the stranger escaping through a doorway.
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