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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1887
Page
3
James Franklin Fitts speaks of Civil War memories and the rear of the army, urging duty at the front while recounting the trials of Jennie and the narrator’s family. He cites Mosby, Winchester, Shiloh, and episodes of stragglers, dispatches, and rear guards, arguing battles depended on fighters at the front.
Civil War era accounts describe officers recruiting for colored regiments with risky missions beyond Federal lines and the enlistment of a boy drummer from the Firty-fird Ganga. A Thoroughfare Gap ascent yields a sheep sight gag that spares a battle at Gettysburg’s end.
A collage of jokes and remarks from various columns and small items. Includes a New York Sun quip about finding Rienzi's Address in a directory, a mock seance with George Washington, and jokes about tramps, brains versus manual labor, and a child in mental arithmetic.
The Racine Wisconsin Journal explains whistle codes such as one long blast for approaching stations and crossings, one short for brakes, two long to release brakes, two short to stop at the next station, and more for parts of the train, signals, and danger alerts. It lists three long blasts for train separation and back signals, four long to call flagman, and other patterns for crossings, rear protection, and alerting workers.
A St Paul Pioneer Press reader contends that handwriting traits may be hereditary across generations. He notes signatures of children resemble those of their parents without deliberate copying, suggesting a new field for study in heredity and penmanship.
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