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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1886
Page
3
A rural memory unfolds of a spinning wheel turning and the soft hum that binds a country girl to her craft. The verse recalls a bygone domestic scene as the wheel fades and a grandchild’s lawn games replace the kitchen labor. The piece ends with a note of cheerful nostalgia.
A ponderous meditation on economy as a social obsession. The author rails at persistent penny-pinching, mock-lecture sawyers, and the public’s hunger for frugality. Through comic asides and vivid images, the piece traces how economy dominates thought from childhood to adulthood, challenging readers to define true prudence.
A humorous long-form piece critiques economy fuss and moralizing by self styled thrift experts. It lampoons ostentatious home economies, the mismatch between preaching and practice, and the impact on families and children.
In a Wolf Run Shoals Virginia camp tale a prank war among soldiers leads to a fatal blow during a betting game. Donovan, Sam and Pat mix tricks and wagers until Sam dies from a grievous injury sustained in a forged contest. The piece blends grim humor with fatal consequences amid sickness.
The narrative notes carrying a gallon of dust and paralleled gold dust of California as riders mounted to rejoin the command. They left the old grist mill to run until it could be stopped, with Jostin Banks of Company B and C Vanderbilt of Michigan mentioned in the scene.
A detachment from the First New York Infantry under Lt Melville reconnoitered near Little Bethel and a farmhouse. Cavalry and infantry were spotted approaching from woods three quarters of a mile away. The party fled to a swamp, escaped unharmed, and returned to camp hungry and wet. An old darkey woman later confirmed the danger and guided them back.
A Green Bay writer recalls sourcing square timber from a French half blood owner near Green Bay during the second year of the war. Logs were milled into bridge timbers, shipped by rail to Tennessee, and rapidly installed in wartime bridges to move troops and supplies, illustrating swift wartime freight leverage and a grim prophecy about rot.
A first person account from Ohio about picket duty near Purdy road at Shiloh. The narrator and two comrades fire on an approaching figure, killing a mule instead of a foe, after hearing groans and mistaking the intruder. Lieutenant Green aids the investigation into the incident.
Officers from both sides, including General Ould and Colonel Schaffer, shared friendly views during the Civil War era. While discussing Virginia, Schaffer praised City Point as a future commercial hub, dreaming of investing everything, but Ould joked that it might be wiser to invest in a city already built.
During a raid with General Stone near war’s end we risked foraging and found a water mill with four riders from our own Twelfth Ohio and Eleventh Michigan Cavalry. After hitching horses, we helped start the mill, grind corn, and shared in the toast of relief as tea and boiling water flowed.
Colonel W A James recalls a Civil War moment near Washington in 1861. General Doubleday, strict and brass clad, stops a lone Western picket who fails to salute and bluntly confirms his own command, praising the soldier’s effort before riding away.
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