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Elkhart Observer

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1874

Page

4

The Hearthstone on family duty and respect in daily life

Jennie June reflects on family harmony, highlighting justice, reciprocity, and forbearance as core needs. She laments ignorance between relatives, praises polite behavior, and recalls a widow mother who inspires mutual respect through daily kindness and thoughtful conduct.

Jennie June

Quaker Vestel Refuses War Duty Under Bragg and Bragg Era

The article recalls Tigham R. Vestel a Quaker near Columbia Tennessee who refused all military duty when conscripted. He stood firm against pressure from Col McMurry and Gen Bragg Chaplain and later faced bayonet punishment yet persisted. Vestel endured prison at Chattanooga and Castle Thunder Richmond while maintaining his pacifist stance.

Tigham R. Vestel Columbia Tenn Bragg Shelbyville Young Vestel Tennessee Col. McMurry Nashville Orestello "Fleming Chattanooga San Vestel Repor Bragg Col. Mc"Murry Col. McMurray Brigade Georgia Foote Sappe Casar Janus Confederate Congress Davis Knoxville Virginia Seventeenth Tennessée Rebs Castle Thunder Richmond North Carolina Rhode Island

Egypt Welcomes Tourists and American Officers

Cairo embraces a gay winter season with crowds and celebrations. The American military colony grows under visionary officers including Generals Stone and Loring and Colonels Purdy and Colston, while Consul General Beardsley is praised as a worthy representative of the United States.

Cairo Fingland America Shepard’s New Arcadia Khedive C.P. Stone W. W. Loring Alexander Reynolds Frank Reynolds H. 8. Purdy Ward W. H. Jen Fechet Tong Citadel Reynolds First Army Corps Alexandria Jenifer Warren Egypt Beardsley Paris Register

Bill to Relax Patent and Copyright Controls Introduced

Hon Henry B Saylor of Huntington Indiana introduced a bill in the House on the 20th to loosen patent and copyright restraints. It allows any person or firm to manufacture or use patented machines or articles for a 10 percent royalty, with a minimum of twenty five cents, and requires a $10000 bond to guarantee payment.

House of Representatives Henry B. Saylor Huntington Indiana Advantolis. ‘Sentinel

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