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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1864
Page
1
Poem fragment with lines about rallying around the flag the Union forever and calls to rally from hills and plains. Mentions traitors, stars, and filling vacant ranks with freemen, expressing patriotic Civil War era sentiment. Contains repeated battle cry and tribute to fallen brothers.
Correspondence from Cherbourg recalls the 1864 engagement between the CSS Alabama and the USS Kearsarge off Cherbourg. It covers ship armaments, launch dates, commanders Captain Charles W. Pickering and Captain Semmes, voyage routes via Cadiz and Gibraltar, and the confrontation's political implications. The piece contrasts Union and Confederate efforts, notes neutral hostilities, and hints at future descriptions of the battle.
A collage of short items covers schooling insults and satire, horse prices, telegraph growth, athletic cable project plans, a sharpshooter's deathbed remark, a Michigan family naming quirks, a Gardiner Journal excursion tale, West Point alumni ties, and a generous college donation at commencement.
A detailed account from the New York Herald outlines the Petersburg mine under rebel works, begun June 26, 1864, the underground tunnel and two branch galleries, ventilation system, and eight magazines. It recounts preparations for the assault on Cemetery Hill, the explosion, and the costly assault by Union forces including the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts and other divisions, with heavy casualties and mixed outcomes.
A fragmented 19th century text extols stage drivers as social fixtures and symbols of prestige, contrasting them with steamboat captains. It includes advertising blurbs for Brown's Bronchial Traches and various remedies, with mentions of Scovitt's Blood Purifying Syrup and a dubious claim about Herrick Allen's medal product. The piece weaves social commentary, product ads, and sensational health remedies with scattered names and locations.
A Cincinnati Times editor Gris calls for a Chicago summer convention of local editors. Proposed topics include sharpened lead pencils, reducing smoking and drinking invites through tax relief, standardized accident forms, higher perquisites pay, curbing gifts like pants and boots, valuing papers by weight, and creating an asylum for worn out locals as editors face harsh duties and early retirement.
A manifesto for a practical religion that strengthens family harmony and ethical conduct in commerce. It envisions a faith that guides husbands and wives to curb spite, respects home cleanliness, educates children, nurtures joy, and harmonizes daily tasks. It condemns deceit, promotes debt repayment, and labels nonpayment and false promises as theft and lying.
A contemporary commentator denounces a large class of idle young women who neglect domestic duties and useful work. The essay laments their risible evenings, parasitic leisure, and the looming risks of unhappy marriages, questioning what fate awaits wives and mothers in a society that undervalues industry and responsibility.
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