For Freedom Marches Side by Side Through Heather
A wartime poem recounts Union and Confederate scenes with marching soldiers and victory. It honors fallen comrades and calls for unity to elect Grant, promising the memory of heroes who fought and died together beneath the heather and stars. The verses name Lincoln era imagery and Civil War symbols while urging collective resolve.
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Chicago notes amid Tanners and talk of air baths in 1868
From Chicago dispatches the writer surveys a busy political scene with Tanner clubs active in wards and flirtations with Colfax. A curious feature is a Hydropathic air bath clinic near the lake, where patients endure loud oxygen pressurized baths in iron casks, amid mixed reactions and cautionary tales about safety.
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Jo Jefferson
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Times
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Bain
Chicago
Fragmented travel note on baths and health effects
The fragment describes a visitors’ stay at a village hotel, noting an adjoining room with six beds, speaking of breathing ease, air purity, and a doctor's remedy. It mentions a plan to take baths in future and questions the safety of repeated trials, with a cautious tone about health risks and discomfort.
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