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Newspaper
Jefferson Era
Location
Jefferson, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1866
Page
3
Fragmentary prose poem musing on summer night light seas roses and the fragility of youth and virtue. Quotes Henry Ward Beecher framing crime, forgiveness, and irretrievable loss with vivid natural imagery.
A collection of moral exhortations urging self discipline and sobriety with marching commands. Included is a Fourth of July story from Niles Michigan about a flag-staff dispute, a joke about the Atlantic cable, a man found climbing a mill wheel in Orange County, and a tea invitation from Miss Smith to Captain Jones with his Rifle Corps.
The author argues humanity has barely tapped the earths wealth buried beneath soils and sands. He envisions forests and roots penetrating deep, unlocking resources by patient skill and discovery, likening soil to a vast, living reservoir awaiting mankind.
A Montana Post notice praises Bowles new book Across the Continent for describing Yosemite like scenery near the Yellow Stone passage in the Snowy Range. The column imagines Bierstadt painting the region and notes local remarks on regional natural beauty.
A fragmentary chant laments the dead and their memory in a old war like scene. It invokes national sorrow and military honor, pledging names shall not perish and the Union endure through time.
A March Greek War episode shows Jackson exposed to a storm with his troops lacking tents. Soldiers built shelter from cedar bark and hickory, whiskey arrived, a mischief maker woke the General. He cried out “Old Hickory, come out and take a drink” prompting soldiers to nick him Old Hickory. The name stuck.
The Iron Crown of Lombardy long held by Austria in Venetia is claimed by Italy after Venice ceded the region to France. The crown, gold with an iron band, is tied to Charlemagne and Napoleon, having survived the Middle Ages and early Italian monarchy. The Italian government asserts rightful restoration as Lombardy joins the Italian kingdom.
The passage discusses corn bread recipes using sweet milk and molasses and mentions angel pudding with steamer preparation. It then shifts to Col. Donn Pratt’s Ohio speech praising Andrew Johnson and alleging Booth planned Lincoln’s murder, with speculation on lights and a supposed sham in Kirkwood. It ends by noting Cheshire England confirmations questions and the outward sign of baptism as “The baby air.”
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