03 Aug 1865
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Newspaper
Lancaster Gazette
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1865
Page
1
In a wavering monologue, a narrator reflects on aging, memory, and belonging amid changing times. The prose evokes a neighborly village tone with imagery of trees, flocks, and shadows under home. The voice contemplates loss, resilience, and the tension between tradition and drift.
Tam sits by the open window in a sunlit May afternoon recalling four years past. The scene is unchanged: a well, barn, animals, and the old oak swing. She remembers Phillip, Kate, Bem, Dick, Duke, and her late husband Frank, her lost mother, and a life of sheltered happiness disrupted by time and memory.
A emotional Lancaster Gazette reminiscence recounts a Civil War wife Mary Morton’s devotion to Frank, his deathbed vigil, and their son’s memory. It blends Gettysburg monument notes with society notices and a satirical Ohio fair preview, mixing personal tragedy with historical reflection.
A detailed note in the Transactions of the Obstetrical Society describes lean beef chopped and pressed in a jar, then beaten for an hour to yield three portions: a pale amber emollient liquid with strong aroma and flavor. It acts as a partial substitute for brandy in extreme exhaustion, devoid of butter and with rapid brain clarity recovery.
A devotional urging Christians not to seek comfort in others during distress. It emphasizes faith in the Lord’s presence over fellowship, recalling scripture and the furnace of Nebuchadnezzar to urge perseverance, deliverance, and strength through trials.
A New York Times story reports a Green Island distillery raid by Holt whisky owners and officials. A cow on the premises allegedly drank eighteen gallons of unrectified whisky, becoming lean and deliriously drunk, while the man tending the still claims the cow remains unable to sober up. The tale, relayed by an informant not connected to telegraph lines, reads as remarkable and scarcely believable.
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