26 Jan 1847
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Newspaper
Lima Argus
Location
Lima, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1847
Page
1
A mosaic of 19th century notes recount wartime letters from Monterey, including a woman leading lancers in defense, praise for Joan of Arc imagery, and a Boston wedding with military escort. Also brief items on modesty and social mores.
A front page tale recalls a Mississippi interior town where a mob of blacklegs chased out rival violence with an editor caught between factions. Two editors clash in a rough staged confrontation that ends with mutual apologies and the editor escaping unpunished as the public drama unfolds in Crescent City.
The piece surveys Napoleon era merit, highlighting officers rising from common ranks such as Augereau Moncey and Ney, noting their origins as bakers, printers, or clerks. It then shifts to a breezy miscellany on the kangaroo, its size, habits, and a colorful anecdote about a hunter, followed by a string of comic vignettes about waking a wrong passenger, courtship, and rustic humor.
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