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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1899
Page
6
The poem from the Atlanta Constitution speaks of seeking home across the sea and river imagery. It contrasts freedom with longing and imagines sea shores, willows, and pillows as symbols of rest. The speaker imagines bells ringing home as they drift toward the sea and a future of solace beyond storms.
In a Civil War dash, Plunk, Margaret, and I slip past a Confederate guard after sharing quinine with a colonel. A night attack erupts as a general appears, and we mount horses to flee through the trees toward safety while uncertain loyalties unfold.
A Civil War era scene unfolds as two officers Plunk and a lieutenant evade a Confederate scouting party led by Maj. Bernal Berante while pursuing Mellodew. They maneuver toward a river ford cross with Margaret, plan to outpace pursuers, and seek aid from a map reader in Thatcher’s area amid changing moonlight. An interlude of classical note on the kiss ends the fragment.
A Forest and Stream writer recounts prairie dog inhabitants in Indian Territory thwarting a rattlesnake. Dogs lure dirt into the hole, entrap the snake, then tamp it down to suffocate it while the dogs flee. Also mentions coffee alternatives Grain-O and lamp safety, plus news of Paris bullfights moving to Englin area twelve miles by train.
The record lists the Cincinnati and Northern Railway Company report number 24 dated 1808 with unspecified contents. No further context or events are provided in the readable text.
The fragment mentions Michigan Central The Niagara Falls Route with train numbers 6 Mallaod Express 14 Fast Express 88 Atlantic Express 12 Grand Rapids Express. It notes a daily timetable with stops by signal signals only to let off passengers, and a claim of running on standard time that is 29 minutes slower than local time.
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