11 Jul 1866
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1866
Page
1
A humorous lament mingled with anecdotes about caring for a newborn, a doctor’s charges, and the chaotic life around a new baby. The piece blends comic reflections on early parenthood with stray notes on military returns, wealth, and social foibles.
Summary from Southern Prison Fare notes a Massachusetts resident's diary while jailed at Bella Tala near Richmond. It lists meager meals day by day with scant fuel, cleanliness, and clothing details, highlighting severe deprivation and sparse food such as corn dodger, wormy soup, beef bone, bugs, James River water, and small portions across the week.
A garbled piece discusses Democratic debt critique and taxation, then moves to a proposed Nova Scotia Canada West Canada East union and U.S. aid terms. It also mentions the Great Eastern cable project, its voyage from Shearenses to Burhaveo, Valentila rescue timing, and ocean telegraphy plans. The text ends amid political compromise by Radicals.
July 4 reports a major blaze in Portland Maine destroying Brown & Sons sugar house and sweeping north past Canal to Rose streets. Half the city burned, banks and newspapers wiped out, jewelry and dry goods districts hit, while the Custom House survived damaged. Captain Henry Inman seeks 1500 tents for homeless residents as flames move westward.
Brussels June 8 9 45 pv The Pall Mall Gazette prints army movements in Central Europe. Prussians invade from Silesia seizing Gorlitz and Lobau and blocking paths toward Dresden while Austrians cut Prussian routes from Gorlitz to Dresden. Another Prussian advance along the Elbe approaches Dresden from the north and Saxons destroy the Riesa Railway. A third advance from Halle and Schindelz reaches Leipsic likely.
Reports from across the nation note July Fourth celebrations with vigor. In Philadelphia veterans and orphans received a flag presentation to state authorities under Gen Hancock. Barnwell Rhett was fatally shot near Charleston, with a suspected African American assailant. Boston alms drive supports Portland fire victims. Detroit reports progress on a vast iron roof over the Central freight dock, a massive project costing about 250000 dollars and claimed to be unrivaled west of the region.
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