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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1864
Page
1
A reflective sketch contrasts a thrifty farmer, his careful spending, and a worldly town wife who scorns rural life. The piece traces values of frugality, propriety, and ambition as it laments the erosion of country virtues by urban modernity. Names and places anchor the scene, highlighting class and regional tension.
The piece traces northern morale through a string of military reverses, arguing these setbacks forge unity and resolve. It compares a nation to a regiment, noting that sustained trials build confidence, leadership, and a firmer will to assert control over occupied territories. It ends by praising adversity as a source of eventual prosperity.
Four brothers and four cousins served in Company D of the 47th Pennsylvania. The Perry County men hailed from oil country within fifteen miles, most reenlisted despite hardships. They endured at sea and on southern posts, keeping strict rationing, homelike meals, and a clean record with only one death by sickness.
Relates the Schleswig-Holstein conflict with Danes retreating to Als island and Prussian advances. Reports capture tallies of 2,690 prisoners, 400 officers, ninety guns, and heavy Danish losses. Notes fortifications at Dyppel fallen and Als occupation by Prussia, with Fredericia holding only briefly. Includes lengthy religious excerpt and reflections.
A fragmenting 19th century style discourse sketches a type of aggressive, efficiency-minded farmer. It envisions a union of laborers who push down costs, raise productivity, and pursue profits through early rising and market savvy, amid social critique of rural commerce and urban influence. The portrait blends vivid caricature with hints of a two-story house and a bold frontier mentality.
A dated 1884 communication addressed to Judge Daniel R. Lasfth in Marion County Indiana threatens action if an enslaved person is not removed from the household by Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. The letter, signed by B. Sauna Wisrexuy, expresses intent to take matters into their own hands if ignored.
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