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KARD-TACK PRESERVED FROM CIVILWAR BY XENIAN ON EXHIBITION HEREII()lPIKCKS of hard tack, relic of the Civil War period, have been added to Harry I,. Clark's growing historical collection for display purposes in the Citizens National Hank windowThe hard tack still in ,i tine stateof preservation, although seventy years old, was part of the rationissued during the war to Leon Snively, uncle of Attorney C. L.Darlington, Xenia.Snively was a member of Company B, 154th, Ohio Volunteer In I'antry, the biggest company fur nished by Xenia. The souvenir ratiou had long been in the pos session of Lewis Host, lt;; \ RHard tack constituted !!*• princl pal ration of soldiers during theCivil War The crackei naturally derived its nickname from tic factit waa almost impossible to breakit into pieces without the ust oi ahammer. During the war there was operated In Xenia a bakery whichmade hard tackH v (*atIn»LIST SUGGESTIONSn—FOR IMPROVEMENTSnt
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Xenia Evening Gazette
Xenia, Ohio, US
Mon, Nov 12, 1934
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