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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1906
Page
6
The poem reflects on a veteran wearing a button symbolizing the Union, honoring battles from Gettysburg to Chickamauga. It honors courage, endurance, and loyalty to the cause of liberty as the veteran recalls a life of service and the nation’s trials. The piece closes with a pledge of fidelity among comrades.
A veteran officer recalls stopping a brigade member from robbing a lamb feast near the outpost. The soldier confesses the lamb was killed in self defense during a ration raid involving stolen fence rails and a large fire.
A garbled reminiscence recalls General Joe Wheeler as one of the bravest figures. A Southerner notes his wound and literary achievement, quoting a private who praises Wheeler's fame and asks how he learned to swell with pride.
President Roosevelt endorses a court martial reduction for Lieutenant Taylor in a Feb 5 1906 letter to Secretary Taft. He praises the enlisted corps and condemns discrimination against them, noting the uniform is a badge of honor and essential to national stability. The New York Tribute notes the sentiment.
Corporal Tanner of the Grand Army of the Republic cites grafters and cowards in a Washington conversation. He recounts a WWI era drill story where a frightened recruit hides in a hole, an officer urges him to rejoin, and the recruit insists the hole is for him.
An ex Confederate recalls hearing rallying songs as Union forces pressed seven days of fighting. He remembers a rain soaked night on picket duty just before taps when a fellow on the opposite side started singing and the chorus joined in. The moment left him feeling doom as the Yankee army appeared to sing.
A fragmentary passage about a paymaster arriving at the White House and being introduced to President Lincoln is partially legible but lacks coherent context or complete facts. The text appears to describe a United States marshal presenting a paymaster to Lincoln.
Relatives praise a patient saver at Talos Hospital after a daring act during a medical emergency. Staff notes the quick response prevented serious harm and patients arrived safely. The community holds a quiet tribute to the unnamed hero.
In a retired memory, General Hayes recounts an evening in Washington when a street pianist played Dixie. A robber pilfered money, then fled as Hayes calmly returned to his chair beside a surprised friend. He recalls Kilpatrick’s rail-cutting raid with mounted bands enhancing wartime morale and his stance on Dixie’s history.
Fragmentary readers may note a Roosevelt comment on Congress about cooperative patterns. The text hints at policy discussion and possible alignment with party aims without full context or direct quotes.
A garbled excerpt references Sophia, Uncle Wilson, and a political mood. The piece notes someone marching and aging, with humorous asides about blame and daydreams, ending with a citation to Youth's Companion.
Washington Star notes Wade Hampton's cavalry and his famed horse Beauregard a sixteen and a half hand bay wounded at Gettysburg and dying at his master's hospital after being unsaddled. A Libby memoir recalls an ex-captain singing the Star Spangled Banner amid guardfire.
The advertisement highlights a busy season with catering to patrons. It notes reasons customers choose the store, mentions cutlery, a full line binder, Simmon's Keon cutter twine, and a Bee display in the window with special guaranteed prices.
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