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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
3
A father and son discuss a statue inscribed Woman. The father explains the piece is not a statue but a figure of speech, underscoring a philosophical moment about representation and meaning. The exchange appears in a Life section caption.
A compact set of newspaper style quips and jokes from multiple papers. The tone mimics punchy humor about misheard voices and social foibles. It includes a phone rate gag ending with the nerdy line about being not on speaking terms and a quip about a rich uncle's death leaving a widow.
A veteran in a faded blue uniform with a wooden leg approached New York City's superintendent of mails seeking employment. He clarifies he is Irish American, saying he got his wooden leg at Chancellorsville and is indeed American. The official accepts him as a good American.
The Civil War from 1861 to 1865 averaged 400 lives lost daily. Over the four years more than 2,000,000 men were called to arms. The battlefield spanned about 1,000,000 square miles with 2,400 major engagements recorded in history.
J H Rockwell recounts Old Jack the cavalry horse that never deserted, carrying his rider through Gettysburg and Valley campaigns, returning from wounds, and saving troops at night. After marching to Fort Leavenworth he was bought back, led battles, survived a rattlesnake bite, and earned unwavering trust from Company A amid harsh plains duties.
An 1882 poem fragment in a war tale recalls a soldier’s death and a horse named Old Jack. A marching group faces a brutal choice as a broken legdooms a horse to mercy killing. The sergeant refuses, but orders prevail, and the creature is shot to end suffering. The scene ends with a sobering reflection on duty and loss.
A Union soldier captures a Confederate, who is his own brother, at Gettysburg. As the man about to fire on another Confederate behind a tree, the prisoner cries out that the man is their father.
The article summarizes Union soldier physical traits from about 1,000,000 heights. Average height was five feet eight and a quarter inches, with Maine, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Kentucky troops slightly taller. About 8,013 were over six feet three inches. Average weight listed as 143 pounds. Eye and hair colors, complexions, occupations, and ages at enlistment are detailed, with most enlistees around twenty five years old and many joining at eighteen.
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