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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
6
A reflective verse from Clarence Hawkes in Outlook recalls youth and time's passage. It contrasts carefree days by river and meadow with aging, streaming memories and the swift current of life. The speaker laments lost vigor and the march of years, closing with poignant nostalgia.
Porter Wright recalls Daniel Webster as a farmer and convivial host. The piece portrays Webster’s simple life in Marshfield, love of farming, fishing, and humor in debt payments. It cites a Washington letter showing Webster willing to sell assets to pay debts, challenging public myths.
A Brooklyn resident recounts his loyal service to Col. Mosby during the Civil War. The old man, now 86, says he tended Mosby’s horses and lived near the Mosby farm in Virginia. He recalls good times on the farm, fighting alongside Mosby, and the postwar reward of freedom followed by occasional support from his former master.
A grizzled veteran recalls a 13 year old coincidence at the Rotswell house as Secretary Starkey of the Water Board narrates a Mexican War tale. Col. Slack, then Fort Wayne commander, reveals he was the lieutenant who read the death sentence to a Mexican prisoner while Private Starkey stood by. The tale ends with a quip about marriage and a joke about yesterday.
A Civil War veteran recalls Sherman’s foraging as a military tactic from Raleigh to Washington. He highlights a standout forager named Joe who brought in horses, flour, meat, and livestock, earning officer praise. After Lee and Johnston’s surrender, stricter orders banned foraging and even water from yards, altering the army’s discipline and leaving Joe dismayed yet proud of service.
A Connecticut DAR member recounts hosting guests with a Confederate banner and a Union flag. She explains loyalties to both sides due to family, marriage, and wartime events, including a Confederate mug kept by a southern friend and a Union flag later returned with an apology. She remains loyal to both flags entwined in her life story.
Reader glimpses assorted snippets from Philadelphia and Chicago papers. The material includes humorous lines about cigars and a Spaniard, racy banter, misheard quotes, and casual observations on manners, politics, and oddities. Some names and places surface amid incomplete phrases.
The article notes Skinner as the best corporation lawyer in New York and mentions damages won for a company from a man knocked down by a trolley. It cites cross-publication snippets from the New York Journal Washington Star and other papers reflecting humor and social chatter about hats, family bragging, and a straight ticket joke from Philadelphia Press.
A fragment notes Mr Biddlecomb listening as Molly Simpson chats, described with antique slang and a Cleveland dealer voice. The quirky line suggests social banter and a piano-tuner reference amid local humor.
In Cincinnati Enquirer prose dated May, a clerk jokes about an overweight letter needing another stamp. The piece shifts to a humorous tale of a three year old, Bessie, struggling to dress herself and calling for her mother to help.
Fragment presents a dialogue about a salary raise and a plan involving a risky move. The snippet references Corkins and Spotensh with a cue to drink to success and a line about braving courage to enact a seating in Chicago Tribune.
A collage of garbled lines from nursery rhymes and cartoons. References to Old Mother Hubbard and a woodard 70 days joke mingle with cartoon captions and brief dialogues about a Staylate and Jim. Suitable for a light, miscellaneous page note.
Parson Diack quips that the small voice of conscience quiets as a photo choice grows, warning it may attract deaf and dumb language if not careful. The remark, cited by Puck, reflects satire on public attention and speech.
A terse regional quip shows a nervous woman asking about snake incidents while a farmer dismisses it, noting he leaves snakes for summer boarders to kill. The brief reflects rural humor in a weekly format with blunt dialogue.
A jumbled OCR fragment cites Chicago and Philadelphia papers with stray quotes about ice cream, a boxer, and clothing missteps. It lacks coherent events or clear individuals to summarize.
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