11 Jun 1870
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Newspaper
The Weekly Panola Star
Location
Batesville, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1870
Page
1
The readable text blends songs about Confederate imagery with culinary and domestic instructions and partial notices. It references Stonewall Jackson's Way, Whittier, and a Baltimore journalist, plus recipes for glue, dye, and pastry, and ends with political opinions about African Americans in national academies.
An excerpt discusses Stonewall Jackson’s Way a Civil War song linked to a Baltimore publication Found on the body of a slain sergeant from Stonewall Jackson’s brigade. It covers its printing at Antietam, Baltimore reactions, and notable figures like Frederick Benteen and the song’s contested reception by authorities.
Observers warn that crowded Taney stables lack ventilation, leaving poor air quality with carbonic acid and waste vapors. Night closures seal doors and windows, but morning air remains stale and suffocating, causing coughing in horses and eye irritation among workers. Long-term effects include brittle wind and potential glanders. training horses to town work is slowed by harsh lodging conditions.
Green corn for sailing cattle is discussed as essential for confinement through the summer. The text notes grain fodder is extensively grown and highlights corn fodder as excellent for one panjine.
A fragmentary confession unfolds a tale of love jealousy and bitterness. A narrator recalls Gus and a beloved sisterly figure, drawing on memories of youth, a dark river, and a letter that sparks longing and resentful emotion within the family. The voice hints at a rivalrous bond and a hint of tragedy amid the old homestead.
The New York Staunton reports the arrival of Charles Howard a colored cadet from Mississippi at West Point amid shock and debate among faculty and cadets. Sec War appoints him upon recommendation from Legrand W. Pierce. Howard asserts his rights and seeks equal recognition after hotel denial and a wartime council with Col Black and Col Boynton.
A satirical piece recalls Bentonsport youths forming a vow list to police female conduct, ridiculing strict gender norms. It mocks resolutions on waist size removing powders and eye brows, church companions, singing, and the Chinaman breakfast rule, ending with a jab at printing and editorial irony.
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