02 Feb 1864
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Newspaper
The Xenia Sentinel
Location
Xenia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1864
Page
1
A fragmentary Atlantic Monthly piece presents a song by Private Miles O Reilly sung to the Low Back Band. It critiques abolitionists and supports Confederate and Southern rhetoric, including lines advocating violence and lynching, with xenophobic and racially charged language.
Excerpt from Mother's Journal urging young ladies to learn ordinary child care and compassionate service. It stresses domestic duty, kindness to the suffering poor, and the moral obligation to lead a home in God's sight, warning against neglect if a mother dies and urging true daughterly and sisterly care in the household.
A reflective piece on parenting from childhood to manhood, pondering how families shape character, the unseen trials children face, and the uncertain pressures awaiting them beyond shelter. It contrasts parental care with the risks of outer life and hints at broader social challenges.
An excerpt shows Charles Matthews' sketch depicting a militia drill scene with officers, soldiers and spectators. Dialogue highlights missteps, jokes, and mock discipline as they practice line formation, stand at ease, and shoulder arms amid light drills and banter among the ranks.
A Portland Transcript account retells a Civil War episode where Colonel Edwards of the 5th Maine presses a rebel line at night and forces a surrender after proving a bold, rapid advance. The piece also notes place name origins in the American Southwest, including Santa Fe Albuquerque Las Vegas and El Paso.
A Boston led meteor rate debate questions sun heat from falling comets and asteroids. Calculations claim 240000 meteors in one night could yield heat rivaling 5600 worlds of carbon. A Worcester wedding links Plunkett, an armless color sergeant from a Massachusetts regiment, to Miss Nellie Lortimer, with plans of marriage and a hopeful future postwar relief. Prominent Western Germans arrive in Washington pledging to back a presidential candidate committed to destroying slavery.
The essay argues dress is a key part of a woman's life influencing charm and character. It praises modest street style, refined at home, and the Parisian sixth sense for harmony. It contrasts simple, well-cut outfits with costly showiness and notes advances in fabrics, collars, and graceful lines while warning against bulky, impractical fashions.
An illustrated fable scene shows the thrush scolding the caterpillar over its appetite as the caterpillar speaks of new truths about wine and diet. The thrush mocks the idea of judging others while a lyric aside notes Alexander H. Bra pheus the rebel Vice-President lies dangerously ill in Augusta.
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