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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1862
Page
1
A bed-ridden man learns to teach Tom Hicks, a crippled boy, after offering lessons. Hicks grows to read, attend school, and become a teacher, guided by the benefactor’s quiet kindness. The former invalid dies content as Hicks honors his memory with lifelong gratitude.
The text compares the US current crisis to Revolutionary France 1793 after Louis XVI's execution. It notes domestic strife, multiple foreign coalitions, and massive levies to defend the Republic. It recalls early failures and later French victory, arguing the United States can mobilize likewise if needed.
Napoleon honors Noel, a grenadier who became Sub Lieutenant then Captain, after a heartfelt review. The scene recalls Noel’s twenty campaigns and a tearful ascent to cross-bearing ranks as Vive l Lampereur echoes. Then opinion pieces warn antiwar factions and praise loyalism amid Civil War rhetoric, ending with moral reflections.
A collection of 19th century sketches recounts General Magruder's reputed drinking exploits with Mexican aguardiente during a march from Mexico City toward San Diego. It includes a soldier’s note on promotions by drink, Major Brodback’s humane discipline, a boat crew prank over a cat, a dream about Horatio, and quips about Eve, draft proclamations, and moral observations. General Cass and Senator Chandler from Michigan each gave $1000 to the war fund in Detroit.
A boy feeds a toad at an elm each morning, the Duke of Wellington pledges to supply food, and a letter confirms the toad’s health. The article ends with medical tips praising ice for illness, including applications to the throat and nosebleeds from Hall’s Journal of Health.
A Dutchess County reminiscence warns against turning children to perpetual soldiers. A four to five year old boy in a new uniform asks if corporals kiss their mother, illustrating early military imprint. A St Louis hospital anecdote tells of a drummer boy dying from Mississippi, his mother ready to defend him. Austerlitz area farmer’s wife mirrors Revolutionary Era women, melting spoons into bullets and rallying to war effort.
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