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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
3
An essay-like meditation contrasts divine decree and human craft. The speaker reflects on how position, art, and fate shape a person, praising the sculptor and architect as instruments who transform raw material into grace. The piece ends noting God’s patient, guiding love and human resistance.
Amid a grim fortnight of Civil War strain, Benton and his senator ally seek the president’s aid for more troops as Lee advances. Lincoln and Benton share a silent, poignant moment after a bereaved colonel torn by family loss asks for leave to bury his son and return to duty.
The brigade has lost over a third of its force in the furious opening clash and, after two days more of futile fighting, is ordered to fall back on Washington. Many wounded officers are sent ahead, without proper care or support.
In September near Sharpsburg and Antietam the Iron Brigade under Gibbon bears a fierce assault. The Seventh and other units suffer heavy losses as Lee’s forces, less than 40,000 strong, hold the high ground while McClellan’s numerically superior army closes in. Doubleday leads the morning attack crossing the Antietam and striking from Hooker’s line.
A traveling salesman from New York spends the night in an Alabama town with no hotel. He sleeps on a hall cot under a sheet. A strong draft wakes him and provokes a complains while the farmer notes the ruckus. He asks for a paper of pins to lock his door.
A humorous reminiscence recalls two elderly churchwomen discussing British victory and prayer before battle. One notes British prayers, the other questions French prayers, ending with a farmerlike quip about jabbering foreigners and understanding.
A story from Oliver Herford notes a friend seeing the humorist at the Players' club surrounded by admirers. He replies that he is indeed “by my panterie and my ves terie,” implying his own intimate circle and the familiar company he keeps.
A youth asks his parents if marriage is for failure on their 50th wedding anniversary. They reply that marriage itself is not a failure, but its results can be. The note appears in Stray Stories.
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