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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1904
Page
6
A reminiscence on old school days in a hilltop village recalls a shy maiden, Demosthenes lessons, and a marching boy who finds courage. Then a later tale unspools of Mr. Loomis's clever bath tub disguise and a moonlit burglary thwarted by a lemon pie and a flying sponge.
A rural couple in a humorous 1900 tale, Lemuel and Lucinda Loomis, appraise two houses near church and post office. One lacks a hall, the other a bathroom. They secretly exchange notes preferring different features, then laugh and recheck the homes.
A column reflects on drought and rain as natural tests of spirit and gratitude. An American woman in muddy Ireland encounters a soaked old man named Patrick who greets her with cheerful blessing, turning bad weather into good luck.
Miss Martha Berry describes riding through resinous woods to a scattered Georgia cabin where the Cracker family welcomes her with pride. Dogs block the doorway then a rush to the well and a scramble for the tin basin as children wash and greet the Sunday Lady with bright, water-dropped faces.
The dog known as Jack loyally aided the First Maryland regiment during Front Royal and Richmond. He refused Confederate food, helped officers find water, and shared in prisoners’ hardships while showing compassion to injured soldiers. His bond with Maryland officers persisted from Front Royal to Baltimore.
Mrs. Lucinda Dogan, an eyewitness to both Bull Run battles, recalls the July 1861 fighting near Groveton and the Henry field. Her testimony aided the FitzJohn Porter inquiry, showing Longstreet joined Jackson and was in front of Porter’s corps. The field and old railway cuts remain traceable near Gainesville to Sudley.
A Chicago essayist consoles readers that Japan is a small nation with little natural wealth and a thin cultural crust. The piece notes Japan’s supposed homes, manners, and utensils as described in a Chicago Journal excerpt. It contrasts Japanese industry with alleged moral and commercial shortcomings and cites evolving China as a regional power ahead of Europe.
In 1862 Lieut. H R Merrill escaped a Confederate trap thanks to a neighborhood girl’s warning. He fled into the mountains with his detachment and returned to Union lines unharmed. Recently Merrill learned the girl’s address. a correspondence began and a wedding is said to be in sight.
Mayor H S Benner of Gettysburg Pa received $20 at six percent simple interest for 40 years from Capt George Brown. The loan, used for provisions in Plymouth NC prison in 1864, was forgotten by Benner until Brown, at a state G A R encampment, offered repayment. Brown later gave a check for $68.
The piece recalls Hooker’s white Arabian charger at Chancellorsville. Found by a Sickles man near Good Hope Hill Maryland, the horse was claimed by the owner who sought Stanton. The secretary’s order to return the horse vanished, and the animal ended up in Hooker’s hands, remaining in federal service.
The article estimates that British fishermen drag out about £20000 worth of fish daily from the sea, Sundays and fixed holidays excluded.
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