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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1888
Page
3
A sweeping meditation on courage, frontline duty, and heroism contrasts battlefield clangor with quiet steadfastness. The piece ruminates on soldiers facing fear, the making of heroic myth, and how public memory elevates certain acts while downplaying others.
A column laments fading manners and social duties, contrasting parental guidance with modern busybodies. It recalls Stonewall Jackson’s famed war horse and recounts a Persian harem scene described in dreamy travelogue style, contrasting East and West customs and curiosities.
The article argues for balanced physical culture beyond specialization. It warns that focusing on one sport weakens other muscles, and cautions dangers in rowing baseball tennis and running. It advocates general exercises, horseback riding clubs, hunting, and field sports for overall vigor.
A long fragment describes wild ponies along the North Carolina coast near Cape Lookout, their origin from shipwrecked stock, and the brutal methods used to herd and brand them. It notes ponies surviving storms, being rounded up by herders, and later sold for farms and saddle ponies, with attention to owners, brands, and seasonal drives.
A fragment from a century old miscellany muses on electric power storage and distribution, imagining streetcars fueled by stored electricity and seasonal power markets. It also surveys gemstone imitation methods in Oberstein Germany, noting color heating to mimic diamonds and emeralds.
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