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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1892
Page
6
A fragmentary verse piece reflects on unattained objects and intertwined sorrows. It contrasts pleasures with losses and hints at striving for higher aims amidst personal cost. The tone is elegiac and reflective.
Lieutenant Lake is arrested for neglecting guard inspection but is saved by Sergeant Connor who admits fault for a drunk sentinel. The colonel, softened by the plea and Hyacinth’s support, forgives Lake and plans a wedding with Hyacinth after the joint plea to respect her wishes.
Reliable recipes describe ham toast made with chopped ham egg yolk cream and pepper, heated and spread on hot buttered toast. Dainty sandwiches use potted meats and pastes on wafer bread, with an egg anchovy variant and decorative yolk use, plus cheese paste on Boston crackers. Buenos Aires expands manufacture of agricultural implements.
A collage of humorous vignettes and dialogue from Tid Bits and Puck style quips. The jokes feature beggars, cash talk, a Boston raised youth, a theater loving couple, and social foibles. A punchy slice of early 20th century humor with brief scenes and one liners.
The piece argues that only a small fraction of shots fired in battle kill or wound, citing Solferino and M. Cissendi. It calculates that thousands of pounds of lead and powder per dead soldier show the brutal costs of war, echoing Bogert that war is the sound of war.
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