Newspaper clipping containing several letters to the editor published in a Waco newspaper, starting with a poem from " Portfolio of a Deceased Confederate Soldier " and commentary providing insight on the soldier's life, family, property, and death. Other letters and articles discuss horse thieves that were shot, the Election Law that had recently been passed on the front, with text on the back describing recent events and anecdotes and bounties, with advertisements.

Portrait of Felicitas Gobenau Sternberg, visible from the waist up. She is seated and posing with her hands crossed, palm-up in her lap. She was the wife of Daniel Sternberg, Dean of the School of Music, Baylor University.