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Newspaper
Baraboo Republic
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1858
Page
4
A column of rustic jokes and quips spans religion, education, and daily life. It mocks sermons, moralizing, and gender roles while recalling a Boston bookbinder customer who jokes about Russia. Schoolroom misfires and pupil wit highlight 19th century social humor and tongue in cheek critiques.
A meditation on social restraint caused by fear of others opinions. The piece critiques rigid entertaining norms in Florence and American gatherings, urging indifference to Mrs. Somebody’s judgments and embracing freer, more honest interactions among guests and hosts. It argues that true joy requires breaking imaginary social bonds.
A Wisconsin legislative debate over raising legal advertising rates features a Printing Committee critique of current compensation as insufficient for printers and editors. The document extols the press as vital for informing citizens and coordinating public action, citing the NEWS-PHIPS and county resources, while denouncing the idea of limiting pay. The text also includes a note on tobacco abstinence by Thomas HL Bouton’s mother and a sharp editorial remark about a newspaper editor’s integrity, ending with a humorous jab from the Whitewater Register and a provocative Journal aside.
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