17 Mar 1864
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Newspaper
Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus
Location
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1864
Page
1
Poem reflecting on a parting romance between two ships and lovers. The speaker laments a destined separation, praising the beloved's beauty and expressing vows and dreams that cannot be fulfilled due to their differing fates. The piece uses sea imagery to mirror emotional divergence.
A narrator recalls a cold Christmas night with friends at a country house, where a dangerous brindled dog named Rock pursues him. He fatally wounds the animal in self defense, and Mr Reginald, its owner, shoulders the responsibility, sparing further harm. The piece shifts to an extended speech praising Washington, its ideals, and the endurance of liberty.
A middle aged man visited the Sandusky poor house seeking a wife and asked to show his prospective bride his worldly goods. A female vagrant was produced and they were wed after a brief inventory. Tax data report total district assessment at 85252498 in income tax 2407610 with officials noting cooperation. Russian sailors reportedly drink strong grog with whisky to the brim per man.
A Missouri legislative item chartered a company to erect a drawbridge over the Missouri River at St. Charles. The charter fixes capital at 1,060,000 dollars, divided into 10,000 shares.
The report notes 101 to 140 heavy guns landed on Morris Island South Carolina harbor with one gun weighing 27 559 pounds. In Nevada artesian wells are bored horizontally into mountain sides, hitting valuable veins. The hopeful refrain about missing faces appears in the fragment.
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