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Newspaper
Jefferson Era
Location
Jefferson, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1866
Page
3
The fragment blends nostalgic verse recalling childhood places and games with a sharp denunciation of commerce harming morality. It shifts to a long public health and social critique condemning business as a threat to virtue, learning, and civic progress, urging restraint and humane living paired with practical wellness notes.
A garbled list of place names and phrases precedes a report describing a coffin opened in a Potora field graveyard revealing a petrified Federal soldier still looking alive after nine months. Prominent citizens testified the body moved to avoid stones, and a new coffin was used for burial. The piece notes the Great Eastern cable voyage and Columbus' voyage on Friday with parallel Fridays.
A Buffalo letter describes an invention to preserve dead bodies for deferred funerals and long shipments. The device resembles a coffin or burial cage built with paraffine cloth walls and leather outside, with a square box on the lid containing ice and pipes connecting chambers to form a powerful refrigerator capable of 28 degrees. It claims to prevent decomposition at 45 degrees and can preserve a body over long distances without replenishing ice.
The article extols apples as versatile and superior to many foods. It argues every farm should have apple trees, notes easy digestion and health benefits from raw, baked, and stewed apples, and urges families to stock apples to reduce doctors' bills. It also links apples to breakfast with cargo bread and batter and cites their value for children.
The piece questions the Philadelphia Convention's meaning of a resolution about the Constitution and its postwar status. It argues the document remains the same except for the abolition amendment empowering Congress to enforce it, and wonders if the convention ignored that amendment amid Johnson era politics.
An unclear excerpt presents disjointed reflections on crime punishment laziness and social order. It debates propriety, duty, and virtue while mentioning punishment, truth, and societal norms in a deliberately fragmentary voice.
The War Department issues orders that disabled United States soldiers not yet discharged who need artificial limbs will receive transport to and from their homes or places to obtain the limb. An officer designated by the Sitzeon Gengal will issue orders for transportation and provide required details to the Quartermaster's Department. The text also includes fragmented notes on submarine cables and political nominations, but the readable portion centers on disability aid logistics for veterans.
A distorted OCR fragment refers to a Philadelphia Convention hearing and a quoted prayer, with garbled names and phrases. The text is incomplete, yielding no clear event date, speaker, or outcome to verify.
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