22 Dec 1864
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Newspaper
Lancaster Gazette
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1864
Page
1
The Lancaster Gazette fragment presents a collage of Civil War era protest and devotion. It juxtaposes anti slavery sentiment with references to famous jurists and political figures, interwoven with a long moralizing tract and scattered literary and community notices. The text mixes sermon like exhortations, oblique battle allusions, and scattered poems with public notices and medical quackery prose.
An old tale uses Uncle Sam and a long freight wagon to personify nationhood. The wagon, led by Abe the strong horse, struggles uphill as Mac and Pen refuse to pull, while Uncle Sam resists untested brakes and clings to past power amid war’s heavy load.
A fragmentary reflection on time, greatness, and action cites Banting's growth of less Pupch as a playful marker. The prose muses that true greatness lies in doing a big thing for the fraternity, while time stretches life’s tropes and shortens deeds with hopeful promises tied to feared deeds.
The last great cosmopolitan senator Frans Muller, a distinguished German who influenced railway car design, was executed on Lith of November in Newgato. At the scaffold a dialogue with Dr Cappell occurred, Muller confessed innocence, then stated God knows what he had done. The Reverend collapsed in emotion, exclaiming thanks to God.
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