22 Mar 1862
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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1862
Page
1
The Pepin County Press describes its advertising lines and rates for notices and job printing. It explains required advertisement timing six days before publication and outlines charges for notices and the printing services offered by the shop.
A digest of Wisconsin laws and acts published February 1862 covers weed control amendments to Chapter 206, legal notices for banking associations, county courts amendments, deed and conveyance provisions, and court costs. The text lists revisions to duties of landowners, officers, and sheriffs, with publication requirements and effective dates.
A garbled, poetry heavy text contrasts religious and secular musings on domestic harmony. It includes references to a Halcyon daughter, memory, and a dubious note about a poet of later times, suggesting a historical critique of a manuscript or oration.
A fragmentary note hints at a Taos letter event and Tolureon involvement amid a small town festival, with unclear details about participants and dates. The unreadable line suggests a local curiosity rather than a formal announcement.
The excerpt contrasts opium use and tobacco smoking, detailing physiological effects and social decay. It depicts the opium dens with varying intoxication stages and a morgue-like “state of bliss” for addicts, then shifts to English tobacco habits in London tap rooms where pipes and shag produce rapid intoxication and widespread discomfort. It highlights abstinence distress and the social toll on users and their families.
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