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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1861
Page
2
The notice urges unwavering support for the national government and denounces rebels, pirates, and mob rule. Reports indicate the sheriff moved offices to Durand, judges revisited the village, and local freight boats traverse the lake heavily loaded. Weather, prices, pensions, and a bank of local notices follow, with brief notes on political leanings and postal changes.
Pepin County reports official vote tallies for state offices led by Gov Harvey and others with entries for county seats and inspectors. A second column carries a letter from Postmaster General urging women to support the Sanitary Commission, while local debate over the Duard canvass and Durand count raises fraud concerns and calls for a remedy through citizens organizing a relief society.
A period advice piece extols home as a moral engine guiding youths to seek a permanent home partner cultivate beauty and useful arts. It urges parents to teach children the value of future homes and to live by example for safer lives and broader societal good. The fragment also notes a publishing venture republishing old American newspapers and comments on Senator Bright’s political stance and a hands and feet remedy.
The propeller Hunter, once with the Collingwood line and lately with the Buffalo Chicago and Lake flurou line, burned early this morning opposite Sturgis Smith & Co. warehouse on the Chicago River. Two deck hands died in the blaze. The vessel valued at 40 000 pounds was insured for 20 000.
Fragmentary notes describe palm to Wisconsin and a date tied to a Sisnens Winnebago region. It references parcels and attempts at improvement with questions about methods used and outcomes. The text is unclear and reads as a survey or prompt rather than a report of events.
Fragmentary note reports a plan to reorganize a state under the name Ranaw Sus, affecting 39 counties of Vs by official order. Details are unclear and no dates or authorities are identifiable.
A collage of remarks on social norms, with mentions of Miss Wilson and Dr Aver, plus political chatter on cotton markets and secession. It notes New York election sentiment, a sheriff election in Lynch County, and Union forces marching toward Bull Run, reflecting a chaotic wartime newspaper page.
A man in a moment of difficulty clings to his wife for comfort and reassurance as if to have a button sewn on his shirt collar. The scene illustrates dependence and intimate support during a distressing time.
A brief dialogue fragment shows a father and son discussing honesty and poverty, with the mother’s line emphasizing common tales of people in need. The exchange hints at moral instruction and parental guidance in a rural or family setting.
A cryptic line contemplates virtue and tolerance, implying deep insight comes only to the patient and wise. It hints at a struggle between rigid goodness and expansive understanding within a person.
Dispatches describe the fleet off Ball Bay and Port Royal, with the Perry unable to proceed and the Mayflower distressed. Reports claim rebels took a federal steamer Viet Beaugart and two forts were stormed near Bes fort as federal troops regroup along lines. An extraordinary meeting followed with no authentic confirmations of rebel reinforcements.
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