31 Dec 1845
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1845
Page
1
A dense 19th century edition recounts whaling adventures near Mocha Island, detailing Mocha Dick the famed giant whale and a dramatic chase. Sailors battle tempests, harpoon the leviathan, and endure losses, narrowly securing a grueling victory amid perilous Atlantic waters.
A Saturday scene on Pine and Main exposes a juvenile Black man who finds a counterfeit bank note and is duped. A bystander questions race as the boy chases a dream of real money, while a broker and clerk reveal the note’s false origin. The tale ends with a bitter moral and a vow of vengeance.
Poem fragment from The Coming of Winter by Thomas Buchanan Read notes Atuin sighs lights and clouds move like steeds as winds swirl around a dwelling frost creases the air and snow whispers while winter’s wail reaches from Greenland and storms trail inland toward doorsteps
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