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Newspaper
Ripon Weekly Times
Location
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1863
Page
1
An OCR fragment outlines pricing for a periodical or ledger with rates per column and square dimensions. It mentions year rates, six months terms, and legal notices priced by statute figures. Names and clear context are incomplete due to damaged text.
A damaged line poem hints at trust and betrayal in a romance. The crippled couplet suggests a blot on a friend’s name and a lover’s possible faith, leaving the exact events and individuals unclear.
A crowded audience hears a lecture by W. Brown titled Hum vs Wealth of the Nation. The speaker denounces drunkenness and vice on Exchange Street, condemns tavern profits, and argues national strength rests on morals and educated minds rather than gold. He laments growing corruption and urges renewal through virtue and industry.
A February 1863 Ripon Times report covers a anti liquor and pro education lecture at St. Marys by Dr. Dunham. It denounces traffic and crime bred by taverns, calls for national unity, mourns war losses, praises schooling, and highlights liberty and virtue as the republics strength.
A reflective piece contrasts a young woman's defense of a charming man with his corrupt character, arguing that outward gentility hides vice. It traces a real case tied to Sidney Burton and a vast fraud involving the Martha Washington steamer, conspirators, trials, and Burton’s relentless pursuit, including poison plots and public danger, ending with Burton’s death in 1855.
A Cleveland edition reprints an extraordinary tale titled One of My Clients, revived with credulous notes. The narrative centers on a real Mr. Sydney, a well known local figure whose late career involved a notorious spree tied to a historic West crime, drawing on his reputed client relationship.
In a country store a Democrat and a Republican argue who among public men is temperate. They claim Abraham Lincoln, then debate if he is temperance aligned, and recall Lincoln's wife’s name before marriage leading to a playful flare of wit.
The article lists measurements for the five Great Lakes with lengths, breadths, depths, elevations, and areas. It notes totals: 1582 miles in length and over 50 000 square miles of area. Ends with a garbled aside about the President and weather.
Fragmentary diary entry recounts unit movements from Mississippi Division into Arkansas Post area. Describes enlistment of Company I of the 118th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, marching via Yazoo River to Memphis, then to the front, skirmishes, gunboat action, and patrols near enemy positions. Mentions generals Sherman and Morgan and brigade command.
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