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Newspaper
Ripon Weekly Times
Location
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1863
Page
1
Fragmentary Civil War era verse element calling Abraham Lincoln to rally the North. Poetic lament blends battle imagery, political menace, and national resolve urging leadership, unity, and courage amid ruin and sacrifice.
An OCR fragment presents a monologue praising General Wappert and the Mackernel Brigade. It reflects on personal bonds, military memory, emancipation impacts, and democratic ideals. The passage frames questions about presidential votes in 1864 and the unity of soldiers under leadership.
In a lively tale from volume six, Clarence Morris and his friends begin a dream of a weekly paper. The father instructs on printing basics from types to composing sticks as the duo plan subscriptions and ads.
Parson Brownlow blasts Northern treason, alleging a deep game by Southern allies and Knights of the Golden Circle, with newspapers across many states blamed for propaganda. He cites loyalties, financial claims, and a controversy over Jefferson Davis supporters amid wartime tensions.
The piece urges constant reading and self-improvement during winter hours, condemning laziness. It extols newspapers, libraries, and active study as paths to lasting wealth of mind, warning that time wasted leads toward eternity and praising diligent, informed citizens.
A collection of lighthearted church tales featuring a zealous deacon, a cautious applicant for admission, an elderly lady’s view of a church organ, a conflicted young woman weighing invitations, a minister’s sermon quip about going to a shucking, and a stone cutter named James who carried a fragment in his eye for fifteen years. The fragment was removed from Pas va lanes of Northampton.
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