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Newspaper
Ripon Weekly Times
Location
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1863
Page
1
An abstract fragmentary meditation aboard a troubled city, blending wind and memory with voices in chatter. The text references a hush over hovels and a desire for harmony amid sorrow, hinting at a scene where authority, money, and public reading intersect in a tense exchange.
A chaotic 1850s frontier narrative describes Bownrsn Gt Deer Comresgnnd on Banen river near Louisville to Nashville. It details rebel activity, wartime supply ships, harsh privations, hospitals, and a dramatic ghostly crime in a tavern where a gambler's attempted heist ends with the landlord and patrons astonished by a transparent intruder and missing cash.
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An eerie tale unfolds as a tavern night spirals into fear with uncanny sounds and supernatural echoes. A man and his horse nearly flee, while a woman’s actions and a ghostly whisper shape a strange, unsettling sequence of events.
Fragmentary obituary recounts the late dramatist Knowles, noting his early stage ties to Kemble and Siddons, his 1815 tragedy The Dramatic Moment, and later works Loves and The Wits. It mentions career decline, a late vocation as a monk-like figure, and a cautious obituary tone on his seventies.
A Cincinnati Gazette correspondent reports a daring ruse by Union forces. A foraging party feigned retreat and lured a rebel band into a trap. Forty attackers masqueraded as captives, then launched a sudden assault, recapturing soldiers, horses, and booty and returning to camp with all prisoners. The maneuver caused a notable sensation at headquarters.
Fragmentary text mixes a patriotic long poem about liberty with biographical notes on Major General Nathaniel P. Banks. It recalls prophecy and divine praise, then shifts to Banks’s career from Massachusetts politician to union general, highlighting his rise, popularity, and command during the Civil War.
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