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Newspaper
Ripon Weekly Times
Location
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1862
Page
1
A fragmented Ripon Wisconsin page lists city officials, departments, and local merchants. It names mayor, trustees, and the municipal court, plus a long roster of business ads for Dry Goods Groceries and hardware. Notable items include planing mill, sash, and hardware suppliers, jewelers, and medical practitioners with various professional listings.
A humorous essay compares Irish and Scottish wit to English humor, claiming Scotch humor lags behind but Irish humor outshines both. It catalogs Irish anecdotes and peasant pranks, from patter with a basket of living birds to village mischief, clergyman quips, and Rab the daftie of Ayr, preserving regional flavor and social scenes.
A fragmentary science note outlines how long light takes to travel from various celestial objects to Earth, from 11 seconds via the Moon to 4000 years from a twelfth magnitude star. It also lists notable deaths and figures such as Count Cavadrin Sealy and Senator Deug Jag, plus a reference to Catholic pulpit preacher Lacordaige.
A travelogue-like fragment describes Japan and its women, manners, and daily life. It discusses dress, nudity norms, bathing customs, and housing, contrasting Japan with China and Europe. The author notes education levels, marriage patterns, and perceived sexuality, offering biased commentary and stereotypes.
An illiterate man’s olive in the State lay a mortgage for a thousand dollars. After a visit by a creditor and a concerned neighbor, a daughter pled for time and offered to work to save the home. The daughter’s labor at a factory secured eleven hundred dollars, freeing the family from eviction and restoring hope.
Fragments of a letter or essay discuss Napoleon Bonaparte advising America. The prose extols combining military strength with political institutions, likens armies and navies to tools of power, and imagines Washington as a founder of a future empire. The text reflects 19th century rhetoric on national strength and republican ideals.
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