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Newspaper
Ripon Weekly Times
Location
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1862
Page
1
A framed prison verse from Richmond laments wartime captivity and longs for Union victory. The speaker imagines Uncle Abe releasing guards, vows to teach traitors a lesson, and envisions Confederate hopes crushed as soldiers endure confinement yet remain defiant.
A critical notice lauds the Autobiography and Diary of Parson Brownlow. It highlights Brownlow’s candid advocacy for Constitutional Liberty, his work against secession, and his influence through the Knoxville journal. The piece also compares his public presence to Edmund Kean and John Kemble in theatrical memory.
A Rochester correspondent profiles William B. Astor at his Prince Street office and Lafayette Place home. The article details his vast estate estimated near 24 million dollars, daily work routine, management of rents and quarterly returns, and extensive real estate development with over two blocks of properties, plus family ties to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a daughter.
In a brick fireproof office piled with millions in government and state securities, a capitalist explains his daily income and wealth management. The discussion centers on handling bonds maps and related assets, with speculation about controlling matters for the board and clothing.
A lengthy excerpt discusses London population growth since 1860, its wealth, and a grim pattern of poverty. It cites registrar reports showing a high death rate in public institutions and many convicts from Pentonville, attributing ruin to wealth pursuit. It also threads in Benjamin Lossing on the White House and Arlington estate, clarifying Washington era facts and ownership linked to Mrs Mary Custis and General Lee.
An Albany editor bargains with a visiting woman over a classified ad for a nurse and a child. She asks for three insertions and a discount if no child appears, with the editor offering to run it as long as she keeps paying one dollar per three insertions and will continue if a child is obtained.
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