31 Oct 1862
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Newspaper
Ripon Weekly Times
Location
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1862
Page
1
A damaged OCR summary notes legal notices at statute prices. It mentions youths and business listings with rates for six months and three months. Names appear as Colson and references to ages 59 and 80.
A fragmented, archaic-sounding poem drifts between images of justice and mortality. It references the West, graves, headstones, and ancestral figures, recalling themes of debt, fate, and national sorrow as laments rise and fade with the setting sun.
A garbled excerpt describes a chilly setting with phrases about comfort, cold air, and a father figure. Vague references include a red coat, a joke about a 24 picture scene, and mentions of doves, icicles, and various objects. Overall tone resembles a fragmented diary-like snippet.
A reader reviews The Atlantic's October issue, praising and faulting essays on autumn imagery and landscape, condemning weak prose while lauding strong pieces like David Gaunt and The Sources of the South. The column critiques several articles, notices a lively reaction to Gail Hamilton, and ends with a brief political paragraph on a war meeting in Cassia with Cassius M Clay and Congressman Noyes.
A dense historical-essay extract contrasts Irish abolitionist sentiment with English oppression, noting a synod’s emancipation of English slaves in Ireland and citing Wilberforce. It then shifts to a political panorama criticizing the Democratic party and extolling Union resolve, ending with a quip on long-formed expertise.
An 18th century anecdote recounts Dean Swift and his servant John as they journey to Leaven. The servant’s breakfast denial leads to a witty exchange about hunger and fate, ending with a humorous mutual stoicism as they travel. The piece notes Ireland’s recent moral social improvement and mentions improving French manufacturing towns and France’s expected average crop.
Fragment from 1862 letters describing George Francis Train in a debtor’s prison. The writer roams with satire through prison life, cites Emerson and Carlyle, critiques Milton, discusses debtors’ hardships, wages, and social misery in England, and contrasts with American liberty.
The text notes English women wed younger on average and cites high rates of spinsterhood, with figures around twenty to forty and older. It questions female drinking habits in England versus America and mentions Belgravia correspondence and markets for women, reflecting commentary on social norms.
Notice reports the death of Mr C T Annex longtime editor of the Daily Life and Ripon Times in Ripon Wisconsin on the evening of the 1st. He is praised as a faithful worker for the oppressed, a self made editor, and a man of few words but deep sympathy. Also notes death of G J Annes former Ripon resident and editor of the Wantoma Journal and Ripon papers. The obituary lauds their integrity, dedication to humanity, and impact on journalism.
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