08 Apr 1861
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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1861
Page
1
William Wilson offers paper hanging graining marbling gilding and glazing services with neat work and prompt service at reasonable terms for houses and signs in the locality.
The St Louis market shows spring briskness with strong produce exports heading south for two weeks. Dry goods and groceries stay active though constrained by overall money shortages in Missouri Kansas and the Southwest. St Louis remains more prosperous than most U S cities and competitive with Louisville according to the Evening News.
The notice describes a French chemist’s liquid glue recipe, with steps using glue and nitric acid, and notes the Overland Mails to California will run three times weekly from St Joseph after July 1, costing $150 per passenger and taking sixteen days. It also mentions Oregon electors and a misused treasury story, plus a quip about officials being printers.
A fragmentary poem laments political violence and racial tension in a surreal critique. The speaker questions American ideals as the eagle bears witness to a bloody scene, juxtaposing national symbols with unrest and betrayal.
A first person account recalls War Eagle, a Delaware brave who aided the American cause in the Revolution. Stranded behind enemy lines, they fend off Mohawk pursuers, War Eagle is slain, and the narrator carries out a doomed mission to deliver a dispatch and seek vengeance for his comrade.
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