10 May 1862
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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1862
Page
1
Fragmentary poem prints rains and winds as figures speak of love and fate. The speaker questions why deep searching is done and contemplates a doomed heart leaning on another. The verse hints at providence and the peril of tracing dreams to their source.
A nostalgic poem recalling the old home as a cradle of infancy and boyhood where family stories, births, hymns, and bedtime rituals aloud the warmth of the hearth. Time and change lift the wreath of memories yet aginted recollections through ages keep returning to the old home.
A collection of anecdotal lines on speed, bravery, pride, and fortune from a 19th century style column. It blends musings on speed of boats and horses with reflections on virtue, fame, and happiness, punctuated by quips about rebels, politics, and everyday observations.
The Hartford Courant urges national reflection on the toll of war in the West. It honors Western volunteers from mills to pioneers, noting graves along the Cumberland and Tennessee, and calls for lasting memorials to those who fell defending the union.
A Confederate field scene recalls a woman named Mrs Werner who aided wounded soldiers after the battle, tearing her own clothing to bandage injuries. Her husband fell in battle and she arrived in the city as a stranger, staying with Mrs Caldwell at Vine Street.
A quoted Voltaire remark shows him greeting a pauper with a whimsical warning about what the visitor plans to ask. The fragment hints at his famed horror of inquisitive people and the sharp tone of his responses.
Partial OCR fragment cites comment on government and women with remarks about male administration and hominid language. Lacks clear event, date, or proper names to anchor a full news item.
The narrative portrays Colonel James A. Garfield as a Massachusetts native, Methodist preacher, and college president in Hiram Ohio. It recounts an outdoor revival incident where Garfield calmly subdues a rowdy by lifting him by the hair, earning respect and ensuring orderly meetings from then on.
A Nashville Union report notes brisk cotton market activity with loads moving to the river. Buyers scour the countryside as planters trade quickly, with good middling at 16 17 cents in special currency and 22 25 in Tennessee paper. The port surveyor will supply bale counts as commerce revives and private property remains guarded. A petition from colored people asks for a safe emigration region to ease anticipated impacts of freedom.
The piece contrasts Brownlow a Southern defender of Union with Phillips a Northern critic of slavery. It argues Brownlow remains loyal to the Union even at slavery’s cost, while Phillips would abolish the Union to end slavery and favor human freedoms over national unity. It cites their actions in Knoxville and Faneuil Hall and frames Brownlow as patriot and Phillips as humanitarian in the eyes of the Evening News.
Shipwrights are moved from wooden to iron vessel construction as the government concentrates on shielded ships and floating batteries in response to ongoing defense needs.
The piece extols the Great West as a growing power in the union and on the world stage. It asserts the West will quiet sectionalism, unite with the central government, and act as a life blood linking New England and the South with Europe and the East, especially through Boston New York Philadelphia and New Orleans. It also compares mule versus horse economics and notes mixed railroad labor findings.
A transient note urges readers to subscribe to the paper of the class they patronize, ideally near their home. It argues supporting a paper improves personal property and boosts the paper’s quality and wholesome community influence.
A fragmentary mock dialogue puns on infant tyranny and grand names. A speaker asks about an iron horse with one ear, provoking a surreal exchange where the baby’s sleep quiets all. The piece blends musings on power and music with playful wordplay.
A fragment from Ulster Ireland records a tombstone inscription honoring John Phillips who was accidentally shot as a mark of affection by his brother. The text includes later jumbled dialogue from a family scene about Eve and Adam, adding literary oddities to the grave marker.
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