24 May 1862
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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1862
Page
1
A poetic meditation on fading life and enduring love. The speaker contemplates beauty, suffering, hunger, and death, asserting love’s ministry even as the body weakens and time moves toward a final departure. The verse pairs vivid imagery with a calm, solemn tone.
A long reminiscence recalls a cow starved by desert pastures and a neighborly quarrel over care. The narrator argues cruelty to animals is costly and condemns neglect, urging better pasture, humane treatment, and patience in public virtue.
A theater comic episode from Tom Thumb in Dublin shows Barry mocked for his soapless duck trousers. A heckler widens the joke, Barry and the audience join in with laughter as he endures the quips. A mint officer explains the weight of a million dollars in gold.
The Treasury reports a growing method of fraud where mutilated ten dollar notes are torn into ten parts and reassembled. Affected notes are not redeemed at par unless whole, with a one dollar deduction per torn tenth. This warning is attributed to the New York Times via the treasurer of the United States.
A fragment from a 19th century column contrasts the word Died across cemeteries and newspapers with social mores. It recalls mortality per tick of time, laments bearing and loss, and notes a parish meeting discussing widows and aid with cautious, humorous asides.
A Cuba to New York letter reports that leading planters favor gradual emancipation as Spain pressure grows. It notes the Junta of Supervision urged the Queen of Spain to advance emancipation and highlights a contemporary remark about skilled workers who can do many tasks but cannot cook.
A collage of quips and news clippings on Civil War era topics. It mentions the Mobile Register and Charleston Courier claiming rebel strength wanes and Federal prospects dim, plus jokes about astronomy, fashion, romance, and local gossip from a crowded, period-voiced page.
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