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Newspaper
Sauk County Standard
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1855
Page
1
Poem written on the banks of the Hudson on the Fourth of July lamenting liberty and dawned by Aurora. The speaker prays for a youthful soul to be guided by liberty under the flag and to unite with the coming realities of freedom as the nation prepares for a hopeful morrow. Signed J.B. Hawes Mauston Adams Co Win.
A drunken speaker narrates his downfall after colliding with a wheelbarrow on the street. He muses on whiskey as the fault, reflects on marriage, poverty, and intoxication, and laments debt, clothing, and hunger while yearning for a drink and freedom from arrest. He recalls Lizzie's cold reception and imagines escape from the local scene.
An extract from a Sabbath sermon on phrenology as a practical study of the mind. Beecher argues that people know business matters but not their inner faculties, asserting phrenology offers clearer insight into human nature than metaphysical systems. He admits using phrenology without overemphasizing its vocabulary. The sermon is reported verbatim by a phonographer.
A quoted line discusses liberty as a belief that redeems from choosing one side. It argues that doctrines reside in reading rather than in practical hands.
A 19th century survey from Hunt’s Merchant Magazine lists average lifespans by trade. Railway workers, factory workers, and many skilled crafts show early deaths, while merchants and professionals live longer. The piece humorously notes paupers at 67 and gentlemen at 68, contrasting active laborers.
A compact mock essay echoes Punch style with aphorisms about vanity, secrecy, reform, friendship, aging, pets, and social foibles. It uses humorous quips on decorum, leisure, and late nights, highlighting vanity, secrecy, and mild satire of temperance and social trends.
An Illinois correspondent profiles Jacob Strawn, famed cattle baron of MuskingumCounty Ohio origin who settled Illinois prairie lands. The article praises his extraordinary memory, judging cattle prices, and meticulous contracts while noting his decline with age. The piece sketches vast estates worth millions and a frontier empire centered on immense cattle markets and longstanding obligations.
A Working Farmer article urges timely weed control nationwide warning neglect harms crops. It stresses indigenious weeds feed grasses and must be battled through proactive cultivation, fencing, and vineyard garden care to protect cultivated lands from weed invasion and loss of resources.
A fragmented OCR passage evokes a tense wartime mood with garbled phrases about treatment, a wooden object, and a reference to a university. The text hints at memory, causality, and possible dialogue, but remains largely unreadable and out of context.
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