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Newspaper
The Colored American
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1866
Page
4
Poem fragment urging dawn and labor to unite in rising energy. Vivid nature imagery marks the first light as a chorus to new effort, calling workers and sailors to awake and pursue brighter triumphs with the day. The verse blends natural renewal with human resolve.
A collection of old jokes and wordplay including astronomy proverbs about stars and a calf leg paradox. The band of anecdotes features misheard medical terms and a sea captain’s stumble with stairs.
The article surveys global sizes of U S states, notes Irish famine tea zeal, and warns on counterfeit fifty cent notes. It also reports discovery of a Mexican aboriginal city, a railroad recorder invention, linguistic claims on world languages, Harper's Monthly growth, and a Turkish ironclad frigate contract for the Thames Ironworks.
Colonel E Whittlesey issues instructions to all Bureau officers and Freedmen teachers in North Carolina. Emphasizes immediate employment for freedmen, ending rationing for those refusing work, arresting vagrants, and turning paupers to the Wardens of the Poor. Orphans may be apprenticed under state law to ensure care.
A call to send delegates to a January 10 convention in Augusta. The motion urges all state friends to unite, consider current affairs, and discuss securing citizenship rights for recently freed people. Delegates from large cities and smaller towns are invited to participate, with a three delegate cap for towns.
Information waned on Moses Watkins who was sold from W Robt Watkins. Last heard of him in the public notice or sale record with no further details available.
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