Prayer and politics mix in a mock ode to Abe on the New York Sunday Mercury
A satirical text worships Abraham Lincoln with mock reverence and political invective. It interjects civic and wartime themes, cites Stanton and Welles, and lampoons corruption and patronage while praising the Union and Republican leaders in a clipped, period voice. The piece intertwines religious wording with political satire and references to taxation and governance.
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Abe
Stanton
Welles
Washington
Ilinois
Columbia
Wihfield Scott
Lincoln
Union
White House
Sam
Jet Davis
UO Abe
Ani
A Mournful Evening at Towers Farm
Minnie Towers encounters a starving woman with a sick child beside a rural road and later discovers the child dead. The scene shifts to a grim revelation as Charley Frampton’s fate is learned, and Minnie faces social judgment for turning away the mother. The tale blends rural longing with a harsh verdict on charity and duty.
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Minnie
Charley
Eaid
Towers’ Farma
Minniead
Charley Frampton
Whispering Wooda
Abe Passid
Minnie Towers
Minate
Wupatill
Dom
Minuie
Medusa
Abe
Charles Frampton
Comet Sightings and Cherokee War Hoop Headline
A fragment describes Crin oline introduced to Cherokees and Indian chiefs wearing war hoops. It notes a second comet near Mars, about 70,000 tongues from Earth and 58,000,000 from the sun, reflecting historical newspaper diction.
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Mars
War Department building left roofless by storm damage
Described as drenched and partly uninhabitable after yesterday’s downpour, the War Department building loses its roof during construction. Telegraphic Dis. notes no harm and mocks the idea of a cleanout as weather gutters wash away the roofless structure, with residents spared and voices of Amen.
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War Department
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