17 Nov 1864
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Newspaper
Tipton Advertiser
Location
Tipton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1864
Page
1
The Tipton Advertiser argues for daily orderly dress as a social virtue. It cites a family that dressed for the afternoon to foster self respect and mutual respect, noting the habit aids idle gossip and neighborly harmony. It also discusses Reconstruction era views, urging reconciliation through hardened lines and potential annexation ideas.
Ohio New Jersey report recounts Col Berdan and Mr James testing a breech loading rifle at twelve hundred yards with a telescopic sight. Berdan allegedly hits bulls eye five times out of six, James fails at long range. Describes new breech, rifling, and ammunition concepts and compares with Springfield and Sharp rifles. Includes railroading behind Richmond and Nashville Freedmen celebration notes and scattered Civil War captions.
A miscellany of extraordinary weights from 1316 to 1775 across Leicestershire Essex and Cornwall cites individuals who weighed from forty to five hundred pounds. A tale from Home Monthly adds a fablelike line about a starving youth gaining insight while fishing, and a satirical note on a dishwashing invention pitch after a divorce.
A discussion argues the Union could cripple the Confederacy by freeing enslaved Black labor for the war effort, predicting collapse if enslaved people join the Union. The Atlantic cable test shows a cable withstood heavy tension, revealing improved strength with fiber load and durability beyond India rubber insulation.
Fragmented humorous observations and quips surface in a garbled miscellany. Jotted bits include misquoted proverbs, crackers about betting and pistols, odd anecdotes of airless etiquette, a sharp political jibe, and a muddy tale of a Maine woman and a dish. The tone resembles a late 19th century humor column.
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