03 Dec 1867
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Newspaper
Waukesha Plaindealer
Location
Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1867
Page
1
A domestic scene reveals class and race strain as a farmer wife and husband debate government bonds, Reconstruction politics, and economic hardship. They reflect Union defeat narratives, bondholders, and praise for white-leaning Democratic rhetoric while shading poverty and worn households.
A New York Sun reader shares a long Irish letter from January 1867, recounting Christmas customs, politics, and daily life with humor and ironies. It contrasts Irish hospitality with American radical politics and mentions a grim note about a future “white man” in Congress and the President. The piece also delivers a long obituary of William Sharp “Old Threelaps” from Keighley, a recluse who never left his room for decades, his bizarre funeral coffin, and the local fascination it drew.
A ship plagued by fever and disaster recounts a sailor and his son dying at sea. The shark saga unfolds as the father and boy are swallowed and then freed when a missing knife and a grim guardian blade enable them to escape. Amid heat and toil they labor to free themselves from a perilous predicament.
In a South Carolina court a full colored jury was empaneled. After lengthy proceedings the foreman could not find a verdict, explaining the officer locked them in a room and they searched for a verdict amid disbelief. The exchange ends with no verdict reached.
A compact, dated survey of early American figures and events. It lists marriage, birth, death, and notable actions from Virginia to New England, including Pocahontas, Virginia Dare, Peregrine White, John Winthrop, Miles Standish, George Whitefield, and Benjamin Franklin, with dates ranging from 1400s to 1800s and notes on colonial governance, religion, and inoculation practices.
In the Religious Herald an incident shows Stonewall Jackson after Manassas. At a Lexington post office crowds expected battle news. A letter read aloud from Jackson mentions domestic missions funds, not battlefield exploits, highlighting his pious resolve over glory.
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