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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1860
Page
6
A fragmentary excerpt describes a poem titled Watching by Fanny Formfted, praised as an exquisite Oriental scene. It notes rhythmic shifts from sleep to intense emotion, and depicts a watcher at a dying husband’s bedside, with imagery of curtains, shadows, rain, and a prayerful vigil.
In New York on September 11 a group calling itself the Irish Union Wide Awakes argues for Abraham Lincoln and Republican principles. They criticize the Democratic Party and Dred Scott, urging voters to support Lincoln to prevent slave labor from undermining white laborers.
The Havana Diario reports Walker acted as a private agent for an American association the Knights of the Southern States. He aimed to create an independent Honduran state with Ruatan inhabitants, join it to the American Union, and by British countermeasures seize 300 to 800 enslaved people from the Bay Islands for sale in New Orleans and the South.
Fragmentary report notes New York Times correspondent on Indian affairs and a governor elect, with references to Col. transitions and a German club-room gathering. Details are unclear due to damaged text and missing names and dates.
An odd, previously unknown creature appears during a voyage from Portland to Mount Desert. A fisherman initially thinks it a conger eel but notes a square blunt body with deep-set eyes and eel like tail. The beast defies classification, described as savage looking and unlike any fish seen in fifty years of local fishing.
Nonsensical OCR fragment references power in 1844 and a dying era around Henry, mentions Valenia via porte and a combined Union move site impr Poenneylvania Indi time's mag aid her.
The article outlines election results by state with party tallies for Ohio Pennsylvania and Indiana. It notes shifts in delegates and compares current counts to prior congresses including Republican and Democratic gains. It also mentions a Kanes relief plan and Pennsylvania state results with governor race figures.
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