11 May 1865
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1865
Page
1
There are three hundred thousand houses in London in demand with land selling at a brisk rate. The fragment notes land is sought after and sales appear brisk, hinting at rapid urban expansion and cross channel implications.
A fractious Independent column presents Personal Impressions of Mr. Lincoln by Mr. Fr Carpenter. The reminiscences recount Lincoln as sad yet compassionate, sharing scenes of compassion toward a wounded nation and tender pardons, with anecdotes from 1862 and later, and a broader note on Lincoln’s humanity amid war.
The narrator recalls a Lincoln chat about Shakespeare and a cherished poem once learned from a newspaper. Lincoln hoped to identify its author after mentioning a long-time favorite that had vanished from print.
The New York Tribune reports packed Sunday services for Henry Ward Beecher with hundreds turned away. Beecher framed the nation's joy and sorrow, likening Moses and the President to the promised land, and spoke against slavery's brutal legacy as a uniting cause in a moment of national grief.
A gentleman describes the dying scenes of the President in graphic terms. Mrs Lincoln faints during the last hours as Lincoln lies pale and unresponsive. The account records the long, mournful moaning and the slow, final cessation of breath after a night of fevered distress.
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