19 Jul 1860
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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1860
Page
1
Business notices show advertising charges for township city and county candidates with advance payment of 100 200 and 250 to 500 respectively. Transient ads must be prepaid. others are billed quarterly. Ads require submission by Tuesday 10 a.m. unless a specific time is set, then they run until canceled and charged.
A poem by Mrs. L. L. Deming features a speaker waiting for a promised meeting at night. The verse describes twilight, moonlight on the sea, and a lover’s anticipated arrival with repeated declarations of waiting and blessing at the end.
Mr. Edge, irritable at breakfast, clashes with his wife Maria over money and attention. A chance ride with a blue eyed stranger leads to a romantic misadventure ending with Maria obtaining furs and Edge becoming a more courteous husband.
The New York report profiles Mrs. Caroline A. Dall from a recent Woman's Rights meeting. It sketches her as a short, thin speaker with a long neck, pointed nose, very large mouth, and eye glasses. Her dress is tight sleeve and lace accents, her nails long and habit of rubbing them to make a sound.
An antediluvian jaw bone was found at Shawnee Creek mouth ten miles below Attica Town. The bone measures thirty six inches in length eight and a half inches wide and similar depth at the tooth line. Two teeth are loose in sockets the first nine inches long by four and a half wide the other five and one eighth by four and a half wide. Enamel on the teeth is described as perfect.
Suicide of John Miller, a drunken tailor, in Decatur III jail by stabbing himself with shears during delirium tremens. Post mortem found a seven inch cast iron stove hook in the stomach, showing long exposure to the local area.
The item surveys a Europe to America plant provenance claim for Isabella bog and notes a British garden source. It mentions Miss Gibbs and Lespeyre as historical names and references cattle killed by lightning prompting a legislative special session. It also notes alarm over weeds, packing crates spreading seeds, and a London anecdote about a coffin lid and a steam engine.
A historical sketch recounts repeated duels on Bladensburg’s ground from 1814 to 1882. Notable figures include Edward Hopkins, A. T. Mason, John Randolph, Henry Clay, and Cilley, with summaries of shots, injuries, and reconciliations amid a landscape of graves, bloodlines, and moral debate.
At Tower's Mill in Lanesboro Massachusetts a young man named Jerry Swan was caught by the arm in machinery. The arm was badly mangled and later buried in a box. After waking from chloroform he felt pain and cold in the hand, it was dug up and reburied, then again placed in a tomb for relief.
A Browning inspired meditation on love ends in a lonely ache as a couple reflect on life and loss. In New York a six foot two inch man fights swindlers in a Peter Funk auction room, recovering a watch worth $16 before retiring.
A tip on tree relocation urges marking the north side with red chalk before lifting and placing trees with north facing north. The tale adds humor about a wag comparing cabbage heads to philosophers. The Soft Shells and Hard Shells in New York fear party bickering between Gus Schell and Herschell Curran.
A cryptic line hints at a horseman famed for scourging the plain, with a playful twist on washing. The riddle twists language around a rider and soap imagery, suggesting playful folklore or a regional say.
A fragment notes a provocative motto claiming strangers are served first come, first served. The oddly worded line hints at hostile or satirical stance affecting outsiders, with no additional context or attribution in the readable text.
A local column calls attention to cultural expectations and media ethics, urging fair treatment of women in journalism and public life. The piece critiques stereotypes and advocates respectful standards in reporting and community discourse.
A fragment notes a Black woman and the phrase born to blush unseen while referencing Baienam young and a count of 217 children, with minimal readable context. The garbled text provides no clear event or dates to confirm a coherent news item.
An Englishman riding from Dresden to Leipsic asks a question about travel time. The train enters a tunnel and, as darkness envelops passengers, the women scream and cover their faces in fear as the light returns and a disaster is implied.
A distressed Englishman believed a thirty minute tunnel passage would allow a discreet exit from Dresden. He emerged into light mid toilette, surprised to be seen and eager to exploit the presumed half hour of darkness for his escape plan.
Workers at Wroxeler England report winter excavations revealing a workshop area near the Forum. A square stone pier, furnace with vitrified interior, coal scatter, and a stone base or table suggest metalworking activity. About sixty Roman coins and fragments of an earthen vessel were found near the doorway.
Florence correspondent of the New York Express reports Victor Emanuel’s Florence entry met with an emotional church welcome despite excommunication. He is described as ugly in appearance but noble in bearing as Bibles and Protestant preaching spread in Tuscany through Vaudois and Fratelli groups aided by the Evangelical Society of London.
A San Francisco Herald report describes a steam wagon imported from England making a trial run in San Francisco. The ponderous vehicle loaded with coal wood and water and manned by about twenty five workers from Vulcan Foundry departed for Mission Dolores with owners R L Ogden and J D Wilson aboard and steersman Lewis Blanding at the deck officer position.
A new steam craft headed for Mission Dolores arrives in forty five minutes then returns to town after minor tightening of screws. It explores routes along Folsom Second Market Mission and Third streets before looping back to the Vulcan Tron Works hoping for precise steering and low running costs.
The writer contrasts New Orleans burial customs with the North, admiring Cypress Grove and the French cemetery. He describes eight foot thick walls with brick ovens where coffins rest in sealed cells, elaborately private sepulchres, and modest graves for paupers.
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