15 Nov 1860
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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1860
Page
1
A reflective verse tribute to treasured memories and family bonds. The speaker recalls prayers, parental voices, and siblings shaping joy in a past of sunny times, songs, vows, and nature. Memory’s halls reveal vivid scenes, guiding the heart with nostalgia and gentle bittersweet reverie.
A public notice details allegations around the Boone County Bank and the note circulation in Lebanon Indiana. It cites approvals by state officials, security deposits, and possible engraver involvement, asserting strict compliance with the free bank law while warning of possible fraud through misprinted plates and misplaced transmissions. It includes editorial jokes and local reactions, and notes a separate murder case involving Fox and the Davenport incident in Iowa.
The London Chronicle excerpt reviews the Prince’s Westward visit with a grand but costly ball in St Louis and a gala in Cincinnati famed for pork wine and whisky. It contrasts social rank with wealth from commerce and describes cameo cutting in stone and shell as art forms.
The Auditor of State will wind up the Boone County Bank amid protests of unpaid notes. The engraver claims $54,000 in bills printed from a plate, while Ormsby the engraver faces deep suspicion. The bank, tied to a New York institution, appears linked to a fraud setup with limited legitimate business aims.
Mr Avopix, a learned French traveler, argues that complexion depends on nourishment. He cites Nubia’s races presenting carnation complexions comparable to Southern Europeans through exclusive animal food use. In Algeria, butchers who are often Kalu negros are as fair as European settlers while retaining woolly hair.
A German Sunday school incident features a little girl whose parents were evicted for unpaid rent. When asked if she read her catechism and about creation, she responds that God made the world and first parents. Inquiries about why Adam and Eve left Paradise lead to a quip that it was because they couldn't pay the rent.
A local advocate promotes pulverized borax as an exterminating agent for kitchen roaches. The method involves sprinkling borax in cupboards drawers and closets, claiming rapid elimination in a few days. It emphasizes safety if it contacts food and notes typical infestations citywide.
A Kextocny Konan and Henry Johnson, a house carpenter, face forgery and bigamy charges after marriage to a Danville woman appears linked to a Flemingsburg case. A hippo purchase for exhibition near $20,000 draws note as the story references travels and investigations.
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