20 Sep 1860
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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1860
Page
1
In advance payment required for transient ads and quarterly settlements for other notices. Township city county district candidate ads set at fixed rates. ads run until ordered out unless a specific end date is given. Deadline: Tuesday 10 o'clock for insertion.
A verse sketch shows Augustus Brown suffers a cold and self pity. He proposes marriage to Sue Jenkins after a failed attempt at ending his life. She agrees, becoming his bride, yet he professes an ongoing wish to die beside her.
List of committees for the Dearborn County Agricultural Society ninth annual fair to be held in Aurora September 25 to 29 1860. Names include Lawrence Pope Kentucky John Brumly Sparta James Holmes Ohio County Mr Vancowley Dillsborough Center Township Asbury State Robert H Given Sparta Township Robert Mosby Kentucky John R Cole Washington Henry Wood Manchester Henry Miller Ohio County Joseph C Jenkins Kentucky Joseph S Beckett Washington Benjamin Tibbitts Manchester Joseph Kittie Ohio County John Crozier Hogan Township SEC 4 Norse for the Saddle John Terrill George Clark Keet Boone Co Kentucky 233338 SSeS Manchester Smith L Moore Sparta Township John W Barricklow Ohio County James Hull Ripley County SEC 5 Matched Horses and M on Benjamin Ewbank Miller George W Terrill Kentucky Lewis Bailey Ohio County John Cornforth 2 Washington Thomas Curtis Center Township CLASS C Miter Sparta Township Sima Elijah Huffman Hogan Township John Whiteford Ohio County 2 FINE AND LONG-WOOLED SHEEP George Randall Washington
Thomas Hansell and Benjamin M Allen are listed with Kentucky and Center Township. Theodore Garley and James Reed appear linked to Washington and Hogan Townships. Mrs John Terrill and Mrs George H Riggs are noted in Center Township. Mrs Ira Kimble and Hogan Township are referenced in association with Kentucky listings.
A dense record of names assigned to domestic manufactures by location. Lists include multiple townships in Hogan Center Washington Manchester Sparta and surrounding areas with women homemakers and several Kentucky Ohio County and Washington entries. The fragmentary text names numerous individuals and local officials connected to township civic duties and commodity postings.
A readable fragment lists residents in Petersburg and Sparta townships including Mrs Ephraim Butterfield Mrs Loyd Mrs Lewis Loder and Levi Boyd with references to Ohio County and Washington and Manchester townships. It notes an Executive Committee to decide on Field Crops and mentions HF s Warent and Secretary.
A historical reflection on the vicissitudes of English noble families from the Percy and Neville lines to the Umfravilles and Montforts. The piece notes how fortunes rise to power and fade to obscurity, with dramatic fates at battles, scaffold, and through improvidence. It also explains heraldic origins and legends behind crests like Cheney, Dudley, and Stanley.
A reflective essay questions falling in love as sin and explores youth love, sentiment, and the idea that first love is often shallow but can lead to lifelong passion. It notes that many youths seek love while others chase passion, and warns that early infatuation can inspire foolish acts.
A Life Illustrated meditation on marital support and the burden of male care. The speaker argues a husband should seek his wife’s help, noting a weak partnership wastes life’s storms and robs the worker of relief and shared joy. The piece contrasts a practical, empathetic wife with a fragile, ornamental view of marriage.
The article urges sowing wheat from Sept 15 to Oct 1 for next year's crop and notes a large current harvest. It argues farmers lose profits from straw, endorsing cutting straw, mixing with bran or shorts and oilcake meal, feeding it to stock, and grinding flour locally to keep shorts and bran for farm use.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a romance set at a Northern watering-place. An inner pocket glove preserved in a valise holds the story of a life and past passions. The narrator notes the lasting scent of rose, moonlit meetings, a ruby ring, and a vow of friendship before she marries a lawyer in Southern Illinois with two children.
A guidance list for compiling manuscripts for publication. It urges black ink on white paper, smaller pages, blank margins, page numbering, plain bold handwriting, punctuation for print, and precise handling of italics and capitals. It stresses clarity, legibility, and separating private notes from the printer's copy.
A historic claim suggests the earth is a magnet with currents affecting the human body. The text advises sleeping with the head toward the north pole to harmonize bodily and earthly currents, warning that opposite directions may cause nervous disorders and that the remedy is to return to the northward position. Architects are urged to consider this principle.
A columnist suggests borrowing from close friends to gauge what a dollar is worth. If you lack a need to borrow, you can sometimes obtain it easily, but if the world believes you truly need money to avoid starvation, you may face delay before funds arrive, warning about the social sting of reliance.
An Irish emigrant aboard a ship asks a sailor about a sunset gun. The sailor answers with a rustic exchange noting the sun going down in the country with such bang. The fragment hints at cultural dialogue aboard a maritime scene and evokes a vivid sunset moment.
A vivid painted scene describes a ripe grain field on a bright day flanked by old woods. Light and wind play across the stalks as colors shift from gold to red, with birds and a squirrel as gentle, fleeting life in a calm countryside landscape.
Washington Evening Star editor from Harper's Ferry notes Washington marked bench marks along the Potomac survey route between Harper's Ferry and Georgetown. He argues the marks, preserved in notes, prove Washington's precise and practical surveying method admired by civil engineers of recent decades.
A reverent homage to woman as a priceless gem and divine consoler guiding youth, diffusing happiness, wisdom, and purity. The passage extols a woman's innocence and influence as a beacon and guiding star that calms passions and shapes destinies.
A Genesee Farmer writer describes planting wheat on hills two feet apart with two to three plants per hill. He reports small plots producing as much as two hundred bushels per acre, noting soil stirring during growth and questioning large scale viability. The piece also includes unrelated references and recipe snippets.
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