29 Sep 1859
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Newspaper
Aurora Commercial
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1859
Page
1
Mary Clark refuses a velvet cloak to aid her dying brother George and his nurse Janet Hill. Edward rewards her sacrifice with a hunting watch engraved to honor the life she saved, while the couple’s kinship and charity unfold into a moral homefront drama.
Cincinnati press reports the Infidel Association of the United States calling for a convention in Philadelphia on the first Monday in October 1859 to advance secular truth and oppose superstition. The notice is signed by President Robt Hamilton and Secretary Rost. Wauuix. Also recounted is a Vienna court anecdote of an Austrian regiment allowed three days at the Emperor’s palace as a privilege, tracing to 1683.
A Madrid letter reports the Queen's delivery may occur near Christmas and her attendants struggle to curb her indulgent appetite. It notes royal self restraint is hard and even crowned heads suffer cravings after liberal banquets, with advisers finding it difficult to impress the health harshness on the royal mind.
A Parisian Jewish financier knew the armistice details days early and devised a telegram to Berlin. He concluded with Herr Scholem will shortly arrive, signaling peace. In Berlin, where Hebrew was understood, the message was decoded as a warning that peace was near.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser notes Arrizwp sparring over the European war outlook. He says the world is retrograding and stockpiling distress, while another speaker counters with a sharp quip about the lion and lamb coexisting, implying danger for the meek.
Correspondent reports speculation around Gen W L Cazneau and Col Fabens arriving in St Domingo with family and setup for a California house. Suspicions arise that Cazneau aims to make a treaty and pursue American claims while a pro filibuster consul may be installed, risking national honor.
Utah correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat reports the Quartermaster General received a War Department order to accept Halliday notes as cash for purchases at Camp Floyd. An auctioneer allegedly followed secret instructions to favor Halliday, who bought over a thousand mules for about half cash value. Halliday also promised to supply Fort Dallas Oregon with one thousand mules at his price. The Dubuque Herald notes frost damage killed much corn in Iowa, with milk-stage crops largely lost and potential statewide losses feared.
A London Post correspondent reports a Japanese girl evading emigration laws to Shanghai with help from a French man. On arrival, officials boarded the vessel, delayed action, then detained her. She was landed and reportedly condemned to death along with relatives and an officer said to have allowed the escape.
In Reed v Gillespie the Circuit Court ruled that before selling real estate for taxes the treasurer must exhaust the debtor’s personal property in the county. Sales made without this step are illegal. The panel held exemptions apply to executions not tax sales, and no blame to past treasurers due to prior statute interpretations.
A Philadelphia Inquirer Washington correspondent claims Brigham Young and leading Mormons wish to leave the United States for the island of New Guinea near Borneo and the Equator. He cites 150,000 Mormons in Europe ready to join, estimates two million dollars to transport them, and urges their removal as far as possible.
A local ex schoolteacher near Aroostook is found suspended by a sapling snare set for a moose. He falls feet first, grabs a bush to survive, and is rescued by a companion. The report also notes raw meat as a European remedy for severe diarrhea and stomach disorders.
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