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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1855
Page
2
A railroad timetable from Aurora lists passenger trains at 9.51 am and 5.00 pm with a second daily run at 7.34 pm. Freight service appears at 10.50 am. Schedule outlines 110 and Miss. routes with trains leaving westward daily.
The Trustees of the Aurora Graded Schools announce the second session starts Monday September 31 under the same superintendent. Tuition is 80 75 per month for Primary, 100 for Secondary, and 125 for High. Funds are in short supply, but new apparatus and maps will aid instruction. Trustees named: George Surron N R Steapmay B N McHenry George Sim Danie ARMEL.
A regional political clash unfolds as a committee names thirteen delegates while a veteran remarks that voters should choose, prompting threats of excommunication for questioning party leaders. Speakers denounce the Know Nothing movement and warn against corrupt methods used to pack the convention, labeling both the endorser and the maker as bogus.
At the Wilmington Circuit quarterly meeting held near Hillsborough a two hundred dollar shortfall was reported for the year. Most members have not paid. only one contributor was identified as an apostate Know Nothing. Fundraising subscriptions are underway to cover the deficit and ensure preacher salaries. A Moore’s Hill camp meeting visit afterward described a grand new college building of nine acres, four stories, 90 to 100 feet long, praised as superior to peers.
An editor at Moore's Hill Miscellanies offers to lend a friend a quarter to attend the show if he promises not to follow the elephant troupe. He suggests Dr Bowers accompany Homo to supervise and to spend the gas money for the outing. The note promises a chance to lecture on animal wonders and to praise a Moore's Hill college.
Fragments from a 19th century newspaper page discuss discontent with the current political ticket urging Old Liners to back a new slate. References compare Loyalists and Tories across past revolutions and mock the foreign influence claim while urging morale and strategy. The piece also notes millet crop yields, a yellow fever census in Gosport, and a social aphorism on marriage and respect.
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