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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1855
Page
2
The guide outlines thinning corn with shovel plows and hoes to remove briers and sprouts, followed by Cultivators twice in a row. It stresses laying by the crop level for fall or spring seeding, timing maturing to feed stock, and stacking 16 hills squares or slightly less in drills. Early cutting risks loss. cribbed corn should be secured by January. Stacks should be doubled after shucking, with one third left on the ground.
The Standard notes the Philadelphia council meeting is not fully published yet. It reports figures like Gov Gardner and Senator Wilson, and candidates Law and Stockton, with Fillmore dropped. It covers platform debates on slavery and Missouri Compromise, and details a liquor riot in Portland Maine led by Neal Dow, with one killed and seven wounded.
A Lawrenceburg temperance gathering approved measures praising the Prohibitory Liquor Law, pledging support for enforcement and urging church meetings on the 12th. The committee was tasked to draft an address and publish the proceedings in the Independent Press and Aurora Standard.
A Virginia paper rebuts Know Nothing and Democratic smears against Protestant clergy. It cites falsified reports of clergy misdeeds, defends Rev Kelso, and condemns racial slurs and xenophobic imagery used to discredit the party while urging readers to question such propaganda.
A man calling himself Professor W H Kneass promoted a Miscel laneous Entertainment at Council Hall in this city last Saturday. Citizens refused attendance, leaving him with a near-empty audience. A display of crape shrouded coffins or bottles appeared in local saloons, likely a grim tribute to departed spirits.
A vivid sketch extols Professor Holloway as a legendary marketer of medicines. It notes royal audiences from Spain Portugal Naples and Sardinia and praise for his global advertising. claims vast press payments and a Strand London establishment. The piece asserts philanthropy and predicts American esteem for Holloway's pills and ointment.
The exhibit drew about 10 000 visitors with 143 stock babies including seven triplets eleven twins and 100 single babies. The crowd filled the Museum with spectators noting curious scenes and parental pride as the day wore on amidst lively chatter and varied reactions.
A report alleges that the supposed death of Odésticke was a hoax by publishers seeking to boost interest in his forthcoming book. The claim suggests the author is alive and planning further revelations.
The State Council in Cleveland on June 5 188% adopted the Ohio American Party platform. It proclaims freedom of religion, naturalized rights, limits on foreign-born voters, opposition to foreign-only groups, and support for public schools and reform. It also argues against foreign intervention while backing national unity and river and road improvements.
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