19 Mar 1856
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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1856
Page
1
A dated tale recalls a maiden under a hawthorn tree and a lover’s vow. They part amid questions of faith and fate as she marries a wealthy banker, while he succumbs to wealth and status. The moral hints at the costs of breaking vows and the lure of social advancement.
A line from a verse speaks on a woman’s role in fate and emotion. It notes her bonds and gentle manipulation of a man’s fortunes through care, affection, and the unseen patterns she weaves in their shared life. The piece reflects on loyalty and influence within relationships.
A long fragmented letter outlines a violent, nationwide attack plan against Ireland and Dublin. It calls for landings, bombings, firing, shootings of police, barricades, looting, arson, and mass slaughter culminating in a seizure of Dublin and desecration of symbols, authored by Job Sass.
A Washington letter refutes the belief that White House expenses are government funded. It notes receptions and banquets are charged to the president, with only a door keeper, an assistant door keeper, and a furnace keeper paid by the government. All other domestics are paid by the press.
A calm voiced madman on a fast train recounts his escape from a madhouse after confessing to murder and a hallucinatory tale tied to Lord Palmerston and the ace of clubs. He describes simulating madness to lure a doctor, plotting escape, and killing a man for money before leaping to freedom as the locomotive nears London.
A French journal recounts a bat killed near Laigle bearing a gold bracelet inscribed with Emperor Galba Gaul conquest dates. The piece suggests the bat might serve as a centuries old historian of Gallos, aging some eighteen hundred years at death, a feat beyond a Spaniard’s claim.
A compact meditation on the grave as a cool shady arbor where a Christian weary of life rests his body. It speaks of forgetting earthly sorrows and pains and sleeping to awaken in heaven.
A traveler at a coffee house amuses gentlemen by claiming a series of wonders occurred somewhere in Europe Russia or maybe Iran. He dodges a precise location, prompting amused debate about where the events truly happened.
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