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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1855
Page
2
The issue centers on Sevastopol with questions of its fall and the Crimea siege. Editorials doubt a Russian fortress fall, noting Russian troop and supply advantages and cholera impact. Local items discuss Jeffersyle editor's moon lore, Hibben slur, a large Evansville fire, and Cincinnati daguerreotype artistry.
A Réverend correspondent praises Indianapolis newspapers while criticizing their praise of the Athenium. The piece defends theatre as a moral yet vibrant entertainment and argues proper conduct, audience learning, and the value of variety for mind and health. It also mocks local blank verse attempts and urges better verse over foolish bravado.
Citizens in Dearborn County gathered at Temperance Hall Lawrenceburg to discuss enforcing the new Prohibitory Liquor Law. A plan to convene again June 5 appoints township agents for liquor sales oversight and urges a large Aurora gathering June 12 with regalia. The Temperance Wreath newsletter is promoted and reports ordered in the Independent Press and Aurora Standard.
In Kansas George H. Parke accuses Atchison of organizing secret societies to disrupt Free-Soilers and drive them from the state, with threats against Northern presses. Virginia notes include Miss Beecher’s visit to the University of Virginia provoking mock serenades and effigy burning, Morse versus Spaulding on Lafayette wording, and reports of emigration and hardship in Kansas Territory.
A Hooster:in Iowa reports a tour through Iowa praising agricultural promise and Yankee enterprise while denouncing slavery as a curse. The writer extols the land as a future garden and grainary of the world and condemns extending slavery into North America. The letter ends with invitations for a visit in May.
Indianapolis researchers claim a large fraud in the late election with about 250 votes listed in the First Ward poll books by owners not residing there. Officials hope for a thorough investigation into alleged fraud and raised notes caution.
News from the Crimea via Baltic and telegraph indicates Allied forces garrison and bombardment results near Sevastopol remain precarious. Reports note heavy Russian counterattacks, large siege fortifications, substantial reinforcements, and debate in Parliament over publication and conduct of the war.
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