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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1855
Page
3
Rain reported in the morning at 9.51 a.m with a second shower at 4.00 p.m and a third at 7.3 percent ppm. Freight movement noted along the M0 and Miss railroad line with westward progress toward the Aurora corridor.
The column rebuts claims of political bias at the Old Line meeting on Holman’s Hill last Fourth of July with Mr Lane’s speech now published in the Register. A steamer altercation ends with a mate fined for assault and a knife-wielding hand punished. Messrs. Sandford & Crain advertise fine horses at the Eagle Hotel rear. The Trade highlights huge clingstone peaches weighing up to eight and a half ounces. Insurance ad urges property coverage via Indianapolis Insurance Co. Meyer, Cohen & Co. promise reliable services. The Sturgess funeral was postponed due to illness and the Wassinnci Monument Association announces a Council Bluffs exhibit with a patriotic program and art from Washington to Webster. Proceeds fund the Washington Monument. tickets at drug stores or the door.
In the city on Tuesday morning September 12 Cora J Watkins infant daughter of L Noble with Eliza N Bush died at age 15 months contemporaneous with a local death notice detailing her short life and lineage.
Married recently by Rev. Jac. W. Melender, William Gibson of Antora to Jane Ann Wymond of Wilmington. The couple faces modest cake scarcity but elicits warm wishes for happiness and lasting harmony from their community.
Market report notes firm demand for beef and grain with various prices. Barley and flour values listed alongside cheese and cotton goods. Wheat around 1.25 to 1.30 per bushel, corn dull near 50, rye and oats steady to moderate, hay prime Timothy 14 to 15, coffee and molasses firm with sugar near eight to nine cents per pound.
A compact column mixes letters and anecdotes. It covers name changes by writers, political barbs over past campaigns, visits by candidates Sam Jones and Elias T. Crosby, reflections on clerks and local figures, temperance debates and race to elect local officials, plus assorted notes from Vermont and national items with skeptical tone toward public figures and institutions.
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