09 Dec 1857
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Newspaper
Beaver County Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1857
Page
1
A long damaged clipping recalls a stormy night journey on a crowded train car. The narrator highlights acts of kindness, poverty, and a man who sacrifices for strangers, ending with reflections on virtue and charity amid hardship.
The article lists October deposits at Philadelphia gold and silver markets totaling 1 423 690 in gold and 8 in silver with clearings at 2 108 426 in gold 700 000 in silver and 200 in copper cents. Gold holdings include 1 899 400 in double eagles 7 200 in cables 50 340 in half eagles and 686 dollars in f dollars. Silver holdings cover half dollars 229 000 in half dollars 39 000 in dimes and 26 000 in half dimes. The text also contains moral reflections and a preacher’s analogy comparing youth and age.
A brief death notice records the passing of an elderly person. The readable text provides scant details beyond the event and age, with no full identifiers or dates available in the fragment.
A disjointed 19th century vignette recounts a town boy misbehaving over a backlog of firewood. His father punishes him, the youth leaves for years, returns with a prank log, and a Wisconsin citizen tale about a loitering son and cow leads to moral reflections on truancy and recognition.
A Philadelphia era editorial notes the push to force a constitution on Kansas against popular will. It surveys Democratic loyalties, mentions Buchanan’s stance, and analyzes reactions of leading papers and figures like Douglas and Calhoun in a high-stakes struggle over popular sovereignty and party unity.
The piece argues the twin spheres of man and woman form the true life of humanity with the family as the foundation of society. It asserts the woman's higher sphere is domestic and influential for education, while the man handles outward political life. both share in governance as representatives of the family within the state. Cited from a 1857 Ohio report.
Horace Greeley plans and a Chicago style parlor on his New York farm near Getchester County show his attempt to farm independently of market storms. The article notes his farm costs, a lavish architect led building, and the strain of making farming economically viable amid city life pressures. The Mint and other mentions appear in passing, with a general sense of financial experimentation and public figures referenced.
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