11 Nov 1857
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Newspaper
Beaver County Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1857
Page
1
Fragments show an advertising notice and call for communications by mail seeking prompt attention. The readable text mentions letters, communications, and insertion in a liberal green hire context with no clear event or names.
A stream of phrases lists varied human actions and traits from kindness to cruelty. The text presents shifting states such as laughing and weeping, trusting and doubting, teaching and learning, fasting and saving, rising and falling, amid references to time and enduring deeds.
Governor Wise quotes from Mechanics' Institute opening as he recounts the American Norris engine saga. British bridle collapsed as Norris overcame grade and jealous obstacles, culminating in a powered locomotive tearing forward amid spectators and triumph.
A Washington correspondent notes the social scene around the bachelor president, detailing how visiting ladies attempt to engage him with two stereotyped openings. The piece quotes the expected salutations and the president’s measured replies as he navigates formal etiquette at receptions in the capital.
In a packed race, Prioress edged Queen Dersined El Hakim with Fright Zigzag and Warlock close behind. El Hakim gained late to beat Queen Bess by a head for second as American colors claimed a celebrated victory and Mr. Ten Broeck received warm praise despite a rider's objection over a grogs ruling.
The article argues the Bengal army is gone and India’s provinces will require greater effort and expense to reconquer. It contends England must rely on broader resources and a firmer grip to reassert empire, noting the collapse of native forces and the long struggle ahead.
A strong quake struck Buffalo yesterday afternoon around three o clock causing widespread alarm. Buildings creaked furniture toppled and residents rushed into the streets as reports varied from Niagara Falls caving in to banking explosions to the old Court House scene where a courtroom disturbance ensued.
The note confirms the death of Rev Freeman and fellow missionaries among the casualties of the insurrection in India. It lists the Campbell and Johnson families and two children as among those killed, with details of their origins and service. The Board regards the loss as a grave blow to the mission work, outweighing substantial property losses.
The New York Herald predicts a shock to wealth from the collapse of investments. Banks railways and joint stock companies will yield little this year, shrinking luxury spending and depressing real estate. Fifth Avenue mansions once valued at fifty to sixty thousand dollars may fall to twenty five to thirty thousand. Cheap bargains extend beyond dry goods and crockery.
Scattered phrases show a debate over hard currency and monetary policy. The text complains about delays and political battles affecting adoption of hard currency, noting prior government control and ongoing public frustration.
An aged seafarer’s wanderings from the Atlantic to the Pacific, via the Mediterranean and China, end in Cincinnati where a young mechanic helps him after he reveals a life of salt and sorrow. The encounter binds them as the old man seeks rest and kin in a world of lost families.
The cholera outbreak in northern Europe alarms England yet spurs reforms in housing air and water quality. The Liverpool Times notes resistance to progress along the east coast when the epidemic crosses the German Ocean, while statistics from the Register General show a warmer summer with fewer pulmonary cases.
A New York Post correspondent in Northadiptes, Massachusetts reports on a moral reform subscriber asking about Victor i come. The reply notes there are no secular services and only sectarian churches. A balloonist is cited with a floatation brass device weighing differently on Earth, with a discussion on atmospheric pressure.
The text presents a patriotic poem fragment describing landscapes and emotions tied to a country. It mentions rivers, rocks, forests, vales, flowers, and towers, with a refrain about the country’s fame and a reference to “Ten Lamp of Listert” as a possible title or name within the piece.
The partner of a city business house was placed in a lunatic asylum after years of vast profits. His firm, once $1,300,000 yearly, collapsed, leaving an estate valued at $2,500,900 tied to the same concern. The $140 share of Missouri Central Railroad stock, held as part of the estate, sold at liquidation amid the collapse.
Fragmented excerpt discusses Congress swamp land acts and the transfer of land to states for drainage and cultivation. Mentions indemnity operations and large patent figures including seven and a half million acres and a billion nine hundred thousand acres granted to Missouri.
The New York Journal of Commerce notes Western towns and near home shops delaying debts to New York merchants. Debtors with $25,000 to $630,000 in goods sold stock at deep discounts in a bid to ride out hard times but risk losing credit as prompt payers dominate.
The discourse examines the likelihood of King William of Prussia dying soon or losing use of his faculties. With no children, his brother the Prince of Prussia would rule as regent. The text notes the Prince’s age and morality but limited ability while discussing the Radicals’ hopes to curb Prussian influence through Princess of Saxe Weimar, and recalls Frederick William’s early liberal promises fading after accession.
John Cobe of Haddam Connecticut appeared at Middletown bank with 81 900 in demand notes hidden since 1885 in a napkin. He returned the slips to the savings bank, which confirmed the funds and interest would have grown to about 2 000 over years.
Readers are urged to plant belts of trees around farms to stabilize temperatures and attract clouds, improving drought resilience in western New York and Western states. The article notes salience of reforestation for soil, streams, and health, urging farmers to select suitable species and layouts based on locality and climate.
The Berks county commissioners offer a reward of 8500 to capture the perpetrator of the Adaline Baver murder in Mahrefville. Reading Gazette recalls a prior murder of a Fisher girl near Reading with large rewards that yielded no clue.
The narrator recalls attempts to outpace sound with trains using bells whistles and steam. A humorous yet chaotic experiment ends with a wreck and death as the locomotive crashes leaving a pond and broken wagons. The piece recounts public fear and asks how sound and technology can outrun reality.
A Daytra clerk foiled a burglar after spotting a peculiar setup and a hidden space—an opening large enough for entry—prompting a bold chase. The incident follows market notes noting depressed hog prices and overall weak demand in Cincinnati Price Current.
The document outlines estimated bank paper circulation in the United States at the present time. It lists denominations including five dollars twenty dollars and thirty five millions along with other amounts in hundreds of thousands and millions.
Fragmentary remarks at a Providence bank scene reference swearing, piety, and a five dollar offer as the levee crowd endures idle steamboats and rising prices. The piece paints a somber mood amid fluctuating grain prices from 40 to 60 cents per bushel.
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