23 Sep 1857
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Newspaper
Beaver County Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1857
Page
1
Printed and published by Weyand. Terms and price list include annual subscription forty eight? or fifty cents per year. Advance two dollars charged. No paper discontinued until arrearages settled. Advertisements 50 cents per square for first insertion and 23 cents for each subsequent insertion. Emphasis on prompt attention to letters and endorsements.
A reflective poem by Albert Leightor honoring truth and justice as enduring ideals. It contrasts peace and nobility with oppression and tyranny, calling for steadfast citizen and national virtue to sustain liberty and moral courage.
A Long Home correspondent reports on an American pirate linked to the Hong Kong case Eli Boggs. The trial record shows his defense and conviction for piracy with life imprisonment, following allegations of murder and a conspiracy. The piece also notes London street paving contrasts with ancient routes.
The passage discusses feminine fashion and taste, arguing that simple, natural dress enhances youth and proper figure. It warns against costly splendor and urges readers to value sensible, modest attire as a criterion for a fit marriage and good judgment in suitors.
A father tells his three sons a parable of wealth using a handful of grain. Each son reflects on thrift greed and generosity before the uncle’s bequest. Bernard’s harvest of corn symbolizes wise use of fortune and the value of a well tended life.
Fragmentary line reads little ones of Christ and He shall remember it with a wreath reward. The snippet appears from a religious text page with unclear surrounding context and date.
The article states 600000 children attend Sabbath Schools in the Methodist system with 21000 in Erie Conference. It notes Sunday School Advocate circulation at 186000, a gain of 90000 in a month, and estimates 7000000 children in Christendom. It places total Sabbath Schools nationwide at 3000000, under half of U S children per the last census.
The Illinois United States Court, presiding judge, held in a produce gambling case that the buyer was culpable for damages from failure to fulfill the contract for 16 000 bushels of corn. The defendant argued no intent to deliver the corn but to pay the price difference, yet the ruling favored the plaintiff.
An elderly dragoon, devoted to Gen. Anthony Wayne from the Revolutionary era, is recalled for a moment of humor. The tale recounts his bold demand for brandy during a tense room visit and Wayne’s sharp retort as the anecdote reflects on loyalty and frontier life.
In a bar, a tender known for drinking away from bosses faced an awkward scene when his employer entered unexpectedly. The man, ready to drink, froze as the tumbler and contents spilled on the counter. The employer exclaimed with surprise asking where the drink had come from.
Bayard Taylor narrates a Yankee walking with a Grand Duke in St Petersburgh on a muddy day. The American offers a silver rouble for a coin toss asking crown or tail, chooses crown, and the Grand Duke jokes about the outcome. The next day the African guest is invited to dine.
A Kalamazoo Otsego county groom W H Webster and Guinnay county Ohio bride Emelipe Beach wed on a Chicago to Kalamazoo ride. The ceremony occurred during a four to five hour journey covering about thirty two miles per hour with Justice John Edwards officiating. The couple then traveled to Cleveland by steam boat. A Detroit Advertiser item notes this rapid nuptial and humorous reflection on speed and romance aboard a railway.
A fragmentary note from a railroad worker describes a jailed deadhead passenger. The back of a pass reads bleak lines about blessings and rides, while a conductor responds with a terse instruction to let the rider continue his journey until Lent ends.
From the Hollidaysburg Register, DIED. At the Exchange Hotel in Philadelphia on the 3 of July 1827 Mrs. Pablo Plunder mother of the Democratic party, aged and well‑loved, with her last illness beginning at the birth of her son Henry B Matt. Her funeral procession drew hundreds, with honored pallbearers and Canal Commissioners among mourners. The obsequies moved from the depot in Gaysport to the Altoona office of Lamgaert for interment, the crowd extending two miles along the plank road.
The report describes the Cawnpore massacre where 90 English troops faced siege by mutineers and 8000 civilians, the fall of the fort, and subsequent relief by General Havelock with 2000 troops. It notes recapture of Cawnpore and Lucknow as turning points, and mentions broader Indian uprisings and related strategic actions.
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