25 Mar 1858
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Newspaper
Bellevue Gazette
Location
Bellevue, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1858
Page
1
A Bellev ue Gazette column urges East readers to consider moving to Nebraska for farming. It describes prairie beauty, social ties, religious harmony, and the value of family stability while acknowledging challenges of leaving familiar homes.
An impassioned plea argues that early life needs vigorous physical development and ample outdoor exercise rather than prolonged confinement. It urges reformers to test long days and harsh conditions for impact on health, warning that current practices stunt body and mind.
An eccentric tale recounted by a narrator describes Jack Hastings a Cuban born printer who emigrated to the United States amid rumors of Republican leanings. The story follows Hastings misadventure with a supposed monkey that turns out to be a skunk leading to a comic rescue and a life as a railroad brakesman. A second excerpt relays a traveling observer’s Cleveland scene with the Marsh Children a Mormon-leaning delegation and a sensational dinner table misunderstanding about Brigham Young causing public curiosity and laughter.
An 18 year old youth once deserted a European monarch’s service and reached Philadelphia nine years ago. He wandered homeless, spoke little English, and tried to end his life but was restrained. He later found work, endured poverty, rose to success on the stage, and now has a substantial fortune. He marks the six anniversary of his failed self harm with friends tonight.
A zealous Temperance deacon hires a carpenter to alter his parlor. Removing a fire-board reveals a mare's nest of decanters and jugs. the deacon suspects old Capt B left them thirty years ago. A court-room joke follows as a mother claims her son has worked since birth, and the lawyer challenges the milking claim.
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