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Newspaper
Cambridge Reveille
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1850
Page
1
A compact poem on the Sabbath praising its holiness and the reverent church scene. The verse includes an embrace of divine worship and disciplined prayer. It also contains stanzas by G. P. R. James written aboard the steamer Washington on a voyage to New York praising the ship and national liberty.
A dramatic narrative recounts Mrs Toll’s quest against a deceitful husband Toll who long denied she was his wife. After a harsh Buffalo trial she escaped captivity by climbing from a prison cell, crossed into Canada with new allies, and sought reunion with her child and freedom.
A property man, failing for years, seeks help from Dr. Spring of Watertown Mass. After outlining his case, the doctor offers a cure if the patient follows advice and must steal a horse to trigger arrest and a harsh diet that restores health.
In a Philadelphia lane a dying father, his stoic wife and their son persevere. The mother’s care and the son’s study transform their fortunes from frames and poverty to a three story brick house, a law career, and a respected editor.
A satirical piece on birds mocks species traits and human folly. It jests that crows belong in lunatic asylums and roosters claim chromatic scales while noting birds in general avoid transportation roles. It ends asserting humans alone seek perfection.
A narrator notes that Tony rejects many common beliefs and labels himself an oddity and a bore. He questions status symbols such as A S S and eyeglasses, denies that professionals inherently possess sharpness, and mocks the idea that wise men end in windiness.
A humorous domestic dialogue unfolds with Agnes Foozle requesting $20 for a new dress while chastising her husband for calling her a bear. He refuses, recalling the insult, then a louder exchange erupts as a second sum of $50 is demanded amid playful banter and sharp repartee.
A westbound traveler claims a perfume wind teased the journey, but a caravan of girls in the woods proved it was only their garden-rose scent. A playful scene unfolds as readers improvise with a tale of reading papers and coats among the ladies.
A humorous dialogue features a editor, a friend who values idleness, and a pun about collar and stock. A tailor complains of a tall shirt and narrow collar, while Jeems jokes his case mirrors a railway subscriber. A patient seeks relief as a doctor is urged to yank one tooth to quiet all.
A fragment recounts Lady Wallace with a large party where talk turns to a myth about Paphos cannons forbidding a woman to tell her age. David Home sits silent as Tam asks for an answer and the proposed reply is that she has not yet come to years of discretion.
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