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Newspaper
Cambridge Reveille
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1850
Page
1
Eliza Cook urges courage to say no in temptation, urging bold, clear refusals to vice, deceit, and unwise choices. The verse contrasts personal integrity with social pressure and warns that failure to say no corrupts hearts and futures. The piece includes a separate Missouri political speech excerpt urging anti slavery stances and bold political action.
In a May 29, 1850, note from Agindon Town, Wayne County Iowa, Dan Strattan thanks supporters for drafting him as a possible Whig candidate for the next Legislature but says business duties prevent his candidacy. He commends the convention’s fair conduct, pledges support for the ticket, and expresses pride in past trust and friendship.
The article describes three Rochester sisters famed for spiritual knockings who stayed at Bar sums Hotel in New York. Mr. Greely and a friend visited and reported peculiar phenomena and precise knowledge from a spirit, including a daughter thought to be a relative and exact death dates. The piece shifts to a narrative about Nahaska and Owana, Native American lovers, a peril on the Niagara cataract, a tale of rescue, and Nahaska’s dying years and farewell verse.
The Cincinnati Gazette notes a speaker dismissing critics as absurd yet intelligent while arguing mesmerism explains alleged phenomena. He claims spirits may explain events but fears his material nature blocks special attention and plans further conversations with the spirits.
The text recalls a 19th century poetess linked to Dr Griswold via the New York Evening Mirror. It notes Mrs Oscomb’s variable health during a period of grief and distance, her longing for renewed domestic happiness, and the solace found in familiar embraces as winter deepens.
A Yankee Nation vignette tells of Miss Sarah H. and Charley E. staging a playful mesmeric trick at a friend's parlor. Charley uses plates to simulate sleep and paints Miss H.’s face with charcoal as laughter erupts. the prank ends with Miss H. smiling through the mask and sharing the oysters amid good humor.
In a hot summer of 1849 a stranger at a town saloon requested ice cream and confections. He tasted the ice cream, then plunged the spoon deeper, draining the glass and prompting the Doctor to leap up in alarm as the scene turned chaotic and tense.
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