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Newspaper
Cambridge Reveille
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1850
Page
2
Weee Eee Advertising Agency Mr BE W Carr is authorized to receive payment for advertisements and subscriptions for the Reveille in Philadelphia.
The notice corrects an earlier error stating tax payments for 1849 must be made by October 1 to avoid advertising costs. It urges timely payment and dismisses a religious discussion piece as unsuitable for the paper. The editor notes the publication is political and declines further theological communications to prevent religious discord.
A citizen is informed that his communication cannot be published without the author's real name. The notice explains that submissions will not be printed if the name is withheld and the content is too personal.
A condensed list of editor guidance from the New York Tribune warns correspondents to present clear copy to editors and avoid waste. It advises offering payment for nonpublicity, preparing legible material, and respecting editors time while avoiding intrusiveness. It also notes editors will hire writers when needed and that subscribers gain no special rights to publish.
The piece lauds a weekly science and mechanical arts paper entering its sixth year with extensive patent claims and practical condensed information. It cites Texas politics with Indian removal, Texas Union sentiment, and a Whig nomination in Ohio. Also mentions a new Anderson Indiana paper Axyperson Gazette and a temperance meeting at M E Church on Tuesday evening.
Long criticism accuses Northern Whigs and Free Soil leaders of treachery as the House debates the Texas Boundary and New Mexico Bill. The report lists yeas and nays by state, noting party splits and the influence of slavery on the vote, with observer comments on party loyalties and future disclosures.
A large town meeting at No 1 Commercial Row on the 18th approves a plan to evict alleged thieves within two weeks. A three member committee drafts resolutions endorsing removal and further action if targets fail to quit. The meeting adjourns after publishing the proceedings in the Cambridge Reveille.
The article lists yeas and nays by party for the boundary bill, showing totals of 108 in favor and 93 against, with details by Northern Whigs, Northern Locos, Southern Whigs, Southern Locos, and special Free Soilers. It notes 20 absentees and two vacant Mass seats, then shifts to a local aside about James Hunt’s west-end establishment selling medical temperance beer and assorted goods.
William Griffin of the Boston Bakery offers groceries provisions and dry goods at low prices while H Diven stocks stoves and tinware and runs a tinning business. The page also prints a Jenny Lind prize song and notes about flour milk and counterfeit coin alerts along with a marriage notice and Columbus population figure.
The article denounces three newly enacted provisions for reclaiming fugitives from labor. It denounces liability of the marshal for full labor value if a fugitive escapes, a $10 fee to judges for rulings favoring claimants, and compelled removal of fugitives at federal expense based on affidavits of danger, arguing they violate justice and common law.
The Daily Journal will publish daily and weekly during the Constitutional Convention and Legislature sessions. Subscriptions offer full debates, bound-friendly size, and affordable reading. Rates: daily two dollars for both bodies, one dollar for a single body. weekly one dollar, or fifty cents during a session. Address: JOAN D. DEFREES.
The Indiana State Sentinel describes its purchase by Austin H. Brown and outlines new editorial leadership William J. Brown and Nathaniel Bolton. It promises full debate coverage during sessions, increased circulation, weekly and semi weekly editions with specified subscription prices and advance payment. Also notes druggist advertisement for horse ointment and a marriage notice for Mitton J. Yeo and Martha A. Williams.
On Thursday the 12th inst typhus fever ended the life of Jon Harvey Sen. in the second year of his age? He was born May 4 1779 in Randolph County North Carolina and married January 26 1804. He moved from Randolph to the North Western Territory in 1807 and later near Centreville. He left fifty eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. He founded a large fortune by hard work and gave his children farms and his habits of integrity and economy. He was buried Saturday at West Grove Meeting House with a large crowd in attendance.
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