09 Feb 1860
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Newspaper
Cannelton Reporter
Location
Cannelton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1860
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions advertisements for political campaigns and required payments. It references Congress 85 and legislative/county offices with dates and costs, plus terms for ad insertion and money guarantees. Overall, it appears as a newspaper notice about paid political advertising.
An 1859 advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal tonic to regulate digestion and restore health. It claims efficacy for dyspepsia, indigestion, nausea, flatulence, loss of appetite, diarrhea, dysentery, cholera Morbus, and other ailments caused by digestive inaction. It urges use by mothers, the elderly, and general consumers, warns against counterfeits, and lists regional sellers and distributors.
A column of verse and assorted vignettes follows a Scottish ballad about a maid’s mouth and a New York correspondent’s observations. The piece narrates maid servants in fashionable cities, social misperceptions, elopement tales, a bet on ale, and a double elopement involving a farmer and a widow. It also recounts a tragic engagement near Olivet and a moral appeal from the Boston Liberator editor.
Lafayette Courier reports a group of sixteen Mount Pleasant men planned a sleigh ride and supper at Waldron's while wives were kept out. The ruse failed as wives arrived, took over the table and music, and the men faced cold rejection for their stag party.
The narrative recounts Cesar and Jemima, enslaved lovers near Senatobia, Mississippi, eloping to Memphis where they are pursued by Jemima’s overseer. The couple is caught, Cesar jailed, Jemima returned, and both faces punishment while the article mocks their rebellion and warns that elopements end badly.
A Philadelphia corresp ondent to the New York Tribune details the elopement of John Henry Gurney's wife with her footman. The piece notes the Gurney family's prominence in Quaker and banking circles, describes the couple's wealth, and recounts the wife's passion for the groom and departure with him to the Continent.
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