29 May 1869
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Newspaper
Cannelton Reporter
Location
Cannelton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1869
Page
1
A war poem recalls shared rations and bonds formed in battle. The speaker honors a friend who crawled to aid him while wounded, recalling days of marching, camping, and peril as they shared water or milk and liquor from the same canteen.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin mocks the Great Peace Jubilee as June events loom. It lampoons committee decisions and crowd roles from street bands to hotel tables, touts Parisian horns, London lyre arrivals, and a press token system, amid lively rumors and playful jests.
An eclectic excerpt contrasts bank robber nerve with audacious heists in New York, recounting a ten thousand dollar gold bag theft and a coffin ruse. It also offers a whitewash recipe, laundry‑list style color options, and a brief note on Victorian author Victorian Bardos rising to fame.
A contemporary essay surveys General Harney and Quaker efforts on plains Indians, arguing for forcible removal and extermination as the only viable path, while contrasting with Canada and frontier stereotypes. The piece weighs military costs, ethics, and public opinion amid voluminous commentary.
George Hough of Concord New Hampshire burned a loan note after borrowing money from a neighbor. Hours later the lender entered Hough’s home and found the exact same note on the table, having survived the fire and floated back through the chimney to its owner.
A reader offers at home treatments for chilblains, cold sores and scalds using tepid foot soaks, oils of cloves, oil silk coverings, and night stockings. Cold sores may be prevented with camphor spirit applications. A noted cure-all suggests temperance and a morning mix of milk with green hoar-ho juice for deep consumption.
The text notes Poles in Warsaw embracing German to vex Russian rulers, urging children to study German and ban Russian in venues. It mentions a Pole speaking Rossis ars being branded a renegade by countrymen, and references German tenor Wachtel being offered six thousand dollars plus expenses to tour the United States, which he declined. It ends with King William of Proseio, 72, reportedly reading without spectacles.
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