25 Oct 1870
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1870
Page
1
A mixed page fragment covers public notices on advertisements for divorce and notaries, territorial comparisons, and demographic notes, interwoven with European war dispatches. It notes Prussian troop movements toward Paris, British neutrality talks, and an anecdote about a Michigan schoolyard bear.
During an 19th century war scene two wounded foes share ration and aid each other after a near fatal exchange. A Frenchman who had become a Freemason signals for help and a Prussian officer, recognizing the sign, halts his own surrender as both men collapse among the dead and dying, forging a brief mutual aid amid chaos.
The passage describes military use of vial navigation knowledge in training, promising better warning systems. It notes cities cannot be entirely cut off, as messengers may still be dispatched with near equal pay. The tower of Paris witnesses a dramatic scene as aerial envoys begin, while Prussian lines fire muskets and rockets.
The piece discusses evolving warfare including aerial craft and the dangers of mutiny and misfires from high ground. It considers the peril of landing, hidden enemies, and messages sent by pigeons while speculating about a future revolution in war with possible mass infantry descents and the debate over wooden walls and iron turrets.
Special Correspondence Sentinel reports Miss Sarah Hill Gore of Crawfordsville becomes the first female law student at the university. She was welcomed with cheers as she took her seat among the seniors, and Professor Walter delivered a congratulatory speech. The new field for women is untried, but the hope is she will prove an able and efficient member of the bar.
Milwaukin Wisconsin report says Peter Klouser and Capt Thompson from the schooners Orient and Feanldty were washed overboard and drowned during Saturday’s storm. The steamer Orient sank ashore at Grandsaven Michigan.
A disorganized dispatch reports rising hostility to foreigners in Pekin after the massacre with the royal family fleeing. Thunderstorms struck Veddoa and many houses burned from lightning. In Matanzas Cuba a hurricane and flood drowned 2000 people and damaged ships and trains. Havana and the Caribbean faced severe storms and maritime losses.
A large vessel’s timbers appear one third of the forward section buried in desert sands forty miles north of the San Bernardino Fort Yuma road and thirty miles west of Las Palmas. An Indiana party found the wreck after salt lake receded and will aid scientific discussion. The report appears in the Los Angeles News.
The excerpt delivers a polemic on the term radical described in hostile terms, followed by a statistical note on U.S. mineral production in 1369 and a call for modern quartz mining aided by science and capital. It emphasizes California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona as major sources.
The College scientific party led by Arores and Marsh returned after six weeks studying the easter United Mountains geology. They found an ancient lake basin with extinct crocodiles turtles serpents and fishes and remains of rhinoceroses and tropical animals new to science. Lieutenant Wadd and Thirteenth United States Infantry escorted the expedition. The party, all well, will head tomorrow to Salt Lake and California.
A Glou wester Advertiser story recalls emeritus oxen at Granite Company treasuring work and even solving shoeing problems. A lame ox discovers a stone under its shoe, proving understanding and relief. The piece extends to Gilson’s prison hunger strike and a quip about size of New York.
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