18 Nov 1854
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Newspaper
Danville Advertiser
Location
Danville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1854
Page
1
The notice lists advertising rates for the Danville Advertiser, including prices per square and column, with conditions for advance payment and legal notices. It also prints a condensed account of the Battle of Alma from the United States Journal, detailing regiments affected, heroic stands, casualties, and vivid battlefield scenes.
Diogenes asserts that the best board is the Guip board, framing a witty critique of public health governance.
The article surveys several towns along the Missouri and Kansas rivers including Leavenworth Atchison Kickapoo City Douglas City New Boston Tecumseh City and Sinion s. It notes elevated sites good landings springs timber and potential stone coal and building stone while New Boston is called Yankee Town and aims to become a manufacturing city.
In a fragmentary Irish newspaper anecdote the foreman asks for six lines to fill a column and the editor allegedly replies with a grim quip about killing a child in Waterford. A second, conflicting message then arrives seeking two lines, prompting further unclear dialogue.
A Nebraska editor extols the Platte River as the premier route to the Pacific and a growing corridor for settlement. The article highlights its eastward course from the Rocky Mountains, fertile bottoms, abundant game, and potential for rail traffic and cities. It notes two million travelers over six years and envisions future farms, trading posts, and industrial towns along the valley.
Governor Gorman notes across Minnesota cereals and esculents mature with large yields. Wheat about 279600 bushels, corn 35000 to 59000, potatoes around 400000, cranberries also strong. Turnips and rutabagas yield record amounts, mostly fed to cattle. crop canning fall short of 400000 bushels.
A riddle contrasts two roles. One trains the mind, guiding learning and discipline. The other minds the train, overseeing movement and safety on the track.
The Washington Star reports on a proposed Leavenworth townsite selling lands ceded by Indians to the United States. Buyers received squatters pre emption titles, which the Attorney General rejects as worthless without federal survey and proper authority. The piece cautions purchasers they may gain little from the sale.
Foreman J W Richards details a 30 hour rush at the Tribune press on November 1 1854. In thirty hours the paper printed and mailed 182400 copies of The New York Tribune with 364000 impressions and describes the weight volume and spread of the blank paper reaching vast physical measures.
The Richmond Palladium extols Wayne county's victory over Kentucky and national rivals in a Springfield sweepstakes. It hails Meredith's Wayne as unbeatable compared with the United States, praising immense local majorities and the county’s glory in politics and cattle. The piece proclaims Wayne invincible and urges others to yield.
Two friends discuss Joy who declines marriage. They cite her favorite poet Keats who wrote a thing of beauty is a joy forever as the reason she will never wed. The exchange notes her beauty and aversion to changing her name.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Jemmy fetching kindling, a reluctant resident refusing to sit due to last banister and roof shingles. A week later Mr. O Neil seeks rent cut over floor issue as exotics described as queer by speakers.
An unclear OCR fragment references a young man of good standing proposing marriage to two young ladies from the East. The text is garbled with stray punctuation and illegible words, leaving the event and parties only partially identifiable.
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