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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1855
Page
1
The publication announces a weekly paper issued every Wednesday morning from the Dewey's Building upstairs near the Public Square. Subscriptions charge one dollar per year payable in advance with no term shorter than three months accepted.
Gen Wilson’s July 13 speech in Indianapolis denounces slavery support, urges union, and calls for a national anti slavery platform. He condemns doughface Democrats, praises abolitionist roots, and appeals for cross party unity to defeat the Pierce administration and fight the slave power.
The author argues Sunday attire marks social inequality and dictates expense. Dress signals rank with silk merchants and tailors benefiting while the sewing girl in calico speaks to virtue over money. The piece critiques caprice in fashion and the ritual of Sunday finery.
A Mormon woman writes to a New Haven paper claiming U S Army officers in Utah are worse than Mormons, saying they do not take wives themselves but seize others wives and daughters in Salt Lake City if able.
Walter Savage Lander muses on autumn leaves and mortality. An exchange paper calls on medical graduates to donate their bodies to the colleges that diploma them and urges physicians to do likewise to ensure available dissecting-room subjects.
A man plays a prank on his wife by sending a note about a guest for dinner. She prepares a perfect meal and waits for an old friend, only to find her husband stepping in as the supposed guest. They share a dinner, while Cincinnati and broader gossip mix in the tale about local quirks and city life.
In the upper city yesterday John Baws, a furniture car driver, whipped a dog when a second bull dog belonging to him attacked him. The beast seized his leg and arm, ripping flesh and injuring him seriously possibly requiring amputation. The rabies risk was denied. the dog was enraged by punishment.
The Chicago Tribune reports rapid emigration into northern Iowa from diverse regions of the United States. It notes a large foreign influx of Germans and Norwegians of excellent character settling in the state.
By law in Michigan a married woman may receive buy sell devise mortgage and otherwise manage her real and personal property without her husband's consent and may sue and be sued without joining him in the suit in either case.
A new publication titled Our Friends in Hell by Rev J M Killen M A of Glasgow is announced. The Empress of France is depicted in the Paris Exhibition being drawn in a roll chair presented to her by Prince Albert.
In St Paul Minnesota the earliest building on the spot was a church constructed in 1841. It has now been demolished and replaces with new development as the city grows toward six thousand residents.
The London Times advises the people of England to make up their minds for twenty years' war with Russia. Twelve couples from Hackettstown New Jersey were recently married at one time by the Rev. John K Shaw of Morristown Pa.
John Mitchell lives on a farm at Tucaleeche in Knox County Tennessee. The terse notice places his residence in the rural community and specifies the county and state.
The Natchez Courier reports the Mississippi River opposite Natchez is so low that catfish are digging up stern wheels. Side wheel catfish struggle to navigate the shallow channels. Powers the sculptor has invented a file with patents taken in Europe and America. English cutlers praise it and predict a royal revenue of a half farthing on every sale in Britain.
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