Republican Nominating Convention of Carroll County
The friends of Freedom Constitution and Prohibition call a Mass Convention in Delphi on Saturday the 18th to choose a ticket for the October election. They urge citizens to devote one day to defend Constitutional Liberty against the whiskey alien and slavery loving party. Freeman awake and to the rescue. Tas Committee.
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Carroll County
Friends of Freedom
The
Constitution
Prohibition
Delphi
Freeman
Tas Committee
Floral Concert at Court House to Benefit Episcopal Church
A Floral Concert will be held in the Court House tomorrow evening featuring Harvest themed songs. Proceeds go to the Episcopal Church. doors open at 7:15 and the concert starts at 7:45. Admission is 20 cents with children at half price.
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Court House
Delphi
Episcopal Church
Dedication of Delphi Lodge Hall in late 19th century
The Dedication of the new Hall of Delphi Lodge No. 28 will occur Monday evening at 4 PM. Brother Sonvyter Cox-Fox will deliver the address in a local church, with invitation extended to Brothers and their families to attend.
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Delphi Lodge No
Br. Sonvyter Cox- Fox
Local plows and wagons made at home by Dunkle and Kilgore
Farmers need not rely on imports for farm implements. Dunkle and Kilgore manufacture sturdy plows and wagons locally with reasonable terms, at their shop. See advertisement.
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Messrs. Dunkle & Kilgore
Adv
Wide Awake Urges Citizens' Attention to Suggestions
The notice appeals to local residents to heed the communication from Wide Awake and follow its suggestions promptly, stressing timely action.
Berry Promises Great Inducements for Stove Buyers
Berry offers incentives to customers purchasing stoves and tinware. His establishment is fully set up, with further details in another column.
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Berry
Drownings Reported Near Rattlesnake Bridge
On Monday last Jacob Grandstaff drowned while bathing in the canal near Rattlesnake bridge.
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Jacob Grandstaff
Rattlesnake Bridge
Boone County Ledger Debut and Local Matrass Swindle Accusation
The Boone County Ledger begins in Lebanon as a Republican paper edited by Oden and Thompson. The Rushville Republican links a Joel Gresh to a Delphi mattress factory scam and urges action for repayment. Also notes the disposal of copper to mask odors and reports the death of former Ohio State Auditor John Wood in Hamilton.
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Boone County Ledger
Lebanon
Oden & Thompson
UA Mattrass Manufactory
J. B. Gresh
Rushville
John Wood
Ohio
Hamilton
Sabbath School Celebration at Zion Church on Aug 15
Union Sabbath School Celebration scheduled at Zion Church with Zion Palestine Bridge Creek Shilo and Sugar Creek Sabbath Schools participating. All invited to bring offerings for a shared feast. Distinguished speakers will address the audience including a temperance address. Exercises start 10 o'clock a.m. Aug 8, 1855.
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Zion Church
Zion Sabbath School
Palestine Union Sabbath School
Bridge Creek
Shilo
Sugar Creek U. S
Shocking Affair in Crawford County Hatchet Attack
In Sterling township near Hartford the wife of Newitt Bruce attacked him with a hatchet while he lay with his head on her lap fracturing his skull. He lay insensible as doctors recovered bone fragments. Neighbors who restrained her found her dead by hanging with a silk handkerchief. She had planned to kill him for a year.
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Paoli
Sterling Township
Crawford County
Hartford
Newitt Bruce
France and England push war with vigor in Turkey voyage
Foreign correspondent reports that four thousand French troops sailed for Turkey last week and over fifty thousand more will follow while England sends out all reserves. War is expected to continue and succeed, with hopes that France and England receive just deserts.
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The
New York Courier
France
England
Turkey
Town Beautification Demands Action From Council
A reader from Wideawake criticizes the town for failing to clean gutters alleys and streets. The letter urges enforcement of laws remove vegetation and dog fennel and suggests residents mow their premises if officials cannot act this year. The plea highlights health and comfort benefits of prompt town improvement.
Execution of Stoddard Reported by Rock Island Advertiser
The Rock Island Advertiser details the execution of David Stoddard for his wife’s murder on the 13th. Reverend Morse addressed the crowd, noting the couple’s past as Christians and explaining that temperance failures led to a home ruined by drink and violence. The prisoner gave no further confession regarding the crime.
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Rock Island
Death on the scaffold and frontier reports from the West
The article recounts a public execution with a preacher urging temperance and warning youth about alcohol. It details Stoddard’s confession of killing his wife and his final words, then mentions Sioux war threats, Mormon wagon trains, and Gov. Reeder's reply to Secretary Marcy regarding lands and accusations.
Removal of Gov Reeder and Alleged Slavery Support
The Cin Gaz denounces President Pierce for removing Gov. Reeder of Kansas without trial, arguing it serves Atchison and the slave power. It condemns the administration as bowing to slave interests and questions successor Dawson, calling him a Forney favorite.
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Reeder
Pierce
Atchison
Kansas
Republic
Gov. Reeder
Forney
Dawson
Cin Gaz
Utah District Attorney Holomena Seeks War Dept Dispatches
Late Plains advices report Mr. Holomena United States District Attorney for Utah traveling from the South Platte toward Washington with dispatches from Col. Steptoe. At Sweet Water a large party of Mormons search for gold and dam the river while a letter says they found large quantities of gold.
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Plains
St. Lous
Holomena
U.S
Utah
South Platte
Washington
Col. Steptoe
War Department
Sweet Water
Oregon Times Preview Shows Growth From Education To Gold Rumors
The Oregon Times from Portland notes rapid regional growth with four academies and colleges, a planned August teachers meeting, and improving mail service. It cites 90 Fahrenheit by June 23, strong crops, and rumors of gold diggings near St Mary's and Columbia rivers. It also reports treaties reshaping Oregon and Washington tribes with new reservations and cession of lands.
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Oregon
Oregon Times
Portland
Pacific Shore
Times
Massachusetts
New York
Friends of Education
St. Mary’s
Columbia
Dades
Washington
Cascade
Blue Mountains
U. States
Umatilla
Touchet
Walla- Walla
Tucanon
Willamette Valley
Walla-Wallas
Cayuses
Umatillas
Yakamas
Kam-ia-a-kun
Chicago Journal
Murder trial witnesses struck by sudden death
The Lost River Bulletin reports Smith Fletcher, key witness against Vandiveer, Watson, and Lawson in Collins murder, died suddenly last Sunday, suspected to be poisoning. The accused remain jailed in the county awaiting trial amid rising suspicion on a friend of the defendants.
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Lost River Bulletin
Smith Fletcher
Vandiveer
Watson
Lawson
Collins
Portland liquor law ends after 16-member committee report
The Committee of Investigation in Portland examined the mayor and city officers and concluded they did no more than their duty during the emergency. The report lauded their faithfulness and was submitted to and accepted by the Common Council, marking the end of Portland's liquor law era.
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Portland
Portland Advertiser
Common Council
Old Guard Regiment Headed to Fort Riley
The Sreconp Beement U. S. Dracoons regiment stationed with Indians on the Texas border since the Mexican War has been ordered to Fort Riley Kansas to watch Sioux and other tribes. They will march northward as a unit around late August under Maj. Merrill. The unit, nicknamed the Old Guard, has seen hard service in Florida Mexico and Indian country.
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Sreconp
U. S. Dracoons
Texas
Fort Riley
Kansas
Merrill
Old Guard
Florida
Mexico
Chi. Journal
Corn Sales in New Orleans at 85 Cents a Bushel
A large corn sale occurred in New Orleans on the 4th inst. at 85 cents a bushel. The grain had been bought on speculation about two months earlier for $110 and stored awaiting higher prices.
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New Orleans
Political Nominations and Kansas Governor Appointment
St Pauls Minnesota reports Delegates to Congress chosen W R Marshall Free Soiler and H M Rice Democrat Wasminton July 80 President appoints Hon John L Daw son of Penn Governor of Kansas replacing Reeder Daw son an active last Congress member backed the Kansas Nebraska bill and championed homestead relief for settlers. his bill passed the House but died in the Senate.
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St. Pauls
Minnesota
W. R. Marshall
H. M. Rice
Wasminton
Jno. L. Dawson
Penn
Kansas
Reeder
Dawson
Congress
Nebraska
House of Representatives
Senate
Man in Jamesville Drowns After Writing Last Will
A Jamesville man to cope with intemperance wrote a farewell will and placed it in a champagne bottle. He set the bottle afloat on a river where it later revealed his self inflicted death by drowning. The note directed friends to the likely location of his body.
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Jamesville
New York
Beans Climber Solution Leaves Beans Uprighted
A Seneca Falls farmer planted Lima beans in hills with sunflowers serving as makeshift poles. The fast-growing sunflowers overwhelmed the beans, lifting them from the ground by their roots. Gov. Clark of New York commuted Henrietta Robinson to life imprisonment. The jail sheriff and physician report signs of insanity. The Chicago Journal notes a looming poorhouse surge as fifty four people reach the city seeking admission. Horace Greeley’s mother died in Wayne Pa. father Zacheus Greeley survives. Counterfeit five dollar gold pieces circulate in Vincennes along with halves and quarters. Harvest hands in Rochester earn 250 a day. A prison chaplain notes all prisoners are under conviction. Hon. W H Bissell of Illinois has recovered health.
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Seneca Falls
Gov. Clark
New York
Henrietta Robinson
N. Y. Tribune
Troy
Ex President Fillmore Delivers Fourth of July Speech in London
Former U S leader Millard Fillmore gave an after dinner address at a London Fourth of July gathering. The event drew attendees and reflected on American ideals and international ties in the postwar era.
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Fillmore
London
Local slate announced for Carroll County offices
The notice promotes Lewis Jor DAN for Auditor and Joan BowMAN for Recorder in the October election. Sir J. M. Sterrett seeks nomination for Clerk via the People’s Convention with broad voter support. D. I. Jackson and Jas H. Dunap are also named as Recorder candidates with backing from supporters and a temperance linked convention consideration.
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Lewis Jordan
J. M. Sterrett
People's Convention
Joan Bow- Man
D. I. Jackson
Carroll County
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Cincinnati
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S Berry
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Adams’s Mill
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WM L. Fried
John Ikenberry
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Broadway
State of Indiana
Vic Catharine Wisehart
Nees
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J. A. Sims
Catharine Wisehart
Carroll Circuit Court
Ja’s H. Stewart
Thomas Baldwin
Jos. A. Sims
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Lockport
Joseph Culbertson
J. P. McCarty
Jonathan Barnett
Sh.j. C. C
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James H. Stewart
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