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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1855
Page
1
The text outlines subscription terms for the Delphi Dollar Journal noting an annual price with partial payment options. It mentions Orrick in DeWyre’s Building at a public square area and references a public notice style common to street-level newspapers.
Fragmented verses recount youth's decline and memory's pull with lines about hope, love, and a final vow to Sallie Show. The speaker contemplates aging, death, and the better land while clinging to a beloved companion and home.
The article analyzes Indiana politics around the Prohibitory Law, arguing Gov Wright opposed the bill and planned a veto. It reveals the rumor mill about his veto message, the unexpected signing, and questions who shaped the veto decision. It also hints at revisions to the tale involving Governor Wright’s allies and enemies and notes Judge Blackford’s path to the Court of Claims judgeship.
A narrative recounts Judge Perkins drafting a Veto Message for the Governor, the Brights courting influence, and the Governor's hiring of counsel to influence constitutional opinion. The scheme culminates in the veto being undermined by intrigue, the message returned to no one, and the bill becoming law.
The passage laments failed schemes and references the Kilkenny cats tale and Judge Blackford. It criticizes political maneuvering by the Brights and Wrights and praises a temperance law as a strong, capital policy that old line factions cannot profit from.
The Marion and Lafourche Republican press endorse Daniel Mace as a fearless Republican candidate for Speaker of the U S House. They praise his anti slavery stance and loyalty to Republican principles, noting his Indiana victory and role against the Nebraska swindle. The piece urges Republican presses to back Mace for the speakership.
Charles Hiller of Apollo Hall was fined on Saturday under the Prohibitory Law for selling liquor in one case and for keeping liquor and allowing consumption on the premises in the second case. Fines were 30 dollars plus costs and 20 dollars plus costs respectively.
A collage of aphorisms and notes: a warning that virtue, not birth or wealth, should define aristocracy. a German astronomer predicts a comet will destroy Earth in twenty million years. a girl desires two birthdays yearly. Indian chief George Copway is cited as a campaign stump speaker. love is portrayed as a heavenly feast earned by sincerity and honesty.
A schoolboy in an old testament reading class misinterprets the phrase making waste places glad. A precocious pupil defines it as hugging girls around the waist, noting Tom Ross is always hugging them and makes them glad. The teacher awards him top of the class.
A humorous exchange at a social dinner features a guest praising a leg of mutton while a hostess credits her husband as the best epicac. The line hints at a family tie to Mrs Partington and a witty regional tone.
A mother explains to her son that the ocean grows angry when it has been crossed many times, implying repeated crossing provokes the seas to churn with fierce waves. The dialogue hints at the cause of storms tied to human navigation and intrusion on the waters.
The verse recalls shifting social roles from 1775 to 1855 with lines linking men to ploughs and taxes to earnings. It contrasts traditional duties with modern notices of publication, noting changes in work and social expectations across generations.
A printer setting up a wedding notice mangled the line It is not right that a man should live alone by omitting a letter, causing the bride to blush at the mistake.
The article notes mosquitoes are unusually numerous in New Orleans this season. It mentions Pittsburg residents contemplating a public reception for Gov. Reeder if he travels through the city. It also states President Pierce has offered Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana a commissioner post in the General Office. It adds a proverb about suppressing anger reducing long sorrow.
A New York tale from St Lawrence County recounted a drunken suitor who burst into a house and was legged by two women. A bystander claimed the leg was real, but the editor notes the agony ended with a wooden leg, revealing the whole as a hoax. The incident ends with the wry twist that the leg was wooden.
An American woman’s Globe excerpt describes women laboring in France Switzerland and Austria. She notes sunburned faces blackened by toil wrinkled sad and aged before time. She depicts mud filth adjacent hovels pigs and cows outside and land tenure insecurity.
The N Y Tribune notes a death in Buffalo after a tooth extraction and urges use of gunpowder as a styptic. Pulverize and apply to lint placed in the tooth cavity, hold with cotton and renew two or three times for relief, claim of no known failures in desperate cases.
A Kansas proposal defines enticement to commit master grand larceny as a crime punishable by death. The measure outlines penalties and the legislative intent to deter severe theft schemes. The text of the bill specifies the conditions under which the death penalty could be applied.
The Columbus Democrat reports a barrel of food arriving by rail to Columbus marked shot. Local officials note no further details on origin or purpose. The item suggests a scavenger or wartime ration connotation but lacks documentation.
The New York Journal of Commerce endorses George M. Dallas for the presidency through a formal communication. The appeal singles out Dallas as a preferred candidate amid ongoing political discourse.
Careful estimates indicate the conflict has claimed about 500000 lives so far while major battles have yet to produce decisive results. Officials warn that the prolonged fighting continues with mounting casualties and uncertain gains.
A portrait of a devout man born in Regeneration and living in Perseverance. He labors with Diligence, dons Humility, and wears the robe of Christ's Righteousness. His life blends Spiritual Prayer with self denial and virtuous governance of a household blessed by piety.
The piece extols the enduring charm of a good woman whose benevolence and virtue keep her youth alive. It argues sincere acts of mercy sustain freshness of spirit and vitality, advising women to love truth and virtue to retain youthfulness to life’s end.
The passage notes humanity's universal tendency to worship shown from ancient rituals to modern public leadership. It contrasts offerings by priests, humble churchgoers, Native American spiritual appeals, Carthaginian rites, and the oaths of current leaders.
An officer of distinction and tried valor refused a young adventurer's challenge. He said he fears not thy word but the anger of my God. He would charge the cannon's mouth for the good of his country but would not hazard his soul in a bad cause.
Mrs. Charles Wampole received a special premium at the Montgomery County Agricultural Society fair for a corn cake recipe. The entry describes ingredients and proportions including corn meal white of eight, sugar, butter, cream of tartar, soda, and almond flavoring.
A special dispatch to the New York Tribune reports the Know Nothings and Know Somethings of Rochester New York have joined forces on an anti slavery platform.
A concise note describes a private affair of honor not involving interference with others. No public entities, locations, or dates are specified, focusing on personal conduct and the principle of avoiding meddling in others' affairs.
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