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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1855
Page
1
The Decent Cortrar Journal is published every Wednesday morning at one dollar per year in advance. Subscriptions may be taken for periods shorter than three months. The notice appears in the lower portion of the Public Square building.
Subscribed and sworn to before me on August 10 1855 O H Srrarran N P marks official acknowledgment in a civic record.
A nostalgic verse recalls a rural quilting party and a moment with Nelly home on an autumn evening. The speaker paints golden leaves, white snow, and a fading life as a matron’s shawl and memories frame the scene. The refrain asks if Nelly still remembers the homebound night.
An Indianapolis Journal reprints affidavits and testimony from Louisville rioting in August 1855. Foreigners faced accusations of instigating bloodshed prompted by partisan press. Witnesses describe gunfire on Main and Tenth streets, with Rhodes and Dougherty shot, Irish residents blamed, and editors accused of fanning fear to justify violence.
The piece denounces attempts to bar foreigners from voting before naturalization. It rebukes demagogues for stoking hatred and calls on immigrants to learn U S laws before participating in civic life.
Witness Joseph Hucker testifies about the August 6 1855 shooting in Quinn’s Row Louisville. He describes a German Catholic man firing on an Irishman near Maine and Chapel streets, the crowd, armed Irishmen, and a riot–related aftermath including a burned house and calls to vote. The piece blends this testimony with a separate essay on women of different nations contrasting traits and roles.
A short note urges readers to save and avoid debt, framing it as prudent self care and a lasting reminder for personal finances.
A dramatic exchange mounts Richlieu’s rallying speech that youth must not fail. He urges Francisco to persevere, praising honesty honor ardor energy intellect and moral strength as the lexicon of a man set for glory.
A Boston lawyer received a ten month suspension after calling a brother lawyer a skunk during a trial. The attorney invoked Mrs Partingtons maxim that comparisons are odorous to justify the remark.
A series of perilous accidents and miraculous escapes are recounted including a man choking on an orange, a swallowed penknife surviving, a thorn wound with no skill saving, a gig accident with a driven shaft, a neck break on a smooth common, an overturned gig near Brighton Cliff, a windy day death, a sky explosion risking a castle, and a nobleman saved by lightning revealing a cliff.
An exchange paper cites Scientific American on dampening bricks before laying. A wall twelve inches thick with soaked bricks and good mortar is stronger than a sixteen inch dry wall because saturated bricks retain moisture for mortar crystallization and bind as a rock. Dry bricks steal moisture from the mortar causing poor hardening and collapse risk.
An old sea captain recalls in graphic detail how a Black Sierra Leonean man cools himself in market heat. He buys a melon for three farthings, halves it, scoops out the center, sits in one half, covers his head with the rind, and eats the middle. The tale paints Sierra Leone's tropical scene.
The St Anthony Express notes no logs from the Pineries have passed the Falls this season. Fewer than three million logs have left Rum River, while twenty five million lie near their cut location, over 125 miles upriver. Twelve million lie above Sauk Rapids with no log passage yet, and prospects show at most one fifth of cut logs reaching the saw mill this year.
A Washington Senate door keeper asks a visitor if he is a privileged member. The guest replies he is a Minister. Asked from what court or country he comes, the visitor gravely says from Heaven. The official quips that the government currently holds no intercourse with that foreign power.
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts holds a lock of Washingtons hair in a golden glass covered casket. It is passed from grand master to his successor in official custody and personal charge.
The Louisville riots prompt calls to reveal all facts through sworn statements from respectable witnesses. The letter asserts foreigners acted as first aggressors while native born citizens were innocent victims. It urges strict inquiry and punishment for the guilty.
The circuit court will begin next Monday with the State against the Hubbards for the murder of Mr French and his family. Wabash county residents seek a fair impartial trial with a capable jury. Defense counsel John A Pettit and Calvin Cowgill have been retained.
The pamphlet urges wide use of copperas as a disinfecting agent costing three cents per pound. A solution made by dissolving a couple of pounds in two quarts of water can sanitize sinks gutters and cesspools. Housekeepers are advised to buy five to fifteen pounds for frequent use to improve dwelling air quality regardless of cholera presence.
Eli Harrison of East Bend Boone County Kentucky raised on George Brasier's farm this season a single corn stalk bearing 330 shoots each with silk. Captain Pate confirms he has seen and examined the curious plant.
A description of the newspaper as both a practical law guide and a moral sermon. It emphasizes its role to awaken the indifferent and instruct the destitute through accessible, forceful journalism.
A Shakespearean line proclaims that kindness in a woman, not beauty, wins love, reflecting a timeless sentiment. Sensible men of any era align with this virtue, valuing character over appearance in choosing a partner.
It is estimated that the cost of new buildings in Chicago this season exceeds two million dollars. The resilience of construction activity reflects a buoyant market and expects continued urban expansion.
The Manchester Mirror notes an apple tree in Bedford planted by John Goffe before 1740. Now about 120 years old, it remains in good bearing condition and continues to produce fruit.
A Western newspaper mocks the newly elected senator, declaring his ignorance so dense that common sense will take longer to pierce it than a boiled carrot to bore the Hoosac Mountains, signaling political skepticism.
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