15 Feb 1855
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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1855
Page
1
Fragmented OCR shows an advert in DEWRY'S Building area near Public Square. Mentions The Decent Doran Journal published every Tearetey with various subscription terms and rates, including half column six months and one column six months. Advertising terms indicate continuation at advertiser expense.
Selected Poetry reflects on time as an iron heart that endures while seasons pass. The speaker likens a year to a breath from Time and a bubble on a wave, a dew on the lawn, and mist under the summer sun, emphasizing transience and persistence.
In Cincinnati a plain apple girl in a pink calico dress hides a noble tale. A narrator pursues the mystery of her life, learns she longs to find Emile, and discovers he has returned to marry her, restoring hope and happiness at last.
Pierre Soule, once a soldiering minister, returns from eighteen months in Spain. He sought vengeance on the Black Warrior and Cuba, but fatigue and unmet aims led him to quit the field. His grand entrance and dramatic entry into the Peninsula are recalled as a heroic farewell.
A Charlottesville performer captivates with a graceful harp dance during music and then pulls the harp strings of her own accord when the music ends, showcasing a curious and lively stage presence.
A historical remark praises the nation not by its weapons but by its households newspapers and books emphasizing civilian culture as the core strength.
In February 1855 Congress debated a bill to establish a Surveyor General’s office in Utah and grant lands to settlers while addressing polygamy. The House struck out the enacting clause, then passed a modified measure favoring surveys and lands for education, amid clashes over Mormonism and equal treatment with other territories. The report also recounts Crockett’s death and a long biographical vignette.
A compact sketch traces a reader’s journey through six insertions of an advertisement. He initially misses the first, notices the second, reads the third, checks the price in the fourth, discusses it with his wife in the fifth, and finally, the wife consents before the purchase.
The New York Herald notes murders by relation last year include 36 wives killed by husbands and 6 husbands killed by wives, with 21 children killed by parents and 5 by parents, plus 8 brother on brother cases. The piece emphasizes a bleak nineteenth century social condition.
A biographical vignette recalls Washington Allston during his European sojourn after his first marriage. He faced spiritual turmoil, knelt for divine aid, and briefly hid as a knocking interrupted his penitence. The scene centers on how he valued the Angel Uriel painting in a moral crisis.
In a Friday night event near Cascade a man named Robert McGinty assaulted his wife at her father Clark’s home. McGinty shot Clark after a struggle, wounded himself, and died shortly after. The wife fled, hid in bushes, and McGinty later killed himself. Clark’s fate remains uncertain.
A California newspaper advertises a Sunday event featuring a woman fighting and killing a wild bull. It also promises a bear battling a jackass, presenting a sensational animal spectacle for readers.
A reflective meditation on ancestors and empires that rise and fade leaving only traces of virtue as a guide for the living.
Simaarein once a noted author from France is now poor due to extravagance. Across Terra Haute many churches hold evening meetings amid much religious activity. Some individuals report conversions as part of the revival mood.
A satirical passage mocks an offer of forty cents a day to a worker, predicting absurd long term gains such as a brick block, a fat horse, nine children, and an expansive view, highlighting the emptiness of promised economic advancement.
A New England editor remarks on theft and arson like incidents as Alliance sees a wave of excitement on a recent Wednesday. The missing grave robbers and the arrest of a suspect named Nesion are unresolved. A local note mentions the grave piece missing at Salem and small feasts noted by residents.
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