04 Jan 1855
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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1855
Page
1
Office upstairs MEWEY'S Building on the Public Square offers the Dakat Dotan Jovenal published every Thursday morning at one dollar per year, payable in advance. Subscriptions must be for at least three months, with no shorter terms accepted.
A House speech argues that Congress must undo the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. The speaker urges passage of a bill to prohibit slavery in Kansas and Nebraska territories, denounces squatter sovereignty, and warns of national conflict if the measure fails.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note from the Toledo representative urges a banking bill. It proposes restricting paper currency to ten dollar or higher notes, ensuring specie circulation and preventing bank runs, with a final call to pass the bill.
A wife of a Indiana Free Bank owner, discussing the broad financial crisis with friends, said she hoped the bank would hold out until the fall rains. She reasoned that the bank’s town could not be reached once the rains began due to deep mud, delaying any run.
A rich man drives away a beggar who asks for alms and soon loses his fortune and his wife. The wife remarries. Later a beggar again asks at the door and is directed to help him, only to discover the beggar is his former husband, now the present husband.
Authorities in Farmersville Va last week arrested a man described as a counterfeiter whose boots concealed six thousand dollars in fake bank papers and devices used to redeem tens for hundreds. The suspect and boots were taken to jail.
A dramatic exchange as the Irish pilot declares intimate knowledge of the coast and warns that a rock has been struck, signaling danger and prompting immediate attention to the vessel's perilous position along the shoreline.
A quirky caption captures a daguerreotype session as a fly light and a photographer noting the exact moment with a watch. The scene evokes early photography's timed poses and peculiar props.
J G Dickinson from Augusta County Virginia achieved 115 bushels of corn per acre in a single field demonstrating exceptional yield and farming efficiency.
A prose meditation on a mother's love as divine and eternal. The piece urges readers to honor cherish and obey their mothers whether living or departed, claiming maternal grace can guide souls beyond the grave and comfort in sorrow.
The Lafayette Courier reprints a Western Democratic Review critique of the Know Nothings with fiery invective. The piece denounces secret plots against the Republic and ridicules the opposition as epheminous wretches and vagabonds while invoking historical battles and patriotic imagery.
A housewife advocates baking beets instead of boiling as a superior, economical preparation. She notes red and white beets are common on the continent and sold hot in streets, offering a tasty, wholesome meal with bread, salt, pepper, and butter.
The St Louis Republican recounts a separation dispute where a wife pleads to keep their baby amid a quarrel. The husband refuses and, after tension, the wife tearfully offers the child, saying Take it then I can soon have another.
Circleville bank notes fetch varied rates in Cincinnati at 50 to 90 cents on the dollar. Kentucky Trust Company offers 50, Newport Safety Fund Bank 25, Kanawha 90, reflecting widespread discounting of obsolete notes.
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