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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1854
Page
1
Frederick Aylmer woos Ida Maxfield, an heiress with a $150,000 fortune, after a staged ruse exposing his true love. Ida reveals her deception was a test, and the pair decide to marry, while Clayton and others react to the bold scheme and its outcome.
A fragment describes a formal summons to be a groomman within two hours of now, urging adoption of proper attire for locomotives as part of a ceremonial honor. The quirky phrasing frames an oddly clipped social protocol with emphasis on appearance and timeliness.
No earthly can lasting pleasure give. How swiftly the moments time doth lend. The happiest and the wisest here that live. Well know that all their joys must quickly end. The brightest hours on earth are fleeting ever. Nought one can bind but time will shortly sever. When flesh is weak and numerous fees are strong. How pants the soul for quiet and for real. The innocent will often suffer wrong. The poor and helpless be the most oppressed. Yet soon the grave their troubles here will end. And all the friendless find in death a frn Remember that all earthly good must face. And with its promise ne'er contented be. Powers rightly used a blessing may be made. But if abused the sin will fall on thee. Then time improve for it will soon be past. And live each day as if it were thy last.
An Eastern paper quotes Edward Burns of Leeds urging temperance, arguing drinking fuels crime and ruin across society. The Milwaukee Sentinel recounts Erie travel rioting, passengers forced to use mob-provided transport, plus a sad crime tale of a New York woman who gave birth near a cemetery and was aided by a local charity.
A touching Pee Dee Times item recalls a grief stricken mother and father who, amid illness, held their infant as it died. The baby had learned to say God will take care of baby and spoke the line again in a final breath after the spirit left the body.
Franklin recalls a cheerful mechanic who credits his happiness to a loving wife. He explains her daily kindness, a smiling greeting, and tea ready at day's end, showing how a wife’s encouragement shapes a man’s mood and a happy home.
A Cleve. Plain dealer column advises steady calm and patience. It urges taking it easy through minor stumbles while warning against universal passivity if temptation tempts one to wrong. The piece contrasts gentleness with decisive action against vice.
The Tishemingo arrived from the Tennessee River with about 1000 sacks of pea nuts and plans to bring another 1200 sacks on the next trip. Governor Wright is urged to accelerate the chestnut business to counter the pea nut surge.
A pro prohibition petition was presented to the Georgia Legislature signed by 8,000 men and 5,000 women.
In eastern Delaware County a justice of the peace nicknamed the ugliest man in the country meets a longer uglier hunter. He aims at the stranger who responds he would shoot if he met someone uglier, then both worry they cannot survive longer. The piece preserves a rustic tall tale from True Dem.
From California reports the mining news is favorable. Captain Sutter's claim is adjudged invalid and Sacramento City is deemed property of the United States.
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