Dewey's Building Office and Journal Subscription Notice
Office in Dewey's Building upstairs on the Public Square. The Devrut Dotan Journal is published every Thursday morning at one dollar per annum, payable in advance. Subscriptions may be taken for terms shorter than three months.
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Dewey’s
Public Square
Devrut Dotan
Capitol
Indianapolis
Agricultural Society
Marion County
Guthrie
Supreme Court
Life's Poetry of Youth and Age in Home Journal
A verse piece contrasts youth and aging, praising the energy of youth and the wistful passage into later life. The poem reflects on sunlit mornings of youth and the lengthening shadows of age, with a classical, reflective tone.
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the Home Journal
Life's
Gen Taylor’s Baton Rouge Residence Faces Demise
The Chicago Jour. notes in a Harper’s piece that General Taylor’s Baton Rouge home declines. A decaying picket fence, tangled vines, and overgrown grounds mark the site once tended by his family, with only a ghost of its former life remaining.
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Harper
Gen. Taylor
Col. Webster
Chicago
Governor Wright and Know Nothing Controversy Scoops
Indiana Republican Chapman's claim that Gov Warrent left the Methodist Church as pastor labeled a Know Nothing triggers revival talk at Strange Chapel. An aged New London Chronicle editor recalls a 102 year old challenge from New Haven. A east editor quips about Know Nothing debits and Pay Nothings, while a school exhibit joke asks the bread’s chief use. General Niepokoitchytski takes command of the Russian 4th corps amid playful Evansville Enquirer note comparing a Turkish defeat to dull memory.
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Wright
Chapman
Indiana
Republican
Gov
Warrent
Methodist Church
Strange Chapel
Question on Raglan and Sevastopol in Punches view
Brief excerpt questions if Lord Raglan can take Sevastopol and speculates whether Robert could. The dated tone reflects satirical commentary on military leadership and the Crimea context.
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Lord Raglan
Unmannerliness in Speech Among Polite Society
A remark notes that excessive politeness may be more hindering than bluntness. The point suggests social norms value directness over overbearing courtesy.
Indiana Finances and Bank Reform Call for Action
The Governor reports years of rising taxable value and rising debt. total ordinary expenses from 1844 to 1854 reach 945 198 68 with debt principal and interest payments of 2 274 605 90. He urges a Bank Department to regulate banking, warns against depreciated currency, and pushes tougher liquor laws while endorsing school funding reforms and state-building projects.
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Treasury Scrip
Olent Institutiona
BOA cc
Wiacca
Bird Oon Ca.cas
Tobo Woos ccc Ca Ees
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BOB
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General Assembly
New Cent Pieces Issued Soon by the Mint
The Mint will issue the new cent pieces within a few days. They are smaller than the old cents and present an attractive copper coin. One side features the head of Liberty with the thirteen stars omitted, leaving a plain polished surface.
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Head of
Liberty
Marriage follows brief quarrel in a Newark tale
A telegraphed dispatch reports Charlie and Julia newly married after a yesterday quarrel and brief separation. The Newark daily Advertiser notes unusually high business activity in Newark, unseen since the 1853 trade revival.
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Charlie
Julia
Newark Daily Advertiser
Female brass cornet band forms in Buffalo
A group of young women of high respectability have organized a female brass cornet band in Buffalo and recently began performing with a concert troupe.
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Buffalo
Syracuse Doctor Claims Hundred Limbs Amputated
Dr Hoyt of Syracuse states in his practice he has amputated one hundred legs.
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Hoyt
Syracuse
When may a bruise be considered of no importance
A Lafay ette Journal quip notes a bruise is trivial only when it does not matter. The remark frames minor injuries as insignificant in everyday life.
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Lafayette Journal
Ohio Society Recommends No Premiums on Tobacco
The Ohio Agricultural Society advised its State Board to discontinue offering premiums on tobacco as part of their program. The note reflects a policy suggestion likely affecting growers and associated events or incentives.
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Ohio Agricultural Society
Cholera Deaths Estimated Since 1847
Cholera since 1847 is estimated to have swept away upwards of seventy million people, reflecting its long fatal impact across eras and regions.
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Delphi Dollar Journal
Selevey Porky
General Taylor's
The
New London Chronicle
Ja’s Douglas
New Haven
Niepokoitchytski
Evansville Enquirer
Board of Commissioners
State Bank
Legislative Department
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