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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1854
Page
1
A lawyer relates a strange case of a dying Southern client who wills much to his housekeeper Angeline and curses his daughter Dora. The tale ends with Dora reappearing decades later, revealing a hidden family bond and the narrator’s enduring, non cursed affection.
The Paoli Engle edition denounces Rev B F Crary as a Reverend Blackguard while praising clergy across evangelical denominations for resisting party politics in temperance matters. Clergy leaders like Rev G M Boyd and Rev C Marshall urged congregations to vote by moral and religious standards, opposing slavery and whiskey. Laf. Cour.
A young woman from near Beaver Dam Erie county Pennsylvania abandoned female attire to impersonate a man and work as a laborer in Cambridge Crawford county. After a brief stint driving horses hauling wood and rails and loading hay her parents discovered her sex and brought her home. The urge was sparked by sensational stories of women in public life.
The Cairo Times indicts the steamer Michigan captain after cholera broke out aboard on the New Orleans run. Deck passengers buried as the ship landed. An Irishman was expelled ashore dying, then reboarded pleading for shelter but was again denied. He died on the street in a fierce storm threating the harbor.
Virgil A Stewart famed for capturing Murrell and dispersing Murrells gang died at his residence in Wharton County Texas a few days ago. The report notes his notable feats in law and order and his residence as the place of death.
A large gathering of citizens from Clinton, Carroll and Tippecanoe counties met in Rossville on June 24 with the Frankfort Band. Officers were named and speeches argued against the Missouri Compromise repeal, urging unity to oppose slavery expansion and endorsing Daniel Mace and denouncing Stephen A. Douglas. The meeting adjourned after votes and calling for publication in district papers.
The Albany Atlas notes lightning deaths in the season and urges cooling the body with cold water for hours after a strike. Persist with drenches even if initial results lag and add salt to the water after several hours if animation remains absent. When possible, douche the head and spine.
A Chicago bound train near Peru halted when two infant twins, about a week old, were seen on the track. The conductor saved the babies and plans to rear them, noted Davenport Gazette.
The article ridicules the National Democratic party of America and its supposed Omaha Douglas supporters. It declares the Nebraska Terriers, their framers, and defenders as branded swindlers and asserts Mr. Pierce and the Democratic cabinet are accomplices, accusing them of backing the misnamed party.
The Washington Union calls the Nebraska bill a test of democratic orthodoxy. The majority has spoken and must be obeyed. A nomination may be treated as a test of faith just as a principle is an article of the democratic creed.
The remains of Columbus lie in a chapel on Havana's Plaza de Armas and are held in great reverence by locals. The scene reflects a lasting, solemn respect from the people of Cuba for the explorer’s final resting place.
A country paper claims the finest sewing machine in the world is nearly seventeen years old and is associated with a girl who wears gaiter boots and keeps her wages in a pocket.
Researchers note that the maximum altitude of visible clouds is limited to about ten miles. This finding clarifies upper atmospheric visibility and supports weather forecasting limits used in air travel planning.
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