30 May 1855
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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1855
Page
1
Terms of the Delphi Dollar Journal list the office in DEWEY'S Building upstairs on the south side of the Public Square. The paper is published every Wednesday morning at one dollar per year, payable in advance. Subscriptions offered for terms shorter than three months.
Poem urges reverent tread around graves and flowers transplanted to grace Beauty's grave. It pleads strangers to pause, feel pity, and let their souls commune with God as fragile memories fade. It warns youth to recall mortality and seek truth over mirth.
A fragment celebrates a bird whose bower stays green and sky clear through all seasons. The speaker extols its perpetual joy and untroubled song, noting no winter in its year.
A Kansas Free State memorial describes the 30 March and 4 April elections as invasions by Missouri voters. It claims organized bands, armed intimidation, and boycotted polls denied Kansas residents their rights and calls for federal enforcement of the Kansas-Nebraska compact.
An excerpt contrasts the elusive nature of to-morrow with the present, praising hope while critiquing day by day doubt. It discusses woman’s role and virtue, arguing that well-borne women who eat, sleep, dress, dance, and die well contribute greatly, citing a marriage anecdote about Philip Henry and his heiress wife.
A jumble of brief items covers a wild cat killed in Buffalo, New York. four hundred thirty one deaths in New York City last week. five Massachusetts legislators dead this session. Dayton firemen’s playful days. a pun about tea and smiles. a ready made maid riddle. gratitude rarity. Gov. Pollock signs ten hour workday bill. a boastful remark about love and death. a ghostly conundrum. bustling streets and overflowed hotels. Lorenzo Dow on death bed repentance. a Grand Rapids Indian runs three thousand feet in three minutes ten seconds. a witness asks Which side am I on. endurance note about an Ohio woman with eleven husbands. printer’s bill as last act of repentance. a Memphis woman dies from a jest. duel in a dark room ends with the Englishman killed by the chimney. an office seeker’s joke on changing administrations. eastern traveler notes firms on their feet again as others walk.
A Kentucky lawyer addressed the jury with dramatic imagery describing a night scene and accusing a defendant of malice aforethought for breaking into a farmer's home and harming the farmer's dog. He urged conviction as the nation's prayers would be with the jurors.
An editor’s anecdote recalls a three year old girl in her mother’s arms at twilight asking why it grows dark. The child answers God shuts his eyes, a simple, poetic moment reflecting childhood wonder in a Graham January issue.
At a clergy gathering a Reverend Loss is jokingly teased about his size and future fate. The muttered quips label him a great loss when he leaves and a dead loss when he dies, prompting the reverend to stop speaking.
A quoted reflection urges cherishing women and uplifting their minds. Mrs. Talmidge suggests a society guided by love, urging wives to express love often while envisioning a world without men.
A humorous adage contrasts sibling and cousin affection with cheeky cautions about using others for companionship. The quip suggests sisters are ideal yet cousins or others can suffice if a sister is unavailable. The tone is light and risqué.
A young daughter of Mr. Atkinson of Louisville Kentucky was fatally scalded Tuesday when hot tea spilled in her bosom.
The father of Matt Ward failed to win his lawsuit against Louisville over injuries to his house caused by the mob. The decision against the plaintiff sides with the city, leaving the property claim unresolved.
Mrs Bloomer moves to Council Bluffs and allows her husband to accompany her residence change.
A reflective line about enduring female love as a timeless, unfeeling force. The phrase suggests a vast compassion that survives through ages, portraying woman as harboring an inexhaustible source of affection.
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