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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1854
Page
2
Advertises a one year subscription option for both Godey's Lady's Book and the Delphi Journal at three dollars total, claiming the price matches the Book alone and inviting readers to subscribe. The notice emphasizes combined savings and urges action.
The Know Nothings have taken the whole State and part of New Hampshire sweeping out the old liners. Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Congressmen and Legislature all belong to the Know Nothing movement.
A brief notice humorously notes Thanksgiving delays and lack of turkey. It mentions patrons should neither overeat nor neglect thanks, but admits lacking abundance to celebrate. The Governor will have to excuse the humorous stance.
In reviewing records we note many readers nicknamed the oldest inhabitant owe back Journal dues for three to four years. They need not fear a 10 percent share. Indiana paper continues at par.
WO Clark's election is treated as a fixed fact in New York coverage. Prof Geo B Downie, ex Greencastle, died in St Louis California on October 7. The Crockett Democrat notes no marriageable women in town. Missouri Times reports hundreds of emigrants heading to Kansas. Lewis D Campbell is favored as next House speaker. Major Henry Hurst of Jeffersonville is the sole Indiana lawyer practicing when statehood began.
A man in Wisconsin near Keno sha was found dead after being dragged and consumed by hogs while severely intoxicated. Only bones and scraps of clothing remained at the scene.
About eighty five liquor vendors and hotel keepers were arrested in Cleveland on Carson League affidavits. The Cleveland Leader notes the league can hire witnesses and lawyers, and that dealers are organizing a defense. Carson Leagues are spreading across the state, boosting enforcement prospects for the new liquor law.
The Salem Gazette notes a letter received in Vancouver's Island area from Puget Sound mentioning a fleet of English men. The report carries cautious details about maritime movements and potential colonial implications.
A renewed buying mood appears after weeks of caution with state and regional issues in demand. Virginia stocks rise to 93 up 2 percent while North Carolina and Indiana notes trade near prior prices. The Tribune notes easing money matters as fall payments end and engagements firm across sectors with call loans at 7 percent and outsiders paying more for time loans. Large holdings of Western State stocks reflect banks’ loan demand, favoring holdings over selling in this market.
The New York Journal of Commerce reports that New York banks are determined to block any additional export of specie if possible, signaling coordinated financial action within the city to protect reserves and curb capital outflow.
A detailed Cincinnati Gazette account describes the arrest of William H Arrison in Muscatine Iowa after a letter mix up led to his identification. Mayor Snellaker and officers escorted Arrison to Rock Island then Cincinnati, where he awaits trial as citizens fear for his safety while in custody.
News from New York on November 13 covers European warfare and trade. It notes slow Allied progress at Sevastopol with a breach and spiked guns, Russian sorties and prisoner captures, and casualty tallies. Atlantic news includes arrivals from Liverpool and London with 100 passengers and various shipping developments.
The steamer Northern Light arrives in New York from San Francisco with about 500 passengers and 564 405 dollars in gala. The voyage took 20 days and a half, the fastest yet. California trade improves while Meiggs frauds and Walker trial unfold.
Texas items report the Secretary of War countermanded mustering the State Rangers and the government will raise companies at its expense. United States Dragoons fought Indians with seven dead and all horses lost. General Houston organized Know-Nothing societies across the state.
Buffalo November 138 The Farmer's Joint Stock Bank has suspended operations. General belief holds that M. B. Sherwood will redeem the notes in full.
A Piqua correspondent reports a robbery at the home of Mr. Adams, a wealthy farmer three miles from town, where two men forced entry, tied down his sister, and stole two to three thousand dollars from a chest after dining there. The article also cites New York murder verdicts involving drunks and argues against reducing murder to manslaughter due to intoxication.
The Ohio State Journal notes Dr. Olds telegraphed Mr. Pierce that selling himself was easier than selling his constituents.
British naval officers aboard the Trinconalee report mosquitoes in Behring Strait regions exceed those in Central America. They describe inhaling swarms by the mouth and needing face coverings outdoors. Esquimaux are clever yet lazy, living on drift wood and walrus tusk crafts, surviving winter by hunting seals and bears and sometimes eating animal hides when semi-starved.
The Boston Atlas correspondent in Kansas territory notes an upcoming clash over freedom and slavery. Settlers, poor through the winter, face a critical Legislature vote on property in human flesh and blood, with the outcome impacting the nation and free states. Missouri forces are said to be pouring in to overwhelm the settlers.
A fragment reports on free territory struggle remarks and urges aid to settlers. It notes an Irishman near a railroad bridge attacked his wife with an axe, then walked to doctors for treatment though readers fear he may recover. It cites Cuba revolt rumors and a possible appointment of General Pillow as Utah governor.
To the Ladies I have on hand various fashionable fall and winter hats and will sell on Saturday the 4th. Call to purchase and support my first effort November 2. Mere. McFareLane promotes Carter's Spanish Mixture as a blood purifier with many certificates of cures. Priced at $2 w4. See ad in another column.
The Philadelphia Saturday Gazette supports Dr Hooflands German Bitters by D C M Jackson, stating it is a long established remedy widely approved by the medical faculty and not a fleeting patent medicine. The endorsement notes the product is prepared by D C M Jackson and distinct from fashionable nostrums of the day.
A Worcester 1635 case of elephantiasis, abandoned by doctors, shows severe swelling and disfigurement. In 1847 a Chicago visitor offered hope via Sloan's Ornamental Ointment, claiming cure after two more boxes. The patient allegedly recovered, now in a western city, cost cited at fifteen dollars.
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