10 Oct 1855
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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1855
Page
1
The Decrut Dollar Journal is issued every Wednesday morning in DEWEY'S Building upstairs on the south side of the Public Square. The paper costs one dollar per year in advance, with shorter terms available. subscriptions accepted for periods under three months.
A reflective verse contemplates doubt and sorrow in life. It speaks of beauty that dies, fleeting joys, and enduring faith guiding toward a brighter realm beyond the river. The speaker mourningly recalls a cherished friend and hopes for reunion after death.
A tale from England recounts Henry Thompson a London jeweller murdered after staying at J Smiths home. Smith is tried by Lord Mansfield with a housekeeper witness key to revealing a hidden closet and poison bottle leading to Smiths conviction and execution.
A Newborn baby elephant joins Barnum's traveling menagerie up town after its mother recovers from illness. The article notes the infant's size compared to its parent and the human like care of the mother, describing the scene with humor and affection as the calf approaches meals and daily routines.
A judge confronts a prisoner in a barking exchange filled with quips and misstatements. The prisoner answers with comic non sequiturs while the judge demands proper responses and imposes a looming punishment based on accuracy.
The Queen's royal transport to Boulogne is a large three compartment coach. The first and last compartments are a vestibule and toilet cabinet while the middle saloon seats about twenty. It is hung with pearl-grey silk, has a pearl-grey ceiling, Venetian glass adornments, pale green body, and arabesque decoration.
The passage argues that horses with white legs and feet are less valuable because white hooves are more brittle and prone to accident and lameness in wet soil and climate. In stony soils they are more likely to break and contract issues than dark colored hooves.
The Pacific mill in Lawrence Massachusetts is described as the largest in the world with a 16 acre floor. It operates 1,200 rooms and 2,000 workers who produce 300,000 pieces of cloth per year. The plant plans to expand to 80,000 cotton spindles and 20,000 worsted spindles and to 2,400 rooms.
A crowd listens as a speaker extols American liberty and a free press, asking what more a nation could have. A heckler interrupts with a crude demand for alcohol, shouting for a stick from a flask protruding from a coat pocket.
The excerpt urges readers to recall childhood gardens tended by mothers and sisters and to strive to make their children’s homes equally welcoming. It links early home life with future memories, emphasizing nurture and beauty as essential values.
A thousand Sabbath School teachers from Boston met co workers in New York at the Crystal Palace with 17 000 children in attendance. The event included orphans and friendless from city asylums and refuges and was described as deeply interesting and joyous. Ex President Fillmore reportedly declined a Doctorate of Laws from Oxford saying he had no university or college education.
A father asks his son what he found in a stocking on Christmas morning. The boy replies with a hopeful, fragmentary answer featuring a toy and a large hole as a humorous misfit detail.
A fragmented report notes a local county tale involving a beet and an armed toy figure. The readable lines hint at a novelty item tied to a county event and a mention of a woman linked to it, but the full context remains unclear.
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