12 Sep 1855
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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1855
Page
1
Office in Dewey's Building upstairs on the Public Square. The Detroit Dollar Journal prints every Wednesday morning. Subscription is one dollar per year, always payable in advance. No term shorter than three months.
Lauson Watkins rich but fragile aims for more money while his wife Lydia fears for his health. Langrave's failed venture collapses their wealth but Lydia’s farm and a bold ruse save Lauson. Three years later he returns to health and happiness with Lydia, Langrave, and their children in a cottage stead.
The passage extols a father who endures poverty obscurity and pain yet treasures a child he hopes for and would not trade for wealth fame power or perfect sleep. His struggle is described as grinding yet meaningful through his bond with his child.
Parson D of Marblehead and Parson A Baptist, near his house, joked about rain then asked to borrow an umbrella when a shower began. Parson D. recalled the Baptist enjoyed water, while the Baptist wished to avoid getting sprinkled.
Horace Greely claims France has superior soil to our Western states though it is less productive due to lack of intelligent tillage. He argues better farming practices could raise Western yields.
At Cape May a remarkable scene unfolds with two thousand women taking part in a simultaneous bathing event. Spectators observe a coordinated display as swimmers enjoy the shore and sea, reflecting a lively seaside tradition.
A farmer retrieves his hat from a country wheat field where stalks grew so closely that he could crawl atop them without sinking. He stood on a stump and, after wind toppled his hat, advanced into the crop to recover it, then returned, possibly by the same path.
The Waukegan Democrat notes the heavy burdens carried by German women, describing one woman on North Clark Street hauling six two inch planks, lath, shingles, meat, swill pails, and two children, and questions how Yankee women would endure such a load.
An exchange condemns a man described as systematically cheating a printer and committing a spree of crimes from highway robbery to thefts against vulnerable targets. The statement portrays him as willing to deface church pennies and steal small valuables to maintain a respected society image.
A conceited young clergyman asks which part of a morning exercise was liked. The celebrated Robert Hall replies that the best passage was the one you delivered from the pulpit.
The Rothschild family loses Barbon Salomon aged 82 and notes the passing of Anslem and Nathan, leaving James as the sole surviving capable member. The piece recalls their genius, commerce, and diplomacy, including Nathan’s smuggling profits during Napoleon’s blockade and James’s refined courtly bearing. It mentions the Paris Salomon palace and the Frankfort ghetto house as symbols of a fading era.
A recipe for flux cure combines charcoal chalk slippery elm and laudanum in cold spring water with injections. It claims success in over fifty cases in this and Lawrence counties, with one or two injections usually sufficient. The Columbia Tennessee Herald notes the anecdotal success from a friend.
A Pottowattomie warrior meets the Chicago Indian agent, calling himself a good man and American and asking for whiskey. The agent says good men never drink whiskey, prompting the reply that only bad Indians demand whiskey, and the chief admits, Me d-d rascal.
Dialogue from a newspaper page shows a father urging Sammy to scratch his head and stir his stumps to progress. The son retorts that the father taught scratching a head is the way to advance, reflecting a folk saying about practical thinking.
Mrs Eliza Reed was convicted a young lawyer in Evansville for a communication he wrote for the Journal, reported as a local legal case from the previous day.
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