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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1874
Page
4
The speaker gazes on a vision of a dawnlit shore beyond death, praising faith that death is a new beginning. Memories of love endure, even as longing to return to earth remains. A farewell to Leona asks her to trust, for the journey beyond is brief and peaceful in God’s gardens.
Poem questions the reader about social responsibility and the duty to aid the needy. It urges charity to lift rags, pale faces, and hollow eyes, contrasting heaven’s smiles with unpaid debt to humanity. It questions what has been done to clothe the nude and educate the untaught.
A Delphi letter recounts a state convention with 800 delegates and lively street meetings. It details speeches on temperance by Judge Talbot of New Albany and an ex minister who described his descent into drink and recovery, plus local reactions and the Exposition preparations in Indiana with grand exhibits and reduced rail fares.
The second volume of the reports on textile factories abroad presents an American section outlining mill hours and wages. It notes long workdays, wages in Lowell ranging from low female and higher male rates, and a general wage decline except for skilled overseers and engineers. The cotton industry grew about 80 percent 1850–60 and 25 percent 1860–70 with production value around £30,320,000 in 1870.
The piece argues that while American women enjoy respect and freedom, true equality remains possible. co education and science advance despite clerical opposition, urging a march toward universal equality. It also presents Indiana Game Law provisions protecting birds, detailing unlawful acts against quails and other species, penalties, and the rationale for conservation.
A clipped temperance pledge from Delphi Journal recounts signatures by presidents Madison Adams and Jackson to oppose ardent spirits. The list includes Polk Taylor Adams Jackson Fillmore Van Buren Pierce Tyler Buchanan with Harrison absent and the current president added, urging total abstinence for health virtue and national good.
The piece argues true worth lies in heart, soul, and character, not appearance. A kindly, balanced woman is described as lovely and attractive regardless of looks, while vain flattery-seeking women are condemned for hollow praise from shallow society.
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