20 Feb 1857
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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1857
Page
1
A Hartford Patriot excerpt recounts a Dieppe massacre linked to Jacques Reynauld, with the killer’s identity and gruesome acts revealed through witness testimony. The piece also notes a New York Courier dispatch on political maneuvers, a poisoning case in Boston, and brief European and American society notes including a Dieppe crime, local technology advances, and statehood plans.
Correspondire Augusta Correspondence- Legislative Digest from Feb 11 1857 discusses party divisions within the Democratic and Republican factions. The piece references a Senate submission, cabinet appointments, and policy debates, along with observations on partisan strategy and the broader political mood. It also includes a lengthy, critical report on a reform school, detailing daily routines, supervision, and moral instruction as described by observers.
A historical speaker urges compassion and moral reform to combat intemperance. He condemns drunkenness as a national burden, warns of its ruinous effects on families and society, and calls for humane measures, patience, and steadfast refusal of alcohol.
A reflective essay likens private judgment in spiritual matters to a schoolroom arithmetic dilemma. It contrasts Spiritualism with Biblical authority, arguing each person must adjudicate beliefs. The piece uses a classroom parable to critique self styled experts who claim superior spiritual insight.
Frans. Gouldsboro, January 1857 notes that those who sunk to the lowest depths of intemperance by force of will have lifted themselves above inferiority and become better and stronger men than before.
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