02 Jul 1850
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Newspaper
Elyria Courier
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1850
Page
1
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From the Detroit Advertiser a poem recalls a doomed voyage on a silver sea. A blue-eyed ward deck girl longs for a Switzer lover while a ship burns and sinks. Mothers, sailors, and a captain face death as survivors dream of a western welcome and a future resurrection by dawn.
The text extols the pyramids near Cutro beside the Kile river, noting their stone steps and a largest pyramid about 500 feet high with a base near 40,000 square feet. It mentions long construction time and many workers, while reflecting on their tomb purpose and the futility of human grandeur.
A dense historical narrative surveys Egypts pyramids for their engineering skill, notes on architecture and astronomy, and the Roman era tale of Pompeii. It contrasts royal funeral monuments with public utility works and recounts witness accounts of Pompeii's destruction and survival tales.
Yesterday afternoon the committee of the whole closed the discussion on the public debt report and adopted an amendment. It makes it the duty of the commissioners to report the amount needed to pay the interest and the sinking fund of the state debt.
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