22 Dec 1869
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Democrat
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1869
Page
1
Public notice text outlines legal advertising charges at 160 per square for the first line blocks and adds per each subsequent line. It states ads must be submitted by the user and sent to D. Dunm & Co. offices in Fort Wayne Indiana for publication. The fragment notes advance payment and processing rules.
The garbled text describes workers arriving by the dozens and bells signaling the start of a busy day. Children show delight as parents greet them, while clocks strike certain hours and tables draped in white appear. The scene hints at a communal ceremony with whistles and jubilant activity.
An old tale recounts a hidden tragedy in a ruined place near a courtyard fountain. A woman slain in her room and a hidden pale child witness to the horror reveal a past exile and a concealed crime. The dying confession of a husband links the murder to a long ago betrayal and marriage. The story ends with a church appointment note in Baltimore.
A sensational Chicago item narrates a young woman who had her small feet surgically reduced by removing two toes to fit into a dainty boot, a bold act praised as a heroic defiance of nature. It also features humane elephant anecdotes, including a nurselike elephant caring for a child and a tale of recovery after eye surgery, plus assorted regional notes and a Hindu legend about Kashagautami and mustard seed.
A satirical broadside blasts the President and his party over taxation and policy. It criticizes congressional inaction, rail and railway interests, manufactures, bankers, and party corruption, urging reform and purging malefactors within the political system. The piece attacks New York corruption, and mocks the current administration’s diplomacy and economic stance.
A fragment from the Loninville Courier Journal recounts a children’s tale about a small insect’s wit shared last Sunday and promises further discussion this Sunday about a large cat described as dull yet clever, with emphasis on a humorous perspective.
A New York Telegram anecdote tells of Lord Brougham’s clever junior aiding a beleaguered leader in a causa celebre near the royal family. Brougham feigned agony from ear draughts as benches acted to close the door and seal windows with sand bags until relief came. A Wisconsin justice dealt with a “restrain paper” case where a husband and wife winter sleep dynamics were in dispute.
A child asks his mother in a humorous heaven guessing moment if he will be shaved bald when he reaches Heaven. She answers that Heaven’s residents are bald, reflecting a quirky, lighthearted exchange about baldness after death.
In a letter to the Tribune Lydia Thompson denies fabricating remarks attributed to her in a Chicago Bohemian interview. She says the reporter’s outlet used sensationalism and claims she spoke kindly of audiences in Cincinnati Louisville Buffalo and Philadelphia.
A brokered family tale describes a father pressuring his idle son Jack to choose work. After a week Jack reveals a plan to borrow hundreds of thousands to buy government bonds and live by collecting coupons, prompting the father to angrily sever relations.
A five year old Rochester Nova Scotia story recalls a young woman dying from a throat stricture after choking on tea. The piece quotes a spinster’s grim reflection on marriage and childbearing. It also covers diverse items from Pine tree leaf flannel research to Beecher lectures and census gender gaps in New England.
A Kent man discovers James Montague slain near a cornfield after an assault at Frank M. Kelso’s Canal Street saloon. Coroner and jury implicate Kelso. bail set in two sums for manslaughter and murder in the second degree. Also features a verse fragment and an Anecdote of Charletta Patti detailing a New York debut and Carlotta Patti’s rise to fame.
In a Darby grocery store crowd tale, John Quill recalls a South Atlantic voyage aboard a frail vessel. He describes hammering a mast with an axe, missing land, and finally realizing a nail had pierced the hull and the ship had spun in place in the mud like a weathercock for days.
Article questions the social dynamics at publisher Samuel Sinclair's Croton home. It details alleged intimate connections between Mrs. McFarland and Richardson, noting adjoining rooms with no doors, and argues Sinclair likely did not tolerate such an arrangement. The piece concludes by interpreting the relationship as nurse and friend rather than illicit conduct.
A critique of strong drink as a despotic habit, with vivid images of bar life and its enslaving pull. It mocks clergy bans on dancing, suggesting separation by sex as a compromise, and notes wild turkey prices in Baltimore market at 2 to 3 dollars each for large birds.
A sixteen year old girl from Laporte Indiana and her lover eloped with about $1000 taken from her father. They traveled toward Toledo, buying goods with the funds, registered as married in the Oliver House, then were detained and returned to Indiana for action by the aggrieved father and guardians. About $300 of the money was spent during travel and in purchases.
A respected Washington County doctor, famed for a lucrative practice, visited New Albany and bought a plain cherry coffin to be lined by his wife at home. He said purchasing ahead was proper so burial would be ready with no trouble. Other items include a Canadian mishap with powder and a man missing after emigrating, plus a quirky white pine restaurant ad.
The Savannah Republicans recount a brutal assault on Mrs. Johnston in Thomasville Georgia, detailing the savage attack and the vigilante shooting of the assailant. It also covers a woman secretly marrying two wives in Etherly and other sensational anecdotes from Alabama to Illinois, plus a court knife incident in Paris and bear versus Indian combat near Pine River. The items include local crime, ship sale, and odd matrimonial exploits.
The piece traces a four-year shift from hoops to the Princesse line and the current higher waisted, round fashion. It notes broad, colorful palettes with garnet greens and blues, elaborate mantles trimmed in velvet and fringe, and the costly street wear featuring black Lyons velvet and satin tunics. It highlights new silhouettes like the Romam cloak, circular warps, and distinctive capes with wide braids, plus details on bodices, chemisettes, and neck adornments.
A San Francisco passenger concealed opium inside granite blocks by drilling a central chamber and sealing it with cement. Officers exposed the trick after hammering the blocks, confiscating the contraband. Also noted are opinions on Michigan laws affecting property and wives, predicting continued male oppression.
A British army surgeon in China reportedly found an effective smallpox remedy by rubbing the chest with croton oil and tartaric ointment just before eruption, prompting a full eruption to spare internal organs. Also recounted are a Atchison marriage proposal to evade testimony, a fatal street shooting by a relative, a Dorsetshire memorial to Benjamin Jesty for cowpox inoculation, and a playful New York window chat about the Coliseum and a Peace Jubilee.
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