Rates and terms for The Huntingdon Journal subscriptions
The Huntingdon Journal will be published at 1.75 a year if paid in advance, 2.00 during the year, and 2.80 after expiration. No six month minimum. arrearages must be paid before discontinuation. Clubs of six or more paying in advance get 1.50 per copy for one year. groups sending names with money receive one year. Advertisements under one square run three times for 1.00. each further insertion 0.25. If no order to discontinue is given, ads stay in and are charged.
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Huntingdon Journal
Sirius
Jefferson
Berty
Philos P
Captain Levy
Celic
Voltaire
Campbell
Apostle
Virginia
Manson
Thomas Jefferson
Winds of the Twilight Echoes of a Sorrowful Heart
A fragment from an 19th century verse scene where a speaker laments heartbreak. Winds, waves, and dews are invoked as fellow mourners, each reflecting the speaker’s grief and longing. The poem uses lyrical imagery to express sadness and yearning.
Emigration to California and horrific overland hardships
A March letter from lower Puebla recounts emigrants reaching California by October after a long trek. They joined a Fremont formed regiment with pay promises. Terrible wintersnows near Trukey's Lake forced cannibalism among 23 wagon travelers. nine men died and seven were eaten. Women suffered fewer deaths, with one woman eating her own relatives to survive. The account ends noting the journey’s claimed charms despite brutal trials. Saint Louis Republic July 20.
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California
Lower
Puebla
Fremont
Missouri
Moran and Boon
Oregon
Gov. Boggs
Quivvy
Col. Russell
Indian Creek
Johnson
Trukey’s Lake
Johnson’s
Louis Rep
Introduction to a Royal Tiger in India
The narrator recounts his first introduction to a royal tiger while on a hunting expedition in India with Capt Slingsby. After a dramatic encounter on an elephant, the tiger attacks, Slingsby is injured, and the narrator fires to mortally wound the tiger. The tiger’s claws leave Slingsby with a broken arm and severe lacerations. the narrator continues to see tigers in India but does not warm to their company.
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Wilson and Brown
Calcutta
Dragoons
Slingsby
Bedlam
Frampton
Rajah
Howdah
Slingsbly
Jupiter
India
Ge Tyeo Foco
Ultimare Sun
Scott
Trist
Cerro Gordo
Gen. Scott
Wonders of Creation and Astronomy Reflections
A reflective excerpt outlines the vastness of the cosmos and humanity’s curiosity. It discusses fixed stars, the speed of light, and natural philosophy, contrasting ancient limits with modern astronomy and the pursuit of knowledge, ending with meditations on Jefferson’s life and a digressive stroll through related curiosities.
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Fnom Tre
Louisville Journal
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Leesburg
Shaffer
Cross
Horn Tooke
London
Ceylon
Interior Counties
San Box
Pine Knot
Silvia Lowbery
Wonders of Creation
Tefferson
New York Evening Post
Institution For the
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
Springfield Gazette
Santa Anna
Jim Polkin
The
Tennessee Farmer
Massachusetts
Newberryport
Buena Vista
Stans and Firus
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