08 Jun 1841
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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1841
Page
1
Incomplete OCR text shows a misread pricing notice with charges per line, three insertions for a large square and twenty five cents per subsequent listing. Also mentions editorial alerts and varying terms for one year or fractions, with unclear organization names and dates.
A Cincinnati minister Horace Bushnell prints a tribute to General William Henry Harrison. The letter extols Harrison as honest, charitable, and devoted to religion, citing his support for churches, Sabbath observance, and temperance. It portrays him as a practical Christian leader who aided the poor, widowed, and oppressed, and recounts private conversations about religion and public duty.
A narrator muses on inscriptions on stones and nature as sermons. He contemplates life, death, and the universal truth of mortality as grave markers bind time to eternity, urging contemplation beyond everyday life and material comforts.
An Eastern Argus paragraph notes a stranger aboard the sterner Part caused the ship to bring one extra passenger into the city than it carried from Boston. The noisy voyage amid machinery and wind had many thinking the world loud, as the traveler arrived after peak hours without reporting to the captain.
Jefferson recalls service with Washington and Pendleton in Congress. He states he never heard either speak ten minutes at a time and criticizes indecisive debate. He warns that if Congress remains idle the people will send a new man to question every measure.
The Buffalo Com ment notes Rev. Mr Whelan of Atholee Church gaining signatures for a total abstinence pledge among recruits at the United States Barracks in Buffalo. It cites two stories of intoxication ruining early lives, including Samuel Lincoln Fairfield found dead drunk in Philadelphia and Dr John Lofland once the Milford Bard committed to an almshouse, lamenting the temptations of temperate drinking.
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