22 Jul 1870
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Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1870
Page
1
The Democratic Fifth District lists candidates for state offices including Secretary of State F. A. Hoffman and Auditor Joan D. Evans. It also mentions Speaker James N. Tyner for Congress and criticizes candidate Will Moreau, labeling him opportunistic and untrustworthy.
The Degree of So L. D. has recently been conferred on Gov. Morton by the University at Oxford. The Noblesville Register notes progress on the new school building. In Richmond a pair of lunatics humbug the public. Walash county reports over 43000 in treasurer’s hands from Republicans. Huntington in debt under Democrats. J N Tyner to begin canvass around August 10 and will visit the city. The Press from Ft Wayne praises D W Jones and Winrt’s printing. Peru Republican Convention fails. candidates not principles, next on August 20. Whisky barrels bored at Windfall hinder temperance reform. Tipton Times hints Jap in the Democrat ticket, Radicals to be defeated.
A. Walker argues against Reed and Losey defending Modern Spiritualists. He cites Eusebius and Watersons, questions A. J. Davis, and condemns reliance on dreams and miracles as evidence. He defends the Septuagint and Jewish textual history while challenging the authors’ use of sources and claims.
The article traces gold quantities from the start of the Christian era to the 19th century, noting estimates of gold in existence in 1 A.D. about 427 million dollars, declines by 1492 to 57 million, rises to 100 million in 1600, 351 million in 1700, 1.251 billion in 1800, and 2 to 3 billion by mid-19th century. It highlights major discoveries in Russia, California, and Australia and cites total gold and silver in global denominations and the value of plate and ornaments. It ends with a remark on ancient value comparisons in the reign of Daruma.
The article discusses ancient manuscript survival for Bible texts, noting Gothic and Coptic copies and multiple published editions from 1665 to 1805. It then critiques modern spiritualist claims, listing seven core tenets about nature, God, and humanity, and cites Gridley and Harm references on spirit world doctrines and moral responsibility.
A paper by Dr Stephens before the Polytechnic Association analyzes the fate of annual gold production. He notes 15 percent melts for manufacture, 35 percent to Europe, 25 percent to Cuba, 15 percent to Brazil, and 5 percent to Japan, China, and the Indies, leaving 5 percent for U. S. circulation. Much of the gold reaching China and the Americas ends up in Europe and India, effectively absorbing the metal with little returning to the civilized world.
A well dressed man on a train seeks introduction to a Chicago woman reading a book. The conductor, in a wink, reveals the wife of a New York man who swears he will die before Detroit unless he befriends her. The man blushes, stammers, and returns to his seat as the couple share a joke.
A Massachusetts family was struck by lightning while resting on a feather bed during a thunderstorm. The bolt scattered them around the house and set the bed on fire, disproving the old idea that lightning spares a person on a feather bed.
A farmer tests temperance by offering three workers a sheep each if they quit rum. The hired man, two sons, and a third son named Chandler all agree to abstain in exchange for livestock, as the father ponders extending the deal.
A family scene reveals tears over a letter opened by the wife. The husband discovers the envelope contains a two year newspaper subscription bill, causing shock at the alleged scandal.
A Virginia belle dared the men in her party to follow her to the cliff edge. None accepted the challenge, but a clever youth stood on his head in the saddle and dared the lady to match him.
The Congress adjourned on the fifteenth after a hurried final day. The House members behaved like rowdies rather than dignified legislators, and no Indiana Republican or Democrat appeared involved in what the writer calls a drunken finish to the long session.
Mark Lemon has writen sixty days. A Philadelphia woman has eleven hundred flower pots surrounding her house. Neither minister, lawyer, doctor nor liquor dealer has a local habitation or a name in the town of connote Bains with a pop-
A French physician and a German brewer, each over 220 pounds, died after a drinking match in Williamsburg. They started with bourbon and shifted to claret, sherry, and brandy, then collapsed as the Frenchman died first and the German followed. the coroner cited heart disease in both cases.
An elderly laborer toils in his fields and is visited by a vision claiming to be Solomon. The figure remarks the man’s lessons are incomplete, noting he learned only half the lesson from a worker ant. The tale centers on industriousness and humility.
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