11 Nov 1870
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Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1870
Page
1
An OCR fragment notes a price of 1735 dollars yearly in advance for a Fae item at the Olce over Kraus and Rosenthal's store located on the east side of the Public Square.
Howard Court meets the fourth Monday in May and November led by Judge John Davis. Commissions led by Wm Garver meet on specified Mondays. List of county officers includes Auditor Luther Gray, Clerk Harvey Brown, Sheriff Joseph Taylor, Recorder Samuel Richey, Surveyor Benjamin Field, and others. Kokomo city officers and council members listed with various appointments. Railway timetable covers Kokomo routes to Logansport, State Line, Chicago, Richmond, Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburg, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Washington with mail, express, and fast line services.
Listings show multiple congregations with weekly services Sunday at 10 am and 7 pm, Sunday School at 2 pm, and midweek prayer meetings. Denominations include Pas tor led by Rev Hutchison at Wilson's Hall, Baptists led by Rev Baldwin, Mernopist Episcopals with Rev Wilson, and Christian Elder Rev Frazier. Also several lodge meetings noted by numbers and weekly patterns.
A block of text lists multiple attorneys and notaries in Kokomo Indiana. It names McEly and KROB D MURRAY J W KROU H A BROUBE M GARRIGUS and A W KERN J ELLIOTT with offices on the east side public square. Mention is made of Scotton Co's Drug Store and focus on collections and prompt business handling.
The attorney and counsellor at law Koko mo Indiana will promptly handle all business entrusted to his care. Collections possible anywhere in the state pursued by the public official wife.
A long essay debates democracy against monarchy with quotes from the New York Tribune. It critiques aristocratic bias and Carlisleism in American politics, arguing universal suffrage sustains republics and detailing how leaders are found through caucuses and elections. The piece includes a digressive note on Dr Errim Swort and reflections on hospitality and aiding youth.
A moral about fathers keeping distance from children. The tale of a boy who asks his mother to inquire his father underscores how distance breeds distrust and misbehavior. Children need intimate access to fathers, with open hearts, and affection shown freely, not guarded aloof.
In New Hartford Iowa a man in horned and hoofed costume tried to provoke a preacher’s wife prompting convulsions. The preacher beat the impersonator until he cried for mercy. An Indianapolis paper quips that ministers may replace the Doxology with a brisk overcoat and fur routine.
Essay on true wealth focusing on natural health, strong character, good lineage, and inherited traits as riches beyond money. It argues that sound constitution, education, and a cheerful disposition define wealth more than land or gold, noting self-improvement and born temperaments shape fortune.
Festus argues that working women lose delicacy and refinement, but the counter view notes many employed women who remain graceful. It contends sweetness can mask weak minds and that strong women hold firm ideas about right and wrong, not bending to every wind.
A Southern editor tells of a man who took money from two letters and left none, a wordplay twist on the phrase about taking two letters from money. The anecdote reads as a quirky historical quip about clever theft of letters and the empty outcome.
A fragmented passage describes a man with an enormous rose he cannot blow, hinting at a surreal or humorous scene. The text appears garbled, offering few concrete names, places, or dates to anchor a fuller summary.
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