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Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1870
Page
1
Fragmentary text shows scattered phrases and names with unclear context. It mentions times and places, including a possible event schedule and personal names, but the overall meaning is obscured by OCR errors and incomplete sentences.
Listing of multiple religious services across precincts with times from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. including missionary school Bible class prayer meetings and Sunday services. Congregational, Mertopist and Christian congregations noted with pastors Rev. Bayne, Rev. W. Wilson, Elder E. G. Fraziert and details on Sunday School and midweek prayer meetings. Also notes lodge meetings Roxomo Lodge No. 93 and other lodges on moon phases with dates and locations in Greentown and Fairfield.
I C C F Koxromo Longe announces weekly meetings every Tuesday evening. The Winbxtax Lodge meets on Monday evening. Alto Lodge No 276 hosts gatherings every Saturday evening. I O G T Witp Cat Lota No 343 holds a meeting each Saturday evening.
Community records note J W Gray proprietor of the GPENCER House at the Northwest corner of the Union Depot area as plans for a historic inn visit prompt local discussion about preservation and use.
A concerned reader rebuts Galveston and Losey style claims on Moses and Joshua, arguing historical dates and writing materials prove the Bible’s human authorship. He cites Edom kings, Moses era, and JST/Israel timelines, urging Howard County residents to aid the homeless.
A letter to The Journal advocates establishing an Orphans Home in Kokomo to aid destitute children in Howard County. The writer urges citizens to support a local institution to honor the flourishing city and its people, noting the presence of homeless and abandoned children nearby.
The Chicago Republican lauds Ulysses S. Grant as a steady president who cleansed public affairs, strengthened the national credit, reduced the debt, and kept peace at home and abroad. It notes officers chosen without enough political counsel but deems them safe and effective, arguing for a vigorous administration serving the people.
Train delays east to Kiko occur when swarms of large Utah Nevada Idaho crickets spread across tracks. At Wells a rising grade required backing the locomotive and three trials to pass as crickets piled deep on rails making them greasy and halting twenty ton engines. Locals unfamiliar with cricket swarms may doubt such interruptions occur in sagebrush counties.
A Pendleton line car halted after turning east on fifth street when a strong horse balked. The kind driver tried gentle methods to move the load with few passengers aboard. An elderly gentleman attempted to assist as the horse refused to progress.
A driver failed to move a stubborn horse despite gentle urging. An American Express wagon driver arrived, struck the hoof area with his whip, and lifted the horse's forefoot. After several blows the horse obediently walked on, the driver noting the horse was better, if not wiser, for the experience.
A traveler recounts grabbing a large octopod cuttlefish in a shallow tide pool near Guarpary Brazil. The creature clasped both hands with long arms and suckers, threatening bites before releasing and retreating, leaving the observer amused and relieved.
A region in New Mexico is reported to contain about ten square patches of salt resembling gravel scattered across the ground, indicating an unusual mineral distribution observed by local geologists.
A Cincinnati man and his wife attacked an assessor who they believed overvalued their property, beating him to death with a club. The incident follows rising tax disputes as neighbors report the assault occurred after a tax assessment.
Readable data shows Marquette Michigan with about 4 240 residents and the Lake Superior iron region with roughly 8233 people. The text appears incomplete and garbled.
The chaplain notes he has many printer friends yet no printer ever joined his congregation during nine years at the New Hampshire penitentiary. He asserts this is not accidental and argues printing elevates intellect and morals, while printers remain resistant to religious engagement.
A historical note examines claims of soldiers with a charmed life defending leaders like Soult Napoleon and Wellington. It discusses popular beliefs, cites Galton's statistics on high ranking officers, and argues disease and exposure kill far more than bullets, noting lone survivals amid heavy casualties.
A man of about forty, reportedly a former Rocky Mountain Indigenous tribesman, wandered the city yesterday asking for employment. He claimed he had eaten only refuse for days and hinted at continuing travel, saying he hoped to reach kin among pale faces while noting past misadventures with the Pacific Railroad ward.
An unnamed white youth, scarred and claimed to have been scalped, wandered among frontier settlements. He spoke of learning to endure savage life, believed stolen from his parents, and showed a large head wound as proof. Oswego Times notes Mr. J Cooley aided him as he sought work among whites.
A collection of quirky items notes daily hotel arrivals in Saratoga, 18 000 French residents in New York City, Ecumenical Council timing, Nevada Plumb Center grants, Paris concert choruses, Salt Lake City church fund raise, Chicago youth demographics, a new photo album with a music box, railroad wheel fault in Jerry Run, French post office wartime aid, hot days record in New York Evening Post, Austrian silver premium, a bee observation by a naturalist, an old farmer tale about a pointless preacher, and a statuo diminishing after rats shower.
A young man recently married in Beloit Wisconsin helped his wife by sewing rags to make a carpet sixty yards long. The pair completed the project during courtship and labor.
A modern writer catalogs facets of a female eye in a sequence: glare and stare, sneer and invitation, defiance and denial, consent and glance of love, flash of rage, sparkle of hope, languish of coquidity, squint of suspicion, fire of jealousy, and the lustre of pleasure.
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