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Newspaper
Lexington Clipper
Location
Lexington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1858
Page
1
A lyric piece titled Farewell Farewell False Girl reflects on lost love and illusions of youth. The speaker laments fading happiness and the hidden depths beneath surface beauty, concluding that beauty without warmth decays like cold marble. The author signs as L. F. Higree.
Dr Campbell outlines the history and aims of the Order of Good Tempers, tracing its 1852 origins in Central New York, spread across thirteen states, and Indiana's 164 lodges. He defends secrecy, rebuts anti temperance fears, and describes brotherly aid, moral influence, and charity as core duties to support sober living and reform.
Lieutenant Glover of Waikie’s West Coast Beyi edition reports a Cairo area incident where he seized a valuable relic once connected to the explorer Mungo Park. A native gave a nine volume manuscript and Park’s wide travels notes, valued as priceless, to Glover who preserved the find amid a village scene near Park’s death site.
A essay extols wild flowers as early beauty for children. It argues outdoor study fosters affection and memory, cultivating natural science as essential knowledge alongside higher revelations.
A fragmented meditation on eternity and time. The text ponders lasting concepts beyond human years, imagining an endless span of ages and the limits of counting vast durations. The voice expresses awe at infinity and the difficulty of capturing such scope.
A fragmentary exchange shows Teasers Krape asking about the man’s tax status on a house. The wording is garbled but preserves a questioning tone and reference to a property tax.
Fragmentary note speaks of desire for companionship and daily sustenance. It hints at shared bread and a modest life, focusing on affection over material wealth. The tone remains intimate and reflective.
A fragmented reflection on drinking, youth, and aging. It contrasts a mother’s hopes for her child with old men’s gloom, urging restraint to avoid burdening others and securing a place in society.
Fragmentary notes recount a person crying and jumping into water, leading to drowning. The text is incoherent but implies a self inflicted death with uncertain details and garbled spellings. No identifiable names, dates, or locations are present.
A fragment describes a stockaded enclosure at Old Point Comfort where misery and merriment mix. The writer notes shrieks and laughter as people enter the water and mock the Indies. The scene contrasts somber melancholy with raucous revelry and sexual bravado.
Unclear garbled text shows a disjointed dialogue or overheard conversation. Names, places, and quotes are unreadable, making it impossible to identify participants, location, or event with certainty.
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