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Newspaper
Lexington Clipper
Location
Lexington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1858
Page
2
The Clipper editorial chastises quick riches schemes and lotteries as dangerous fads. It urges readers to rely on industry and economy, citing swindles that prey on hopeful fortunes and citing anecdotes of failed schemes and misdirected beliefs.
In Lexingtor 1858 the writer urges unifying three small libraries into one central public library in the village. He pledges five hundred dollars in books and asks neighbors to organize under a local code to build a useful town library, accessible and well funded. He argues a single, well-run library would benefit all and reflect community pride.
The lengthy text reports scattered items including a $30,000 subscription for a drawbridge, San Francisco to Frazer River diggings voyages, a Texas death from intemperance, Naples Indiana flooding, New York liquor politics, Wall Street figures, Sabbath disputes, a Roscoe Illinois culvert collapse, a drowning, and various sensational notices. It mixes weather, crime, politics, and seafaring anecdotes in an OCR messy collage.
The Atlantic telegraph enterprise is near completion unless delayed by accident. The Agamemnon and Niagara were to depart Plymouth on the seventh for mid ocean to unite their cables and sail in opposite directions. In two weeks electric communication between the old and new worlds may be established.
The session closed earlier by about two months than typical first sessions. The National Intelligencer notes that despite the brevity, the House has sat longer and passed more bills this session than in any prior session, even the longest.
John A. Tompkins, a confidential dental clerk for M. Levy in New York City, was arrested on charges tied to alleged fraud involving debits and falsified records.
A fragmented report indicates Esmee seb natee attacked a lady Paige Boay in Car- Ogie. The court sentenced the assailant to eighteen years in confinement at the penitentiary.
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