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Newspaper
Lexington Clipper
Location
Lexington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1858
Page
3
Whizzing by fences and trees the horses race along the road with drivers urging them. The bay leads then the black edges ahead in a neck and neck finish as spectators watch a lively scene of racing and tension.
The Evansville Enquirer reports drought across Cairo to Louisville endangering the corn crop with projected 25 to 50 percent reductions. interior areas may fare better but river regions suffer most. Count de Laradel, owner of the lakes whose bora cic acid yields Tuscany fame, dies in Florence leaving vast fortune from the acid’s production. Frost observed in Meû county and nearby valleys with five minute duration. Triatian notes roasting potato boiled meat as first country meal.
The column reports that the English will skip an evening fete on doctors orders, a royal birth rumor again in circulation, and that Dr Banks is restored after a suspension over liquor charges. It notes a Connecticut wire poisoning hush, a smashed Waubeek Bank, a grasshopper disrupted train, and a child’s hand injury. It ends with duel fallout and a fatal knife attack in Warrenton Virginia.
A garbled fragment reports deaths from starvation and a derisive city remark. It includes a quoted line about choosing craw bread and mutton over starving. The readable parts imply public distress and social commentary on hunger.
Mrs Partington remarks on a fashionable card writer who signed his name with notable flourish. The anecdote notes he consigned his autocrat to the missive as Isaac, son, hand me my.
A fragmentary line depicts a wife at her liege’s bedroom door uttering a conflicted statement about ending a matter. The excerpt hints at intimate tension and a possible domestic dispute context without full details.
The piece argues children learn from example and that industrious habits prevent crime. It links idleness, late hours, Sabbath disregard, drinking, and obscene materials to ruin, urging teaching trades and upright living to protect the next generation.
In a New Bedford Standard item a Cheek presented by a local man to a daughter is described as a sizable gift toward her forthcoming marriage. The anecdote notes the check’s symbolic value and comments on such gestures affecting a young woman’s life prospects.
The Belton Texas newspaper reports Martin Koszta is alive in Medina County and well off, correcting earlier notices of his death in Guatemala. It notes the mistaken death claim and confirms his current residence and situation.
An incomplete OCR fragment presents scattered letters and numbers with no coherent events or clear subjects. The readable content does not establish persons organizations places dates or actions.
Vienna Mail leaves Lexington daily at 5 A M and arrives in Vienna at 7 A M Return to Lexington at 10 A M Madison Mail departs Lexington at 8 A M and reaches Madison at 1 P M Return from Madison at 7 P M arrives Lexington at 8 A M Bethlehem Mail runs Tue Thu Sat at 6 A M with Lexington arrival 11 A M and return by 6 P M Austin Mail leaves Lexington Tue and Thu at 7 A M arrives in Austin at 12 M then returns to Lexington at 1 P M and goes to Austin by 6 P M Paris Mail leaves Lexington Saturdays at 6 A M arriving in Paris by 12 M Return from Paris at 1 P M arriving Lexington at 7 P M L H Young P M
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