10 Aug 1847
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Newspaper
Lima Argus
Location
Lima, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1847
Page
1
A fragmented 19th century panorama blends heroic Latin and medieval warfare with temperance courtroom drama. It recalls the famous Ro ncesvales clash, La Vega and the heroic Northern charges, then shifts to a drunken trial aboard a steamboat, where Green faces murder charges and a dramatic courtroom exchange ends with a tempered verdict.
A New York correspondent recounts Morse’s telegraph system showing distinct taps encoding letters and words, enabling reading by ear over long distances. The piece mentions two Vermont Quakers fighting, plus a dramatic mix of anecdotes about punishment, marriage, and an editor seeking charges against a visitor.
In a London public exam at St Paul’s, Milton faced a poetry task on Jesus turning water into wine. A slate line read The concious water saw its God and blushed. Judges praised the line for its beauty and simplicity and awarded Milton, future author of Paradise Lost, top merit over grander works.
Report from Lower Sandusky Democrat describes an ancient mound two miles from the village near Kerr tract. A buried skeleton was found beneath a stump with stone hatchets pipes and fifteen circular glass plates with distinctive colors and engravings. Artifacts suggest a previously unknown branch of native history.
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