25 Oct 1838
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Newspaper
Logansport Herald
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1838
Page
1
The notice outlines advertising charges per square for 250 cubic centimeters, with pricing for annual quarters and various columns. It notes payments due, post pay rules, obituary and general notices, and announces candidates for offices with weekly rates. A literary excerpt and editorial comments follow.
A humorous anecdote recalls two London lodgers haunted by nocturnal knocking and squeaking. They discover a mouse trapped in an oyster shell, ending with the playful question of whether the oyster caught the mouse.
A fragment from a 19th century pamphlet reports a peculiar claim that teeth loosen when gums are stressed and that force from a finger can extract teeth with little pain. The tale references Dr Caldwell and a traveling salesman who sells Brussels carpeting, highlighting curious medical conjecture and a bizarre travel diary.
A fragment from the Bangor Post describes a boy and a horse journey. The horse pricks its ears and prances, while the boy leads with notable boots and restrained movement.
In a mansion scene a dying Richard Wilton warns his son Henry to respect their wealth, while George Wilton flounders in gambling and crime. A fire exposes a web of deception, murder, and moral ruin as Jane helps her lover, a judge convicts George, and a tragic sequence leads to executions and pardons amid a cold January night.
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