22 Feb 1840
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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1840
Page
1
A lyrical fragment depicts a woman who died in beauty with rose like purity a pearl like diadem star like and snow like. The piece contrasts death beauty with living glory and places her among moons sun and night gems.
An elderly captive endures a bleak dawn in a dungeon cell. He lies on a bare bed, shivering in winter air, beard and hair unkempt, face pale and weathered, while a faint groan escapes his lips and sorrow marks his fate.
The poem laments men’s coldness toward women and notes a social shift where women adopt corsets to “squeeze themselves” as a reversal of prior flirtations. It highlights gender roles with playful irony and public commentary on etiquette.
A physician narrator recalls a teaching moment with Dr. Franklin. He offers an apple to a child to show that wealth does not guarantee happiness. The child struggles with three apples, drops one, and cries, illustrating how riches may outstrip enjoyment.
A Raleigh Standard item argues that press independence can be toppled not by lies or threats but by subscribers delaying payments. It claims to undermine a thriving paper by causing widespread unpaid sums and broken contracts, leading to the editor’s financial strain and collapse.
A dustman while nearby a duchess exclaimed a playful line about lighting his pipe in her eyes. The anecdote notes the duchess loved such compliments and would say that after the dustman's praise, all others were inspired.
A Berkshire pedagogue tests a boy by asking what Oh and Ah are and imitates a violent grab by asking what the boy would say, prompting the reply Let me alone dar nation quick.
Mr John Ang rentein recently led to the altar in Philadelphia Mississippi after a courtship of thirty four years. The anecdote shows what may be done if one sticks to it.
In January 1810 Senator Hugh White explains his refusal to resign or follow Tennessee resolutions. He describes receiving legislatures’ resolutions, delaying debate, and choosing to present his views on the Sul Treasury bill to the Senate. He states his plan to read and forward his prepared response to the Tennessee General Assembly.
The letter argues that discarding banks for sub Treasury keepers would ruin society. It warns of reduced currency circulation, higher prices, and bank ruin from perpetual specie demands. It notes salaries paid in specie would be quickly converted to bank paper, fueling debt and inflation worries.
A Tennessee senator denounces federal sub treasuries and strong presidential control, arguing such measures concentrate moneyed power, threaten state rights, and erode civil liberty. He rejects six resolutions backing Jacksonian policy, pledging to resign rather than yield.
The paper extols Gen. William Henry Harrison not for military glory but for honesty, education, Western interests, land reform, pensions, and agricultural aid. It argues his character and achievements merit public trust and support for the presidency.
A Crawford county Indiana tale reports a man waking to find a rib taken by a friend while he slept and the missing rib not found since. The Pottsville Emporium touts an onion roasted in brown paper mixed with honey as an immediate remedy for croup.
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