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Newspaper

Logansport Telegraph

Location

Logansport, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1844

Page

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Trims of the Telegraph Advertisement Rates

Publesrild H Lasselle and H W Grogan offer job work and advertising with prompt service. Rates listed: two dollars in advance, two fifty within six months, and three dollars at year end.

Farewell and Parting in Poetic Lines

A reflective poem contemplates farewell sentiments from lovers and family, contrasting gentle phrases with heartfelt truth. It portrays goodbyes as a heavy moral moment, the pain of leaving loved ones, and the final farewell gaze at the dying.

Calhoun Address Opposes Abolition and Supports Free Trade

The dispatch quotes Calhoun urging supporters to oppose any candidate backing abolition in Congress. He defends a free trade policy as essential to reform, denounces monopolistic actions, and warns against compromising the cause. He appeals to his political friends to stand firm for the Southern perspective and warns that unity is needed to resist abolitionist pressure.

Mr. Calhoun Jackson Wan Buren Miyself Pei Atlantic Congress Tie Tig Co Udine

Panama Canal Project Advances With Salomon Involvement

The Congress of New Granada grants exclusive right to Augustus Sloman & Co and the Granada Government to open a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. Contractors Salomon & Co. reportedly survey the route from Chagres to Panama. about four thousand workers enlisted. land grants of 60 000 acres on riverbanks and 400 000 more inland. The chief pass height is 33 feet and the canal length under 24 miles. The venture is described as a major, vigorous enterprise poised to reshape Atlantic Pacific access.

Panama Congress of New Qirenada Pacific Oceans Vanima House of Augustus Sloman & Co Granadien Messrs. Malomon and Co Chagreso Salomon & Co Cienare Fae

New York Mask Hall Opens Ladies Club in Upper Roadway

A National Fatelligencer description notes the opening of a ladies club in New York with a reading room and masked ball. The scene features a well furnished house, music, and a mix of socially distinct guests, while masking hints at breaking class barriers and a desire for freer conversation.

New York Or. Willisty Mask Hall

Masked social whirl at a literary ball described

The excerpt notes how masks would not hinder courtship at a literary ball and suggests women would not object to daylight visits. It comments on ladies in fancy dresses and their display of personal attractions, musing on fashion choices like Medora jackets and Sultana trousers as entraining.

Medora

Virtue and Industry Elevate the Humble Worker

A moral reflection extols untiring industry and virtuous ambition as the sure path to reward. It asserts honesty and justice endure in the human heart and praises the self made mechanic who has health and labor as his inheritance, a king among men.

Honesty and Industry Elevate the Humble Mechanic

The article extols the mechanic who rises from poverty through skill and perseverance. It highlights how unaided effort earns respect, overcomes prejudice, and builds a lasting reputation. It urges young artisans to pursue diligent, principled work as the foundation of success and social value.

Tor Macaanic

Political Convicts fund drive amid exile at Van Diemen’s Land

Amid Canadian neighbors the fund for political convicts in exile at Van Diemen’s Land is underway. A royal clemency gesture is noted, with Governor General Sir Abrames Abetealie subscribing a substantial amount to the aid effort.

van Dieman’s Lind Abuiles Abetealie Greneral

Fragmented Read of a Performance and Its Harsh Reality

A fragmentary extract contrasts glamour with reality. A speaker notes a woman's outward grace in dance versus the next day when she appears ordinary and worn, her appearance altered by poverty and neglect behind a shabby facade. The passage also mentions a young man observing the same object in harsher light.

Trock

Distress Fire At Attica Removes Family Losses Reported

The notice reports a fire last week causing about 360 dollars in losses to Mr Maxson’s household effects and pension funds. The eldest son Abound Grant died in the fire while his mother was buried the following day. Citizens aided the surviving family who left Attica near Batavia for the West in New York.

Maxson Bir Grant Ife

Stereotypes of loafers across nations questioned in moral view

A discussion lists several national types of loafers and their traits, suggesting the American loafers’ habit of talking politics may be the most destructive to morality. The passage contrasts Russian rambling and English swearing with other behaviors to provoke judgment on moral impact.

Rue Loarses

Death of Senator Alexander Porter and biographical notes

The text reports the death of U S Senator Alexander Porter of Louisiana and recounts his Irish birth, his father’s scaffold martyrdom, and his emigration to Attakapas Louisiana. It mentions his earlier roles in the Levislaure and as a judge, plus service terms in the United States Senate and a six year term elected in 1563, with scattered biographical details.

Heiualor Doric Alexander Porter U. S Louisinna Ireland Timmer Attakapas Louisiana Ede Levislaure Supreme Court United States Senate Deren

Veteran Schenectady resident reaches 104th birthday

On a January Thursday, John J. Van Voast of Schenectady, New York, marks his 104th year. He is praised for health, vigor, and temperance, noting a frugal life and happiness. He recalls during the Revolutionary War his early rations shifted from spirits due to abstinence.

John J. van Voast Schenectady N.Y van Voast

The Basket Maker Nobleman of Poland

A Polish nobleman wooed a plebeian daughter but her father refused unless the suitor could master a trade. The nobleman became a basket maker, proving his resolve. Fortune waned while the couple prospered by honest labor, and he supported his wife and her father in old age.

Wivatxa A Bure Poland

Annexation bill for Texas outlined in US Congress proposal

The piece summarizes a Texas annexation bill submitted to Congress, detailing Texas as a state with two Senate seats and two House members, U S assuming public debt, and Texas judicial control over land disputes tied to Spanish and Mexican eras, with notes on public interest and regional views. It also includes varied brief items on appearances in dress, remedies, a South Carolina meeting backing Henry Clay, and a fire loss in Michigan.

Texas Congress United States State of Texas United States of America Senate U. S Spain Mexico Coahuila Republic of Pexas Pexas Republic of Texas State of Texas Saturday Courier South Carolina Clay Cheraw Henry Day Democratic Party John C. Calhoun Clay Club Cicero Kingston Canada George AM. Dewey Flint Michigan

Land Sale Notice from Winamac Indiana 1844

Public sale announced for the fractional north half of the northwest quarter of section 21 in township 28 north range 3 west. Auction set for March 20 at 10 A. M. at the Land Office door in Winamac. Land previously selected for school purposes but not approved by the General Land Office. Jamaica Grover, Receiver. John Gardner, Register.

Otice General Land Office Winamac Ind

Administrator Sale of Patton Estate Lands in Cass County

Administrators Nathaniel Williams and Stephen Clemmons announce a public sale under probate order for March 23 1844 at the premises. The lands include the west half of the northeast quarter of section 30 township 27 north range 3 east and the east part of the northwest fractional quarter north of the Wabash river in section 30, totaling 99.73 acres, subject to widow dower. Permits disclosed on sale day.

Cass County Indiana Isaac S. Patton Wabash River Nathaniel Williams Stephen Clemmons

Administrator's Notice for Thomas Caffery Estate

Elizabeth Coffery Administratrix announces letters of administration on Thomas Caffery's estate in Cass County Indiana. Creditors must demand payments and present claims duly authenticated for settlement. February 17, 1844.

Thomas Caffery Cass County State of Indiana Elizabeth Coffery

Administrator's Sale of Estate of Martin Miller

The Administrator Emanuel Flora announces a public sale in Clay township Cass county on March 2 at 10 AM. Items include one horse one chest of carpenter's tools one bureau and one silver watch with credit terms to be announced. Feb 17 1844.

Martin Miller Cass County Clay Township Comenence Emanuel Flora

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Publesrild H. Lasselle H. W. Grogan Lisa Frank Rts Bss Arkansas Joan C. Calhoun Ree Washington Baltimore Geentleman Anpenarium of Lend Willie Jun Grover John Gardner
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