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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1841
Page
1
Terms for telegraph subscription require two dollars in advance or two dollars and fifty cents within six months. After six months the total rises to three dollars. Job work and advertising must be paid in advance.
John Messer, crewman of the William Brown then wrecked on April 9, recounts the longboat catastrophe. He praises Capt. Harris but condemns the mate’s actions lightening the boat and throwing passengers overboard. Messer details cold seas, leaky boat, and the perilous escape ending with a rescue at Havre and return to Boston.
senators debated the United States Bank bill, considering amendments on alien and corporate participation, and the impact of foreign capital. Henderson's amendment excluding aliens passed 33 to 19, with further discussions on stock publicity and account scrutiny.
In a letter from Ohio 1841 L H argues leaving corn suckers intact saves labor and preserves fodder value. He notes main stalks and later ears rely on suckers for pollen and grain perfection, contending removal is unnecessary and costly.
Official war dispatch dated June 26 1641 mourns Major General Alexander Macomb late General in Chief. It lauds a forty year spotless career from cornet to highest command and praises his discipline gallantry and patriotism. Army officers will wear mourning six months and national flag will be half staff with a 30 minute firing at posts.
A man in New York slipped into a restaurant while intending to go to church and did not realize his error until he was too drunk to fix it. The piece notes mud on shoes and a leaning umbrella risking wet feet in rain.
A remark by an Irishman on feeding and starving his pig is noted. He quips that bacon with fat and a stripe of lean is better when served in sequence, implying a cultural joke about dietary balance.
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