24 Mar 1849
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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1849
Page
1
The Loganport Telegraph lists subscription and advertising rates for a weekly publication. It notes free inserts for marriages and deaths furnished by interested parties and charges obituaries beyond one square, with yearly discounts for advertisers.
A young New York woman writes a forceful temperance piece to the Philadelphia Ledger. She depicts a maniac zeal for temperance and implores readers to feel her pain through a drunkard's fall, his wife’s ruin, and a child’s sorrow. The poem ends with a grim warning against drinking as the “beverage of hell.”
A playful moral on gentleness in courtship urges a slow turn of affection. The excerpt then shares a humorous Irish tale about an unfamiliar American bird and a man who misfires twice, injuring a porcupine under a hay-stack with a barnshovel.
The new president, chosen by the people, outlines duties of the executive, praises the Constitution, and pledges to uphold republican principles. He calls for honesty and competence in offices, supports agriculture and commerce, urges neutrality in foreign affairs, and seeks union, prudence, and moderation in governance.
A Congressional Magazine excerpt presents a literal translation of a Judaic hymn from Sepher Haggadah. It follows the allegorical chain from the kid to the Angel of Death, then interprets each symbol as empires and events from Hebrew history and prophecy, ending with the anticipated restoration under the Messiah.
An Irishman is asked by a notoriously frugal lady to do some handiwork and completes the job to her satisfaction. The miser praises him and asks if he wants porter or punch. The handyperson replies he will take one while the other is made.
South Branch flood destroys bridges on Madison Randolph Wells. many vessels damaged or sunk. Reports say 28 vessels and multiple boats wrecked near Clark street. casualties include a boy crushed at Randolph street bridge and a girl killed by a fallen mast. water rising as goods are removed.
Hunt's Merchant's Magazine reviews the Cary & Co. Fancy Goods and Comb Warehouse at 243 245 Pearl Street and 18 2 Cliff Street New York. It describes a 200 foot deep block with a 50 foot frontage on each street, five stories of brown Portland stone, iron columns, and ten thousand square feet of salesroom. The article praises the architecture, interior layout gas Croton fixtures hot air furnaces a double vault under Cliff Street for fire protection and notes the structure as evidence of taste and prosperous business.
In Coles County Isaac Dodson and his wife, devout followers of Father Miler, prepare for doomsday. Their final confession reveals their eldest son William is not the husband’s child, and their daughter Mary and youngest Jemmy have different fathers, prompting shock and disbelief on the eve of an apocalyptic trumpet.
An 1849 loganport advert invites buyers to cash in on deep discounts as the trader heads to California. It boasts low prices on coffee tea sugar molasses syrup pepper ginger raisins candy tobacco nails sash window glass and more with wholesale discounts for bulk buyers. Also promoted is a cheap medical work on gestation and childbirth by Dr R G Geissner with a caution about a counterfeit edition and mail order availability. Fresh mackerel is listed from the produce store.
Cloths cassimere satinez tweeds and jeans of many colors and prices sold by J Evans and Co with broad selection advertised for customers seeking fabrics in variety and quality.
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