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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1840
Page
1
A communal lament mixes verses about who killed Matty and who bore him to his grave with moral tributes to Mrs. Harrison. The letter from Hempstead, dated Oct 7, 1840, commends Benj. F. Thompson and notes Zebulon Pike’s loss, praising the virtue of Mrs. Harrison as an estimable matron amid Suffolk County society.
A Boston Post item reprints an obituary noting Mrs Susan Symmes of Stockbridge Massachusetts mother of Mrs Anna Harrison wife of General William Henry Harrison. It also details Symmes family origins in Southold Long Island and his later move to New Jersey and Cincinnati, tying Anna Harrison to US frontier history. The piece includes shipping news about East India mails and steamship developments.
The Philadelphia Sentinel discusses steam navigation as a major advance shrinking the Atlantic gap and reshaping commerce and potential warfare. It warns that 500 horsepower steam engines could become floating artillery and alter global conflict dynamics beyond traditional battlefields.
The fragmentary excerpt hints at a poet addressing a beloved, with lines about farewell and love for another. The text suggests a writer named Lee or Lea and mentions a mother, all in a period newspaper style. The author remains unconfirmed.
The population of Russia in 1838 is given as 53,977,200 including the army and navy the wandering tribes Poland and Finland the total inhabitants reach 62,500,000
The Britannia under Capt C E Judkins arrived in Boston from Liverpool after a 134 day passage. Reports cover Eastern Question developments with European powers, the Syria conflict, and French king assassination attempt. Carries details on Carmel the assassin and aftermath in Paris with injuries and arrests.
A reminiscence contrasts early New York life with today, noting cheaper living, abundant playhouses, and spiritual change. The speaker laments expensive weddings, servants, and fashionable folly while praising simpler times and the tight money market.
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