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Newspaper
Peru Free Press
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1853
Page
2
The Peru Free Press announces its office has moved to Shirk's brick building at Broad Street and Second. California era tone notes a letter of gratitude from a needy reader who repays a February loan. the editor praises the donor and reflects on generosity and honor.
A fragment recounts Friday and Saturday entertainments by a local troupe titled The Hoosier War gens and notes on public sentiment about licenses. It mentions a Kentucky lawyer killed by a tenant, a mail robbery near Bluffton and township voting patterns, ship name origins, and a tale of a dead letter case involving $2500 sent by mail and never received.
At a April 12, 1853 meeting in Peru Miami county pledged capital to the Evansville Vincennes Terre Haute Crawfordsville Frankfort and Peru railroad. A three member stock committee was named and delegates to the Frankfort Convention were chosen. The gathering praised Frankfort delegates, promised publication of the proceedings, and adjourned.
The article outlines amended estate settlement rules including filing deadlines and clerk duties, notes on coroner powers, changes to the tax and school laws, township road and hedge rights, and a digression on Tristram Burgess of Rhode Island and the Ohio Marble Land Company lithographic stone quarry near Portsmouth Virginia.
The Chicago Tablet denounces state education as infidel and godless. It cites Peter and the Vatican as voices condemning mixed schooling and urges Catholic parents to remove their children from State schools to protect their souls and social standing.
The Olin Statesman editor argues party influence taints intelligence and urges Ohio voters to favor nonpartisan qualifications for the Common School Commissioner. The piece contrasts the editor’s stance with Boston literary society politics and questions the value of partisan guidance in education. The Toledo Blade notes the remark as a sharp blast of demagogic rhetoric in pitch darkness.
A discussion on crowd management cites tactics from the British House of Commons and state fairs. It notes efficient exit entry planning, a police intervention at a Po ughkeepsie camp meeting, and a humorous preacher quip about women on benches.
The article reports the death of Dr. Alexander Duncan following a wagon accident. He was found the next morning with his leg caught in the wagon’s hounds and his head bruised, with apoplexy blamed for the fatal outcome. The piece recalls his contentious reputation in Congress and suggests his private life was more peaceful after retirement.
The Brooklin association of Congregational Ministers at J. Grinnell’s Church discussed Rev. Charles Beecher of Newark and his extended inquiry into Spiritualism and Spirit Rappers. Beecher argues against imposture and natural forces, asserts spirits of the departed influence phenomena, and cautions against beliefs that undermine Christian doctrine.
A reflective meditation notes that health and longevity require preparation in youth. It urges temperance and prudence to seek happiness in old age. The piece emphasizes self discipline and foresight as practical guides for living well across a lifespan.
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