Removal and ordinances in a 1853 Free Press issue
The paper notes the Free Press office move to 0 Shirk's new brick building at Broad Way and Second Streets and highlights an ordinance by May or and Connell. The ordinance sets a ninety day deadline to complete paving and grading, with unpaid work auctions to lowest bidders funded from property sales.
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Free Press
Shirk
Broadway
Second Streets
Connell
Peru
Town
Tion Theliof
Miami County Sentinel
Peru Free Pree
Enwy
T. Uigeat
Buffalo N Y patent snail burrs to power saw mill in Miamitown
A notice reports the Buffalo factory sending a set of patent snail burrs for steam driven grinding at A Dicke Jr in Miamitown. The burrs will work with Mr Blake’s steam saw mill, grinding grain at a high rate and benefiting the Peru rail region. Miamitown, nine miles south of us on the Peru and Indianap lis Rail Road, is described as growing and hopeful.
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Buffalo
A. Dicke
Miamitown
Binkes
Blika
Phis Ut
Peru
Blake
Tadianaplis
Signad Blake
Cadey's Ladey's Book Praised. Correction on Marshall
Cadey's Ladey's Book for May is hailed as the superb and beautiful number of the year. Gadey issues elegant colored Fashion Plates and patterns in a prospectus. A correction notes Gen Thomas Marshall of Lewis County, not Thomas F. Marshall, was the General musical figure killed in Kentucky by a tenant.
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Cadey
Ladey
Gadey
Kentucky
Thomas F. Marshall
Thomas Marshall
Lewis County
Rail Road Convention to be held Thursday next 28th inst
Delegates from several points are expected at the general Rail Road Convention with a large delegation anticipated from Piqua Ohio. Also reporting death of Wm R King Vice President of the United States at his Dallas county Alabama residence on the 19th inst at 6 PM. Wabash Valley Road directors met in Lafayette and a re organization and a contract for a new pad were discussed.
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Piqua
Ohin
Reid
Piqua Keister
Wm. R. King
United States
Dallas County
Alabama
Wabash Valley Toad
Lafayette
White
New York
Paledo
Danville
Lafayelle
Tlegraph
Logansport Jour
Pall River
John Murphy
Hudson River
Albany
Santa Anna
Vera Cruz
Aris
Mexco
Texas
Mexico
Washington
Marcy
England
Cushing
Marey
Dobbins
Goa
Stockton
Nasvy
Benton
France
Patriotism Shown in Bloomington Gazette Praises G. W. Carr
The Bloomington Gazette extols G. W. Carr of Lawrence County as the epitome of public spirit. It lauds his long service in roles from Justice of the Peace to Supreme Court candidate and notes his willingness to accept any office for the public good.
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Bloomington
G. W. Carr
Indiana
Lawrence Co
Congress
Supreme Court
Dail
U.S. Court
Foreign Court
Constantine
Mich
T. Sterle
Arnold
Dem
D. McNeish
H. H. Riley
Deta
White Pigeon
Sturgis
Colon
Florence
Fabius
Mendon, &c
Niles
R.C. Paine
T. ‘I’. Glenn
N. Bacon
J. Booth
Judge Brown
J. W. Hoffman
Troubly
South Bend Register
The Evils of Intemperance Stir Peru Citizens
A letter urges Peru residents to condemn alcohol abuse, arguing it wrecks health, family life, and piety. The writer warns that even a strong law will fail unless actively enforced, describing a bleak moral scene and calling for patrols against drink.
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Peru
Destructive tornado hits northern county roads and farms
A violent tornado swept the north part of the county last Tuesday extending toward Michigan. It uprooted trees, unroofed a barn, carried off clothing, split wagon parts, and damaged fences across Harris Prairie and Terre Coupee Prairie. No deaths reported though a girl broke her arm at Rutt’s. Authorities describe the storm as wide and powerful with scattered incidents across several farms and villagers.
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Ga Porte Co
Lat Vail’s
Terre Coupee Prairie
Mount Pleasant
Portage Prairie
Walker
Romig
Michigan
Alem
Sturtsman
Salloway
Rach
Wilkinson
Trin
Jacob Harris
John Meizker
Kochler
Duey
Harris Prairie
Rutt
Wilkingon
Despatches from Washington and Wide-ranging Notices
A Washington despatch reports reduction in revenue service by dismissing officers. Reports include Mrs. Mengier and Bishop Wilson sailing for London, verdicts for prison terms in Georgia, and false stories about Mrs. Stowe. Silver liquidity rises with banks hoarding over three million dollars. counterfeit $5 notes appear. Marshfield trust, Marshfield memorials, new gauge plans, and Cincinnati posts are discussed along with various other civic notes.
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Washington
Revenue Service
Dr. Reuberts
Georgia State
Gideon Copenhagen
Lewis Clark
Ravages of Yellow Fever and Navy Plans Headline
Frightful accounts describe yellow fever ravaging port vessels with several American deaths. Dr Kane in Washington awaits Navy Department orders for a Northern expedition. plan to penetrate Polar Sea via Baffin's Bay. Other notes mention Treasury malappropriation probe, King’s precarious condition, and military post near El Paso.
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Treasury Department
Corwin
New York
Kane
Washington
Navy Department
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Cal
Tehauntepec
Washington City Dispatch on Bright Gorman Clash in Minnesota
Washington City notes reveal tension between Senator Bright and Col. Gorman over Minnesota governorship and Cabinet posts. Gorman’s influence helped secure the Treasury Registership for Bigger, fueling Bright supporters’ discontent. A California senator speaks on women’s rights, and a Jackson era joke closes with a joke about a damaged leg from a military ball. A silver mine is reported in Izard Arkansas.
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N. Y. Tribune
Washieton City
Senator Bright
Col
Gorman
Minnesota
Douglass
Cass
Bright
Interior
Finney Bigger
Rushville
Indian Affairs
Indiana
Register of the Treasury
Tadiana
Gor Iman
Treasury
Bigger
Tusa
Controversy Over Corwin and Abolitionists Sparks Exchange
The Enquirer and Cin. Gazette report a Washington talk with Mr. Corwin and sharp quips about Abolitionists. They depict a Kentuckian’s envy and C. M. Clay’s publicity moves, then note temperance Bloomers in Wayne County and a quip about a Bloomington society.
Meeting at Taylor's Hall on Education Tax Debates
Postscript notes a public meeting at Taylor's Hall Saturday evening at seven to discuss establishing good schools and any tax levy. The letter also surveys Santa Anna's stance, US-Mexico relations, rail route ideas, and various curious anecdotes from 19th century life.
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Taylor’s Hall
Market Prices Report From Hilachets Free Press Office Penn
Prices for Wheat 70 cents to 3740? Corn 35 to 3740 cents. Oats 25 cents. Rye and Barley 50 cents. Flax Seed 73 cents. Butter 4 pounds 6? Apples 125 cents. Potatoes mid 5? Cranberries 1.50 to 1.75. Clover and Timothy Seed unavailable. Toreno Wheat 700 white 84 cents. Corn see.
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Free Press Office
Penn
Avaty
Toreno
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