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Newspaper
Peru Free Press
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1853
Page
1
In a passage from Wise Laws and Modern Instances Sam Slick derides hope as useless and mocks Cupid as a lapdog. The text contrasts hopeful romance with practical life, detailing a weary view of love, marriage, and temper, ending with a sharp, satirical blow on expectations.
A reflection on 1776 as America's birth, detailing the growth of the republic from scattered frontier posts to a nation stretching from the Ohio to the Pacific. It contrasts republican ideals with Europe’s monarchies, notes territorial expansion, and warns of future global power rivalries.
The Madison case concerns Rev. C. W. Ruter, Presiding Elder, who hired a colored preacher from Louisville to speak to Madison’s Black community. Indy law bans employment or encouragement of outsiders who bring Black people into the state after adoption. A Jefferson Circuit Court indictment may test the provision’s practicality and fairness.
The Ohio State Times reprints the State Temperance Convention resolutions urging prohibition of liquor manufacture and traffic. It condemns the liquor trade as destructive to life, liberty, and property, calls for constitutional means to prohibit it, and outlines party and campaign plans including a state central committee and funding. It notes support for anti-liquor candidates and warns against independent tickets.
The text reports on a test of willingness to pay among newspaper readers and publishers in Liverpool. It describes a man verifying if debtors pay by checking what papers they receive, implying good paying habits reflect character. It contrasts this with a spiritual exhortation to seek divine life and keep near the holy to bless others.
A long, stray excerpt blends poetry and prose with refrains about earth as a frontier for work, play, and fate. It includes moral pleas on animal cruelty, snippets of dialogue, and disconnected anecdotes from Nottingham to Mississippian towns, ending in a fragmented note on a dammed stream and a tragedy.
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