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Newspaper
Peru Free Press
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1853
Page
1
The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after a tense balloting process with twenty four delegations presenting votes. Spectators filled Washington corridors as the Speaker announced Adams had a majority, triggering wild gallery cheers and a dramatic gallery clearance.
A Liverpool or London commentary warns that Asia faces dismemberment by its own peoples as Russia Britain and later powers push frontiers. The piece laments imperial appetite from Persia to India, notes Persia as isthmus between rivals, and critiques social decay amid global intrigue and expansion.
An observational lament on modern childhood noting fewer true boys and playful games. The piece contrasts past innocent games like kite flying hoops tag and hide and seek with present noisier, preoccupied children and the swift move toward stricter dress and grown up behaviors.
A fragmentary critique parades a fashion-obsessed traveler describing Paris Milan and Leipsic with lists of tailors boots and coffee as he mocks European society and laments American life, then pivots to a historical note on Jesus Christ based on a Roman governor’s letter, praising modest demeanor and condemning excess.
A health article extols the tomato’s medical and culinary value. Doctors like Dr Bennett and Rafiecque laud its dietetic benefits, deobstruent powers, and potential to replace calomel in some treatments. Cooked or raw, the fruit is recommended daily with meals. cultivation tips plus preparation methods are provided.
A perilous balloon incident at an open lot near the east end of the field involved the Mam moth Efercules as workers varnished the hull. Mr. Juhn Wise entered the craft to move it, air rushed in, and the balloon rose spilling him out through its mouth. He sustained a severe fall and bruises, while the balloon lodged with Mr. Svari’s barn.
The Wayne Times laments the removal of Efe, longtime War Department librarian, to make room for a Democrat. The piece invokes Gen. Warner and Gen. Washington to condemn the act as scandalous and a national disgrace amid partisan shifts. A separate shop scene captures a saleroom exchange over a superb article priced at fifteen shillings.
A lyrical plea from Amanda Mann to Nott, urging a union amid romantic longing. The narrator imagines tying a double knot of marriage while contemplating love, fate, and social expectations. The verse laments coldness, fears of death, and the prospect of lifelong commitment.
The eight o clock mailtrain to Philadelphia was detained nearly an hour between Newark and Elizabethtown by a broken wheel. The train’s axles and wheels were damaged though no passengers were hurt. Conductor Fraser was thrown from a platform but landed safely with minor injuries and continued to Elizabethtown.
A wealthy San Francisco merchant aged 45, identified as Gray, threw himself in front of trains on the New York and New Haven Railroad near New Rochelle. He had been in the Atlantic States, recently married a Virginia woman, and suffered long from depression resulting in insanity.
At the Pennsylvania State Fair held in Otteburg in September applicants under twenty one are offered prizes for dairy. The best ten pounds of butter receive a silver cup, the second best a pair of silver butter knives. The best five pounds win a set of silver teaspoons, and the second best a silver cup.
The Bird brothers of New Orleans faced violent ends in the mid 19th century. Ort Bird died in 1847 on Common Street after an earlier act of aggression. Theodore Bird was killed in 1851 inside the Vergada Hotel barroom following a slapped insult. Dr John Bird, the third, died in jail last month by suicide after being charged with voluntary manslaughter. All were young, educated, and recently married. Nashville Gazette report.
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