Local notices from the Peru Free Press January 25 1853
The issue reports removals and ads from Peru including Pauls Office move to Shirk’s brick building. It notes legislative appointments in Vermont Dubois and other states, upcoming Rail Road Meeting at the Methodist Church, and varied notices and literary items with Fort Wayne papers and local promotions. It also mentions governor elections in Massachusetts and Maine, death of Horace Carter, and commentary on Fort Wayne’s Western Prow newspaper launch and agricultural focus.
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Fort Wayne
R. D. Tunven
J. P. Jonks
Esqrs
G. W. Wood & Co
Times and Peoples Press
Indiana
Turner
Democrat
Jenks
Antiquities Tale from Monmouth Barroom
A barroom discussion in Monmouth Adams County yields a wild tale of a 11 000 year old battle between the Potawatamies and Miamis with 775 489 warriors and many papooses, all slain except one captured. The account, though dubious, is presented as history by a local antiquarian. The note also mentions rail progress and a finished bridge at Noblesville with cars expected to Peru next fall.
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Adams County
Monmouth
Hull
Wabash
Tur
Peru
da Graff
White River
Noblesville
Slate Journal
Washington
United States
Indiana Inaugural Address Calls for State Power and Prosperity
The speech delivered January 10 1853 affirms commitment to state sovereignty over federal overreach. It urges economy in government, abolishing franking, expanding state resources, and rapid development of schools, industry, and transportation to make Indiana the first state in the Union.
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Washington
Jefrenson
Congress
Indiana
Union
Governor Wright on Banking Sparks Debate in State
The Lafayette Journal editor Jase notes Governor Wright’s banking proposals stir small sensation after elections. Critics mock his grasp of banking and praise a hypothetical Democratic law turning Indiana into a vast, land mortgage brokers shop. An exchange adds a party speech left the audience breathless for nearly two hours.
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Wright
Jase
Lafayette Journal
State Journal
Indianapolis
Indiana
Legislative summary from the Locomotives session
The report notes limited public action in the legislature as it prepares bills and confirms the U S Senator John Pettit and inaugurates the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. It lists senate class elections, committee assignments, and key appointments, with remarks that progress will be reported weekly. A brief dialogue ends the piece.
Debates on Cuba Annexation and Calhoun’s Viewpoint
Fragmented discussion in Congress on Cuba as a slave labor driven colony. The speaker cites Calhoun’s stance that annexation must be by treaty and warns against forced annexation, praising Calhoun’s measured, principled position amid Southern concerns.
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Cuba
Vernanse
Congress
Spain
Cortes
Calhoun
United States
Lopez
Lucion
Amin
Weather shifts from spring to snow this Saturday
Weather in the week has been bright and springlike but by Saturday afternoon snow falls and is expected to turn to rain. Prices noted include wheat rising, corn around 35 to 39 cents, oats 25 cents, barley 59 cents, flaxseed 75 cents, apples 57 to 75 cents, potatoes 2 cents, cranberries 1.59 to 1.75, and clover and timothy seeds nonacknowledged.
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Free Press Office
Prav
Dancany
Toreno
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Tus Free Pauls
Shirk
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Darcy Jounxax
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Vermont
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Dubois
M G.C. W. Tanner
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State Bank
Austin H.brown
the Sentinel
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uPious M. Cearres
Delaware
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Horace E. Carter
Supreme Court
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R. D. Toanen
J. P. Janks
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Historical
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Pereree Press
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Mianti County Sentinel
Joseph A. Wright
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Williams
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Lawthorne
Withero
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State Library
Messer
Bud
Lew Jones
Jones
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Kier
New Rock Oil
DeFrers & Damon
Otige
Jacob Wallis
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H. Medenhall
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