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Newspaper
Peru Free Press
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1853
Page
1
A sprawling defense of tobacco praising its social power and intellectual influence. The piece cites kings, poets, and nations from England to America, arguing tobacco spurs wit learning and virtue while denying harms, ending with reflections on Thanksgiving and divine protection.
The Albany Regency recounts the final words urging silence and calm as death nears. It reflects on ambition, deceit, and worldly ties fading away, urging the soul to return home to divine peace as angels beckon. The scene ends with visions of heaven and eternal rest.
A discussion notes the rise and fall of medical ideas from vaccination to bark and cantharides, with historic clashes from the College of Physicians and Cromwell era. It recalls Dr Gall on opinion shift and ends with a Cleveland mystery: a missing youth who vanished then was found to have eloped with a woman.
A poem follows a peddler who offers wares with a simple roof and fire, provoking disdain from the crowd. Later crowds vow to honor the poet but grave prudence and a haunting voice warn against mistaking the peddler for a monarch, as channeled through a cautionary refrain. The piece ends with a literary aside urging restraint and reflection.
A vivid plea contrasts Sunday in the city with Sunday in the country. The city scene shows newsboys, milkmen, vendors, saloons, and marching troops under a murky sky. The country scene offers tranquil hills, rivers, and a village church under a peaceful divine hush.
A fragment from the Portland Journal presents a pastoral meditation on an Indiana Hoosier home and nature's changing seasons. It closes with a note of sorrow as a promising young man reportedly commits suicide by leaping from a boot and lodging in his standing collar.
A general argument disputes the division between learning and know how. It contends learning means usable truths in any craft, praises both scholar and artist, and urges Americans to value citizen knowledge, practical skills, and virtuous conduct for effective self government. It notes lawyers dominate offices, urges mechanics and manufacturers to hold duties, and cites Shipbuilding Manual on private enterprise surpassing naval service.
A fragment discussing the danger of concentrating leadership within a single class and urging broader familiarity with the laws and governance of the country, citing the need for general citizen knowledge rather than reliance on elite officers. The passage references military, naval, and private enterprise learning as models.
Reports from Kingston Jamaica detail a disturbance on May 3 sparked by two enslaved men attempting to board the Paraguay from Charleston to claim liberty in South America. A crowd surged outside the court as magistrates freed the men. a later rumor of a free steward being put in irons heightened tension. The American Consul and steamboat owner faced hostile crowds at Hutchins & Co, while witnesses described restrictions on shore access to the vessel.
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