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Newspaper
Peru Gazette
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1841
Page
2
The Lo gan s port address by D D Pratt delivers a moral critique of alcohol use. The speaker exposes the harms of the liquor trade, the drunkenness devastations of homes, and calls for reform while praising temperance as a national duty.
At a March 9, 1841 meeting in the Peru Courthouse Albert Cole presiding, three delegates were appointed to attend the Danville convention on March 26 to nominate a candidate for Congress. The group named A Wilson J B Fulwiler and W A Reyburn as delegates and designated Wallace as first choice Hered second and Sweetser third. Proceedings to be signed by President and Secretary and published in the Peru Gazette and Indiana Journal.
Citizens of Wabash county meet in Wabash to nominate delegates to join a Miami county delegation for selecting a candidate to represent them in the next state Legislature. TALDERMAN presides with Jas Fur as secretary. Delegates from each township include Liberty Smith Grant and George KK Kook.
The Latrobe area delegates from Lagro-Ira Barlow to Noble counties convene and resolve to meet at Widow Dredy s on the second Tuesday in April. They pledge to support any rotation plan agreed by the directors and Wabash Convention and request publication by the Peru Gazette to urge Miami county citizens to follow. Allen Holderman, Janes Forp, Sec y. Wabash, March 16, 1841.
The New York New Era notes Buffalo reports as a hoax and publishes a reverse clarification dated February 12, 1841. The piece mocks the belief in a false account and signs off with fictional names and playful phrases.
An extract from a Philadelphia newspaper cites a private opinion predicting a possible France England conflict. It recalls Waterloo and Paris, mentions a potential Russian alliance, and questions the US role, noting old England sentiments. The rest reports a New Orleans boxing match, population projections, and Maine land dispute actions.
In Pineville at the foot of Pine Mountain a quiet stranger named Jeremiah Gravestones H. S. M. arrives at the Travellers Rest. Villagers speculate his profession and search the register for clues while a hush falls over the town. The title H. S. M. baffles locals and fuels wild lore about the man’s identity and purpose.
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