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Newspaper
Peru Gazette
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1841
Page
2
The column reports a Washington death, a Lafayette paper mill coming on line, Whig resignations from Georgia, a Vincennes fire causing substantial losses, sheriff sales in Tippecanoe, and merchants importing stocks from Philadelphia and New York. It also comments on Whig weakness, government criticism, and fluctuating crops and prices.
A long discourse contrasts the American Constitution with imperial projects, noting the court acquittals in a murder case in Illinois, English regulations impacting trade with China, and various incidents from Bellville fire to a slave plot in Perrysburgh. The piece muses on national power, reform, and public opinion.
Boston Journal notes the Iowa Hawk Eye reports a treaty talk set for around the 8th to 10th of the month with Sacs and Foxes. Gov. Chambers J. H. Crawford Inq. and Gov. Doty named as commissioners to pursue the object amid ongoing government efforts. The item appears among broader international and religious commentary in the issue.
A store in Wabashtown shows the largest blood beet yet grown in the west. Weighing sixteen pounds four ounces and perfectly sound, it was raised in Wabash county near Wabashtown by John Baker, Esq. The note jokes about pickling the beet and meeting next year.
A giraffe exhibited across the country and recently in Canada died at St Johns while traveling south. The report also notes editor lawsuits for libel, debates over war with Britain, Cuba politics, and foreign relations as discussed in various newspapers.
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