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Newspaper
Peru Observer
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1844
Page
2
The Chillicothe Advertiser notes few sales at $2 per 100 lbs for light hogs and $2.50 for heavy pork, but buyers show reluctance at those prices as the market nears midyear.
The Whigs in Massachusetts elect a Whig Governor and Lieutenant Governor, six Whig Congressmen, and win a large legislative majority. Clay leads Polk in state vote. nationwide clashes unfold with party factions forming and sectional tensions rising as Texas and the Polk administration loom.
The Buffalo Courier account recounts two families named Wilson and Weison trapped on higher ground as floodwaters rose and breached their cottages. They escaped by climbing roofs, forming makeshift rafts from debris, until rescued by Joseph Banta amid a perilous rescue. A second family survived similarly on Hydraulics after their dwelling was swept away. Other salvations suggest Providence guided many through the disaster.
Mr Gilpin recalls the Wallamette coast settlements thriving by April and the 1843 emigrants reaching Oregon in November after enduring great dangers from natives thirst hunger and mountains. The growth included a government courts land records farms mills fisheries schools a college and widespread education with money sent east for expansion.
Mr Pickett from Lima reports Judge Neito’s discovery of an immense stone enclosure at Clapap in Cha Hes Hoyts. The wall stretches hundreds of feet with interior rooms and carved artifacts suggesting a vast tomb of unknown origin, possibly pre Spanish or protohistoric, indicating an ancient, sophisticated culture.
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