30 Apr 1856
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Newspaper
Peru Weekly News
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1856
Page
1
Readable fragments list George Alber a Wabash Indiana sculptor and stone-cutter along with J W Shields a sandle and s lairness maker from Broadway Peru Indiana and Reed and Lovatt WP 4 Tiito Dots in a damaged directory snippet.
A collection of quips on liquor and punishment includes an Irishman offering a year long reduced rate to a judge for drinking. It recalls Alma House inmates on Blackwell’s Island and England’s police detentions for drunken disorder. Diogenes observes a house sale linked to drink. A coroner cites death by hanging after rum shop intoxication and a rattlesnake bites a drunken man, with the snake dying soon after.
Marshal Geer and Constable Dawson intervened at Mr. Watson’s house to stop a planned removal of an orphaned girl to a Cincinnati convent. The seventeen or eighteen year old, who has supported herself, says her Catholic relatives insist on guardianship due to her Methodist faith. She remains safe at home.
A Boston publisher credits advertising as the main driver of his fortune, noting he grew from debt to wealth by constant press exposure. The piece cites a man who turned a modest business into a six figure income in five years through relentless advertising.
A fragment blends a dream sequence of a warrior’s demise with a stark, later commentary on diplomacy. It shifts from vivid nocturnal imagery to a political note questioning Japan's sincerity in agreeing to limited trade and the need for a supplemental treaty to secure mutual mercantile benefits.
A 19th century editorial argues that Commodore Perry’s treaty gives Japan power to limit US trade, cites Japanese officials’ restrictions on dollar value, and warns that native feuds and riots threaten to disrupt commerce and provoke anti foreign action.
Kossuth quotes a Times letter alleging Jesuit influence in the United States. He cites a banker who feared ruin after a donation to Hungary, blaming secret religious college networks for spreading damaging rumors. The piece also notes a statesman’s son’s death and Jesuit funeral claims, plus a home remedy for Surat Bosous and a fragment of street talk.
A saucer filled with water receives camphor ground to coarse sand. The floating particles begin moving in a rotary motion, continuing for several minutes before gradually subsiding.
A compilation of old beauty and household tips including curling wax with olive oil and perfume, hair regrowth mixtures with hartshorn and castor oil, egg-based hair cleansing, lemon for oily hair, horseradish infusion in cold milk, blue vitriol color mixing for paint, and a tip using an oyster shell to prevent crust on teak kettles.
The article explains a fireless cooking method using stacked tin dishes. A bottom vessel holds a small amount of quick lime, water is added via a tube, and the chemical reaction produces intense heat to cook food quickly for the table.
Fragmentary lines discuss flowers and strawberries, hinting at beauty and life. The text appears as partial verse about pinks, shade at noon, and cream of life without strawberries. Tone resembles old garden poetry with missing phrases.
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