07 May 1856
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Newspaper
Peru Weekly News
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1856
Page
1
A shaky poem fragment threads a tale of desire clashing with parental control. The speaker alternates between longing and social constraints, ending with a blunt line about a mother's veto. The text hints at class and inheritance tensions shaping romance and future wealth.
A distressed verse laments changing times and faded dreams while urging steadfast courage. The speaker invokes resilience and patriotic calls to endure, ending with the repeated mantra No Surrender to sustain spirit through hardship.
A poem by Alice Carey reflects on wild birds, blue skies, and spring flowers. Vivid nature imagery depicts birds in trees, mosses, violets, wind flowers, and dew kissed blooms as May arrives.
A wartime newspaper note praises Indiana women for attacking whiskey sales. It cites Greensburg and Crawfordsville actions, urging keepers to quit or face consequences. The piece compares women’s resolve to the Mississippi current, hoping for ongoing success in suppressing debauchery.
A collection of quips and jokes about women, kisses, jugs, beds, and wagons. The text weaves puns with wordplay and a few odd historical notes about chalk beds near Modena Italy and classical references, mixing humor with antiquated observation.
A humorous survey of newspaper readers from various stations, showing how each type tunes into different columns and sections. The piece notes editors and readers alike, mocks sensational crime lists, and ends with a quip about a drunken dream and a nested joke about lager and wine.
A moral primer urges boys to shun crime bad conduct and idleness while a Worcester Massachusetts Republican State Convention is set for June 4 to select delegates for the National Convention in Philadelphia on the 17th. The fragment includes stray dialogue about debts and a cautionary tale on forgiveness and wrongdoing.
A dense blend of humorous anecdotes and social sketches pokes fun at manners and morals. The piece riffs on a "nice young woman" archetype, mischief, marriages, wordplay, and odd wormholes of everyday life with colorful tales, letters, and a fishermen’s tall tale about a duck and a six pound fish.
In a Washington Union piece, a Labor view argues wealth requires economy and self denial from workers, claiming relief not as a right but as humanitarian aid when luxuries replace necessities. Dr Chalmers and others discuss daily duties vs future anxieties, urging trust in providence. The notice mentions a joke about the Bridge of Sighs and a strange claim about powdered charcoal improving flowers.
A lengthy segment lists traditional Indian remedies including spikenard root and honey tinctures for chest pain and ulcers, plus salves and tonics for felons, bleeding, salt rheum, and eye ailments. It also notes a convulsion-root remedy and a cider-based pain relief, with further curious items on orphanage care and printer economics. A brief update mentions Queen Anne’s era newspapers, a Washington Territory alarm, and printer-pub reflections.
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