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Newspaper
Princeton Democrat
Location
Princeton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1971
Page
1
A narrator plans a joke on his deaf aunt Mary and wife by exaggerating loud speech. John N helps, a carriage arrival, shrieks from both women quake the house, and the trio’s farce ends with a shocked but amused confrontation and a climactic scolding.
A moral exhortation urges mothers to curb sons night wandering. It claims most state prison criminals stem from lax home discipline and street exposure. The piece calls for devoted maternal guidance to keep boys from profanity crime and vice.
A fragment from Geo D Prentice reflects on fate and destiny as Thomas Reid, deceased Madison banker, leaves 1000 to Hanover College and 1000 each to Christ Church and First and Second Presbyterian Churches Madison. Remains divided between his parents and brothers and Hanover trustees. if Hanover leaves, bequest goes to Madison city schools. Estate valued over 20,000 dollars.
Partial OCR fragment notes a New York church service lasting about an hour and a half. Mentions autographs, witty mottoes, and a reference to water, wine, and season moments. Content is sparse and fragmented with no clear events or names.
An Indiana and a Kentucky West Point graduate, once foes in the Civil War, meet by chance at the Exchange Hotel in Galveston. Their cordial greeting recalls shared cadet days and mounting ranks to majors, illustrating a hopeful reconstruction of friendship beyond war. The piece shifts to My Darling's Shoes, a poem lamenting a lost child and the enduring sorrow of parting, with imagery of empty shoes and distant streets.
The Terre Haute Gazette quotes strong Republican opposition to renomination of Gen. Grant. Critics call him inefficient and out of touch, noting his political wisdom and personal judgments as flawed. The piece contrasts Grant with a candidate of proven wisdom and integrity, while including a satirical aside about fashion and romance.
A lyrical piece urges quiet farewell and return to ailing mother. It recalls caring, gratitude, and reunion through tender imagery of nursing and mourning. The verse laments loss, honors mothers, and invites reverent goodbyes. It frames mother as healer and memory, calling for gentle acts and reverence.
A wealthy father confronted Captain Cannon aboard the steamer Robert E. Lee at Bayou Sara over his daughter's elopement with a coast resident. The couple married at Vidalia as a warrant was issued. the father was arrested but later allowed to see his daughter before the party headed for Tennessee.
A puzzled observer notes an eight donkey cannot lift its head next Monday due to a weak neck. The remark highlights a curious livestock issue and timing.
A sharp, polemical critique of Indiana Senator Morton depicting him as a self serving conspirator and incendiary who patrons and magnifies alleged plots. The piece accuses Morton of criminal political tactics, forgery, and spying, urging Grant to beware elevating him.
The National Banner notes that when the Ku Klux bill passed seventeen Democratic Congressmen were absent. It commends those Indiana Democrats who did not miss their seats and calls for stern censure of absentees without excuses.
The New York Tribune reports 25,000 commercial travelers from this city with salaries and commissions at 37.5 million dollars. Their traveling expenses at four dollars a day for 150 days add 15.6 million, swelling total costs to 52.5 million borne by retail dealers to wholesale houses. Also notes John Yochim and Henry Kroft’s fox hunting tally this season.
An 8fauner al exchange recalls a procession nearly two miles long and a prayer by Doctor Perry the chaplain. The piece urges support for home industries and papers and notes a Ripley county arrest for fishing contravention. It mentions a "hen and chicken partition" event inviting mothers with babes.
A fragment reports racial violence after a man voted the Democratic ticket in Indianapolis. The text mentions Ku Klux and Southern editors reacting with fragmented, garbled lines about neighbors and threats, reflecting volatile election-era tensions without clear attribution.
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