07 Sep 1883
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Newspaper
Rochester Tribune
Location
Rochester, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1883
Page
1
Rochester Tribune lists weekly Friday publication and office location at Orrier Nofteger and Mitchell's Building over the post office. Subscription options include one year for 1.00, six months for 0.59, and three months at 0.25, with terms of subscription clearly stated.
The document lists William B. Hess as prosecuting attorney and Elijah C. Martindale as terms of court. It names the court dates: first Monday in February, fourth Monday in April, first Monday in September, third Monday in November. Also notes roles for clerk treasurer marshal and officers Orvin D. Ross, David Cooper, Frank M. Reed, and Nicodemus Pellane with Samuel Keely.
An old advertisement lists a physician Dr W B Shafer offering medical services with offices on Main Street opposite the Court House, and a surgeon listing. Julius Rowley as attorney at law and notary public. W W McMahan attorney at law and general collector. Fred W Daniels justice of the peace. plus a note on prompt attention and office locations in Rochester and Akron, Indiana.
Fragmentary advert reads listings and furniture details with mentions of a market display and first floor placement. Text suggests a sales context and a busy shop environment with walk in style notes. The legible items reference furniture and price friendly options for shoppers.
Miss Clara Barrow, president of the American National Association of the Red Cross, leads over 1,000 members to ready the force for immediate action. The association holds about 15000 in Boston and Washington to use in any emergency demanding rapid response.
The article notes the 1866 debt peak of 2 778 236 690 and reports that over 889 000 000 in principal has been redeemed, plus 1 805 000 000 in interest. By July 2 1883 the principal stood at 1 885 171 727, with hope it could be paid off in fourteen years despite tax relief.
The passage notes women as endlessly diverse and adaptable across ages classes and moods. It also reports Britain’s inland parcels post now in operation with seven pound weight parcels up to one shilling and delivery like letters, with a 38 pound letter carrier limit and 54 pound soldier load. It praises the efficient English mail and telegraph systems versus American strikes.
The article notes peanut production totaling about 3 million dollars with Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina as leading states. It describes regional names for peanuts, early adoption in flour and pastry, and the potential to reduce imports by expanding local peanut products. It frames peanuts as a regional blessing and forecast for domestic processing.
The Luther celebration in Germany honors the Reformer's birth on November 10. In Erfurt, thousands gathered for the entry and historical procession with Luther portrayed among armed knights. Hunts and choirs greeted the route as relics and Museum Halle items surface in preparatory biographical exhibits.
A concise poem contrasts a man with money and one without, noting that wealth buys status and pleasures while poverty limits choices and frees from social burdens. Repeated couplets hinge on money determining freedom and hardship, ending with a refrain that money or none yields the same fate.
A Swedish girl Britta comes to America as a maid and endures hardship with cheerful service. She shares her life tale with her mistress, recounting family illness, poverty, and a steadfast plan to marry Knud Knudesen after saving passage money. The couple later reunite with a secure future.
Wabash the 2-year-old mile racing calf, tied to a 2:20 record, arrived in Philadelphia with owner Colonel Charles J. Burns of Evansville Indiana. He has seven summer wins, one loss by a fall, and declined a 1500 dollar offer. Burns plans exhibition across tracks while noting the calf’s wind and limbs are sound and saddle running speeds exceed harness pace.
A Chicago News feature recalls how telegraph operators hear and interpret messages behind the scenes. It covers ciphered and plain dispatches, romantic notes, business leaks, errors, superstition around telegrams, and a poignant Philadelphia dispatch about a child’s grief and a mother’s death.
Confederate soldier recounts a near capture by a Union spy near Murfreesboro during Rosecrans advance. The spy flashed Polk’s pass, drew a pistol, and forced a surrender. The rider fled after a quick failed shot, leaving the horse and gear seized.
A large armchair moved from Governor Paterson’s to the penitentiary is recalled. D A Kinsey reads the note left by a prisoner who repaired the chair, mentioning a cell number and a plan to escape in 1885. The tale includes tobacco gifts and a Philadelphia Press citation. Robert Mills faces seduction and breach of promise suits in Anderson.
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