08 Jan 1852
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1852
Page
1
The fragment depicts a moonlit palace scene with Bacchanal revelry and Salome’s fateful encounter. Herod, Herodias, and the queen’s scheming loom as Salome is pressed to vow a deadly act, then collapses into despair before a dire choice about John the Baptist’s head.
A spectator at a young men’s debating club in Indiana retold a speaker’s comment opposing scolding wives. He argued lasting domestic woes exceed a smoky chimney, likening a wife’s scolding to a harsh night, and dismissed the chimney as far less harmful.
Excerpt imagines a world where people follow the Bible and love their neighbors as themselves. It envisions fewer harsh rebukes and less anger, with mutual aid and cheerful cooperation replacing envy and property disputes as society progresses toward a happier time.
Rev Dr Dewey argued before the Lowell Institute that no chord of music touches evil passions. He stated melodies never become voluptuous and that music uplifts the soul toward moral sense. He urged teaching music in the family as readily as establishing the family altar.
An unnamed Sioux prisoner faced a tribal rite of life or death contest after a Winnebago demand for his surrender. Lieut. R and Dr. Blaise supervised a planned run across Nine Mile Prairie with the prisoner, followed by twelve Winnebago runners armed for scalp combat. The Sioux outran the chasers, completing about four miles before fatigue slowed others. The plot included mock executions and uneasy diplomacy at Fort Crawford amid treaty-era tensions.
The passage recalls a man swelling with pride after election as first sergeant in the militia and posting a silver plate on his door, while Ollapod notes Sabin who celebrated his name in the post office list by gathering friends for oysters.
The Lancaster Whig reports an infant child of Mrs W N Miller died after a nurse, a 14 year old girl, forced pins and needles into its mouth. The girl confessed the crime and said she intended to make the child fretful to avoid caregiving.
A playful verse notes girls who rise early and walk briskly steal roses from Aurora's face but awaken late and have the roses stolen back by Aurora herself. The poem frames a light, domestic theatric exchange with personified dawn.
The New York Organ shares touching stanzas from a dying husband who dictated a message to his wife. He asks for his wife to kiss their children, to hold them close, and to trust in God as he sinks into the sea. The piece laments emigrants severing ties and the few who reach home.
A humorous portrayal of Rufus Choate as a towering, agile legal figure with vivid, comic similes. The piece notes his age around fifty, reputation as a leading New England lawyer, and mentions his speeches, handwriting, and chance at the U S presidency.
The Columbus Sentinel reports several nighttime explosions from hollow brass knobs on andirons, throwing fragments into ceilings and risking serious injury. Authors warn against such andirons or require holes to vent air. Science American notes multiple similar incidents, urging caution for homeowners.
Hirem De Witt shows a California trip find, a fist sized auriferous quartz piece. On Thanksgiving it broke open revealing a coppery carbide nail head embedded near the centre. The nail’s origin and history remain a mystery as townsfolk ponder how it reached California and when it formed in the crystal mass.
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