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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1859
Page
2
A local column celebrates rapid growth in Washington as Hyatt's addition improves. Mr. H H sells affordable lots and houses rise this summer. Citizens urged to unite, curb old quarrels, and work for the town’s true interests to outpace nearby towns.
At the last Common Pleas term Prosecuting Attorney O. T. Baird filed presentments against most county ministers and justices for failure to return marriage certificates to the Clerk within the law's time. All cases were continued to next term awaiting a Supreme Court decision on a similar Martin county case. It notes Baird has since joined the United Brethren. It also warns young men against seeking wealth at Pike's Peak, urging caution and moral caution.
A Salt Lake correspondent of the Chicago Press and Tribune estimates Utah Territory households show 387 men living with seven or more women, 13 with over nineteen wives bearing children, 730 with five wives, 1100 with four or more, and about 1400 men with more than one wife.
A Vineland Sun report notes a county wedding uniting Mannvine Max Esquire John Barek, with nearly six hundred attendees. The piece mentions he married seven members of one family and six of another, highlighting the vast happiness and misery it caused.
A varied collection of famous last words and quotes appears, listing figures from Nero to Washington, and including writers like Goethe and Mozart. The text also notes a collapse into humor and a Maine editors excursion ending with bankruptcy humor.
An exchange argues that poverty is not a misfortune but a blessing for youth. It claims that starting with capital often fails more than ten to one and suggests self-reliance and prudence over chasing fortune in business.
On March 29 1859 near Aurora Indiana the steamer David Gibson from New Orleans to Cincinnati and the Nat Holmes from Pittsburg to St Louis sank after a collision. The Gibson had no deaths while the Nat Holmes lost eighty six passengers en route to Pike's Peak, forty three missing. Survivors lost clothing moveables and about 15000 dollars. total losses about 300000 with 175000 dollars insured.
A man marries a widow and vows to quit smoking and chewing. He agrees that if she gives up her weeds for him, he will give up the weed for her, forming a reciprocal vow within their marriage.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent reports on a method to raise sweeter and larger potatoes by planting sweet potato seeds found in mature pods. The process includes vine blooms in August, pod formation, and careful transplanting. The piece also notes optimistic grain prospects and various brief items from the period, including executions and political quips.
A letter from Edward Brookfield, ex mayor of Nebraska City, argues Pike’s Peak gold finds are a humbug and warns friends away. He cites poor profits, criticizes circulating reports, and notes ironies from frontier life, including marriages and local incidents.
The report confirms a baronetcy to the English Steamboat King. Mrs Cunard is now Mrs Samuel Bir.
An extended metaphor from Washington Indiana portrays a lit candle to symbolize human virtue and mortality. It links flame and colors to joys and sorrows, smoke to penitential cleansing, and the stand to mortal probation, ending with the fading spark as death and the soul endure.
A dated moral exhortation from Washington in 1859 urges immediate virtuous action over reliance on the future. It calls readers to charity, self improvement, and diligent work for God, neighbors, and self, ending with a pledge to join truth and justice.
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