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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1857
Page
1
Good Heart and Willing Hand
Poem by Charles Mackay praising two friends with cheerful hearts who help the poor. Their kindness fills homes with comfort, inspires others, and turns hardship into hope. Their deeds bring courage, nourishment, and joy, making labor and charity weave a brighter life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles MacKay
Will You Bear That Cowardly Challenge
In a tense scene Logan accuses Edward Wilson of cowardice, calling him a coward and urging him to prove his manhood. Wilson’s reaction reveals a brewing clash as the three youths confront an insult that could spark further conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Edward Wilson
Wilson
James Logan
James
Mill-Dam
Mecklenberg Declaration Precedes Independence Readings
Historical Mecklenburg County declaration from 1775 asserts independence from Britain and dissolves allegiance to the crown. Abraham Alexander chairs. John McKnitt Alexander secretary. includes pledges to sovereignty under God and Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mecklenburg
Mreckiensene County
North Canauna
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
Charlotte
Said County
Abraham Alexander
John McKnitt Alexander
Great Britain
America
Lexington
God
Congress
N. J
Potato Digging Machinery Promises Potato Harvest Ease
Capt Taggart of Roxbury has patented a plow shaped machine with revolving metal fingers that lift potatoes from the earth wash them and deposit into baskets or rows. With horses and a man it can dig six to ten acres per day and could revolutionize potato raising if trials succeed as noted by the Boston Traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taggart
Roxbury
Utica
Boston Traveler
Drunken Confusion After Night Out Ends With Odd Tale
Mr Bedblossom told his wife a rambling, slurred story after drinking heavily. He claimed to have entered a grocery store to drink, punched a drink, his head went into the punch, and he slipped on a dog on the way home. An old man with a cropped Ear and brass collar supposedly owned the dog, and he claims not to remember further details.
I Would Have You Know That I Read My Paper
A humorous tale from forty years ago features a respectable man who cannot read but insists on his right to read the newspaper he has paid for. His boastful dignity is challenged by a knowing neighbor who points out the paper was ended up incorrectly.
Printman’s Bite Back on a Five Year Bill
A Boston Olive Branch column notes a printer angered by unpaid five years for papers. Dialogue contrasts a wife and printer’s son wit against a father, ending with the quip that the rascal’s face deserves to be scratched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Olive Branc
Gingham Gown and Fiery Liquor Fire Tale
A New Hampshire wife defends herself against abuse by setting bed clothes around her sleeping husband and overpowering him. The Memphis News reports a whisky blaze in stores and a bank fire, describing flames and a drinking man fleeing like a torchlight procession along Jefferson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Memphis
Main Street
Jefferson Street
Preserving Fruits Without Sugar At New York Fair
At the N. S. State Fair in Rochester last fall, William K. Smith of Wayne county exhibited thirteen bottles of fruit preserved without sugar. The collection included cherries peaches straw berries currants blackberries and plums. A committee found the fruit flavorful and praised the method as practical and durable, noting bottles are heated in water to boiling then corked and sealed. Some fruits require filling with boiling water if they do not yield juice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
William K. Smith
Wayne County
New York State Society
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