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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1859
Page
2
In Daviess county, fertile farms and growing towns contrast with resistance to public enterprises. Editors urge citizens to support churches schools roads and public improvements, arguing strong efforts will raise the county’s name and attract industry despite few objections from old fogies.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a murder with reference to Dean and remains in a tin box. voices react with deflection and a demand for seriousness. The passage is obscure and lacks complete names, dates, or locations.
Fragmentary readable text suggests a claim about buttermilk sustaining life or existence. The garbled lines mention prolongation of life and a hypothesis linking a health substance to a person. Further clear details are not present in the legible portion.
A tale unfolds of a wife reading a letter titled to Germily as a wife, not a husband, and a husband's concern over its contents. The humor centers on a printer's bill for a two years' subscription that nearly causes a marital uproar.
The article advises fruit should not be eaten between meals or as a dessert after heavy meals. It recommends using fruit in moderation at breakfast and warns that fruit is most beneficial in the morning, with claimed health benefits in preventing disease during summer and hot months.
An Irish attorney warned a Dublin printer against publishing a death notice of a living person. He threatened prosecution and declared that no printer should publish a death unless the deceased person informs them of the fact.
At a Saturday race in Gills Prairie Sullivance, Mr Sam Mc Cutchen, a rider, was thrown from his horse and fatally injured. He died several hours later. The Vinicennes Times reports the incident.
A young man aged about eighteen walked from Hartford to Worcester for exercise. He started at 3 a.m. along the old turnpike through Manchester Vernon and Stafford, had breakfast at Vernon, rested two hours at dinner, and reached Worcester at night. The journey covered about sixty five miles at an average pace of four miles per hour.
A Buffalo Commercial excerpt reports a preacher’s remark on repentance and tears as proof of renewal, then details progress on the steamship Eastern with engines, propellers, masts, and dock work nearing sea trials. The item also notes a Post regarding women’s suffrage and a quip about a rascally penitent voter.
Royal Academy member William Hamilton proclaims a discovery of a pential sun or star. The claim centers on a celestial body surrounding our day and a revolve motion, with exclamations about the sun and grandsun.
A man identified as Thomas Eugene De Marchais shoots his wife Blanche at their Plum Street lodging after repeated threats to kill them both. Blanche is wounded, De Marchais is shot in the ear, and both are taken to a hospital. he expresses intent to hang for the deed if he survives. Blanche asks for her missing daughter Alice as authorities separate the pair.
The Vincennes Times presents twenty one reasons to build the Vlitois Southern Railroad. It claims the rail line along the Wabash River will be a jewel and protect five thousand acres of land from inundation.
Reported text indicates a shift in the House of Representatives balance with regular Democrats and Republicans forming a majority coalition. Mentions figures and names unclear due to OCR errors but references to parties and a political realignment.
A humorous anecdote depicts a Tee Totaler affair where friends restrain a drinker then a physician offers a grim sale of his body for five dollars if he persists. The tale ends with the drinker fleeing and the toast praising Woman as a lover of union and annexation, met with nine cheers.
A smear links Horace Greeley to a supposed filibuster invasion of Mexico from California. Mazatlan’s government commander denounces Greeley as diabolical and bloodthirsty. The London Times notes the U S Minister Dallas among diplomatic stars at Parliament opening.
The telegraph reports Flora Temple beating Princess in a trotting race though the time was not as good as seen. It is conceded Elra remains the fastest horse in the world.
A fragment discusses how absent people become targets of merciless social talk and laments unladylike criticism. It notes a rising stir over the Sons of Malta and Malta related tales, amid vague references to Maltese orders and public interest.
A July 30 report notes a man drank liquor causing throat and stomach irritation and vomiting. The next day he drank again and 80 minutes later suffered six hour convulsions with severe body contortions and locked jaw. He remained conscious but later periods of spasms recurred for ten days, often lasting five hours, with unconsciousness afterward.
The piece lists supposed advantages women have over men such as speaking freely without fear, napping after dinner, crossing streets uninvited, wearing cosmetics, staying home during war, and the ease of divorce and debt. It presents a satirical or critical tone toward gender roles of the era.
A country newspaper reports a severe thunder storm that shattered mountains tore up oaks by the roots dismantled churches laid homesteads waste and overturned a haystack for affected residents and local authorities detailing widespread damage.
The man Sills, negotiating for the superintendence of the O and M A R Co eating house at this place, turns out to be a great scam. We hear of several parties in the city who have suffered by him, including boarding-house keepers, physicians and merchants.
The article notes a threat to prosecute the Board of County Commissioners for failure to act on the new jail, mentioning a man who vows to “row them up salt river.” It also mentions a medicine ad promising chills fever relief with Wilson Jones listed as agent.
The Republicans discuss holding a convention in Knox County and pushing for a straight ticket. The Sun criticizes Democrats with sharp editorial tone, likening them to a small bull in a loco motive.
McCormick and Lee announce the opening of a new groceries stock tomorrow at the corner of Main and Fifth Streets. The premises formerly occupied by Brown and Mattingly will now house their business.
Local residents argue about the value of a splendid hotel in Vincennes. The critic notes hotel prices there rival Burnet House rates, claiming a fine facility would deter visitors who cannot afford a week’s stay.
Reported in local notes that two runaway negroes were arrested in Knox County after citizens pursued them along various railroad routes. They escaped via underground paths, then hid in a cornfield before capture. The item also mentions California gold yields and ongoing placer discoveries.
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