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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1859
Page
2
The editor calls on citizens to stop opposing their town and to unite for growth. He notes the potential for doors and sash and brick manufacture, abundant coal, and low lumber costs. The piece urges collective effort, reform, and a shared interest to boost business and reputation.
After a two week absence the editorial team returns and announces a shift away from politics. The paper vows to avoid wrangling while remaining independent and confident in its current course for the community’s good. Patrons are urged to support the newspaper.
Report notes Alf Howe Howard delivered a concert at the Court House last night. Attendees praised his musical talent and urged others to attend, while the cold weather kept the writer from attending and relying on others’ judgments.
A fragmented fragment notes a stagecoach scene with six women packed into a single carriage and a casual comment on modern times. The line hints at social theater and crowded transport without details.
A playful row questions whether heat or cold travels faster. The rebuttal: heat wins, as cold cannot outrun heat, leaving the quip to scold the listener for a silly remark.
A reflective piece denounces meddlesome individuals who intrude into shops workshops and offices with empty advice. It laments their constant self focus and noise that spoils gatherings and disrupts business, urging readers to avoid such interruptions and seek escape from their nagging influence.
Geo. Sontag of Evansville advertises a large spring and summer hardware stock. He imports from England and buys American goods from manufacturers, offering prices matching or beating Louisville and Cincinnati bills. He pledges to duplicate rival city prices to help country merchants.
Last week Mr Coplins faced an error regarding the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad tariffs. Freights have risen at road crossings, while officials claim hikes occurred only at that location. The piece argues against spiteful actions and urges equitable maintenance of the line to protect its true interests.
Dr.ew M Wells reports catching a remarkable aquatic creature about 16 inches long near Veal. It has a catfish like head, eel body, lizard like side appendages, red and blue leaf shaped growths near the head, and a flat tail. The doctor preserves the specimen as a possible eel species and amphibious.
In a report from last week a local jail is described as unable to hold prisoners securely. Warden McDade has repeatedly escaped or nearly escaped, with tools hidden and only one attempt thwarted. The writer urges the county board to prioritize jail security or authorize a new facility.
Citizens are told that Brown and Aikman of Evansville are expanding from forwarding and commission into wholesale groceries. The firm’s enterprise is praised as liberal and honest with Mr Aikman noted as a generous county native. The full firm details appear in another column. A store anecdote about a modest young lady and her dressing bureau drawers is also mentioned.
Rev J B Ham Gltod delivered an annual temperance sermon in the M E Church to a large attentive audience. He urged sympathy for liquor victims, cited dire effects of liquor and provided statistics on deaths, widows, and orphans, arguing liquor traffic harms society and costs government vast sums.
A countryman joins a courtroom audience and declares he must stay to avoid being detained. He confuses jury types and asks what charges the judge laid on him, believing a local authority will force his return home. His blunt realism amuses observers and reveals courtroom confusion.
A lawyer, named Barnes, provokes a client with aggressive advice in a humorous exchange about a mill dam across a creek. The client fears a lawsuit from neighbor Jones whose spring is affected, but Barnes urges bold action and promises victory and punishment for the neighbor.
Dr J A Dale has opened a new office, fitted in tasteful style, offering high quality dental services. The text promises prompt service only if work is done in the best possible manner and invites readers to call soon for relief of toothache and preservation of teeth. The office is one door north of Van Trees Store.
Despite bad weather, citizens begin spring construction. H Meredith is erecting a business house near the Western Hotel, designed for commercial use and nearing completion.
Lumper Turner and Glover manufacture lumber by the wholesale and are ready to fill all orders on short notice. Their mill sits in a well timbered area of Southern Indiana enabling them to supply any kind of lumber. See their advertisements in this paper.
A waggish husband who kissed the servant girl ignites a scandal that clears his wife’s complaints, while the husband boasts no payment for help since. The passage extols love as the divine force that heals all ills and enables miracles, followed by notice of new advertisements from Evansville and New Albany to be featured in this week’s issue.
During a recent Auburn trial the government counsel pressed a witness asking who had encouraged him to tell a different story. The witness evaded specifics, claiming several people had tried, but none succeeded. The judge, jury and spectators laughed at the moment as the scene closed.
A historic quip defines love as sighing crying dying and much lying attributed to a minister. The circuit record cites twenty eight children named after him and thirteen dollars earned in a year. A closing proverb links childhood and genius to shared curiosity with a wry rural exchange about a horse and a note as payment.
A Connecticut schoolmaster questions a Newport lad about the number of gods. The boy answers with a wry, local twist, saying Rhode Island has none. This light exchange captures regional humor from the era.
An uncle bequeaths eleven silver spoons to a nephew, noting the man’s past theft of a spoon. A neighbor quips about burial grounds, a pastor dismisses a request to bury there, and various townsfolk share brief, humorous exchanges from Down East.
A Western city crime case exposes misuse of arrest powers as a daughter witness is detained for a year. She endures abusive treatment by jail staff, left degraded and ruined. The text condemns imprisonment abuse and cites systemic failure.
Boston businessmen announce a meeting to protest the high railroad freight charges to the West, aiming to seek relief and coordinated action. The move signals concern from local commerce leaders about rising shipping costs and their impact on trade.
A compact reflection notes that some souls mirror a fruitful Paradise in estate while others resemble a barren wilderness. It warns that the richest lands often yield the barren ground nearest the mines, implying moral contrasts in wealth.
A reflective line underscores that foreseeing happiness is the peak of earthly joy, aligning optimism with temperate virtue and the pursuit of contentment.
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