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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1858
Page
2
A defense of Douglas Democrats urges independence from party leaders over Kansas popular sovereignty. It argues Lecomptonites betray principle for name while urging voters to support candidates aligned with true democratic values and oppose mere factional allegiance.
A controversial 1858 Times-like letter from Timaxaroxis Indiana targets Bee editor Barry and Democratic rivals. It cites opinions from The Anderson Democrat on Barry and notes shifts in local papers including the Tipton Dominion becoming independent as the Tipton County Argus. The piece closes urging cool heads and warning of further attacks.
The Washington Bee reports a minister named McCan did not say that lawyers cannot be Christians. The Busy Bee misquoted him, claiming a lawyer cannot live as a Christian. The article defends the minister, urges honesty, and questions Democratic support for such misrepresentation.
A Princeton burglary stole jewelry and about 300 dollars of goods last week. Reverend Jenkins had seven dollars stolen from his pocketbook in Princeton days earlier. Authorities captured two men at Hazleton and jailed them, as the town braces for further crime.
Bank of Newberry resumes specie payments on the ninth instant as local reports circulate about a rumored separation between Charles Dickens and his wife.
In a playful reply the paper rebukes a reader named Zeke for foul language toward their American column. The piece defends its correspondent and invites Zeke to visit town, offering peanuts and candy to smooth over the dispute.
The Sullivan Democrat reports Hon. A. Humphreys of Greene county denies a congressional candidacy rumor. It notes his appointment as Indian agent, jokes about the Indians, and criticizes the president for appointing a local figure, suggesting the role brings money.
A two hundred year old description extols a good wife as a source of happiness and social grace. It lauds her as the husband’s solace, the house’s ornament, and the heart of love, calling her earth’s chiefest paragon and a blessing from God to man.
The La Crosse Democratic notes that labor, lumber and lots act as the town’s circulating medium. Lumbermen buy lots and build houses, workers receive lumber and lots for work, and lot owners trade for work and materials. This exchange accelerates building with little cash needed.
The Charter Oak Place in Hartford Connecticut once known as Wyllys Place has been sold and will be divided into many building lots on speculation. Two centuries after colonial secretary Wyllys sent his steward to choose a site the area now commands high value per acre compared with the homeland.
Wa. N. McKenny has been nominated by the American party in Norfolk Virginia for Mayor of the city.
Our Special Reporter describes a town Saturday Democratic convention held in the courthouse with about 19 delegates. Turner supporters and Burke readings bring conflict over resolutions while Mike Riley disrupts. Niblack is debated, and Crescents is nominated for representative. Williams invites all to a celebratory drink after adjournment as the piece closes.
Ex Secretary F P Stanton denounces the Lecompton Constitution in a Leavenworth speech, urging opposition to its adoption and condemning the administration’s actions toward Kansas. He draws a parallel with King David over Uriah and warns against forced policy.
Speech condemns James Buchanan for treachery to friends and principles linked to the Lecompton Constitution. It likens him to a tyrant and warns the Kansas fraud will be exposed as legal fiction. Emphasizes liberty, constitutional rights, and the peril to a great party.
A Paris heat wave drives fashionables to chateaus and spa towns as a feuilletonist satirizes travel with a woman. He quips that a traveling lady requires a dozen trucks of garments from petticoats to bonnets, jewels, cushions, and novels, a comically exhaustive load.
Twenty-one prisoners at Wethersfield Connecticut apply for release. One inmate, John Burnham, shot his father at age 18 and was sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment, and has served twenty years.
The Halifax Chronicle notes that the spring fishery bids fail to reach average levels, signaling a weaker bidding season. Fishermen and merchants await improved prices and participation as reports indicate subdued activity compared to prior years.
The Cumberland river was falling on the 15th inst providing eight feet of water in the shoals as observed in the report.
The exchange Bank st Griffin Ga is announced as a failure, labeled as part of the wild cat tribe. The piece argues that hard work is essential to earn a living, noting some are born into wealth but must toil to live or risk vegetating.
A Charleston Courier essay discusses sharks and cites a grim tale of a captain who tossed a drowning child overboard to distract a shark pursuing a black man. The infant vanished as the shark moved toward the scent, while the white man remained alive, illustrating a brutal historical sentiment.
The Rahway Republican notes high society endorsement of Wood's Hair Restorative sold by druggists. It also mentions the U S appropriation of several hundred scalp knives to an Indian tribe as part of annuity payments and hints at restoring hair on a naked scalp.
The notice invites the sick to read advertisements for Dr Easterly and Gridley remedies including iodine sarsaparilla salt rheum ointment and cough balsam. It claims medicines are prepared by a educated physician chemist and pharmaceutist and are standard dependable cures. They are available in drug stores across the United States.
The long-promoted Dr Roback medicines claim to cure fever and ague dyspepsia liver complaint and rheumatism across the West. The pills purify and vitalize blood and attack the root of disease offering complete and permanent cures. 21-4w
Readers are urged to trust the advertised remedy Harp or Mawns Balsam as a superior modern science treatment. The piece cites testimonials from various parts of the country and claims wide public confidence and quick recognition. Sold by all good druggists.
An advertisement touts Brace Arctic Liximent as a universal remedy for rheumatism and palsy linked stiffness, claiming success in easing contracted muscles and various skin eruptions. It urges thorough rubbing and notes availability in reputable drug stores.
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