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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1859
Page
2
The writer denounces itinerant quacks, eye doctors, peddlers, and auctioneers who cheat and swindle. He argues local merchants and home mechanics deserve support, contending honest professionals offer real value while vagabonds prey on customers. He urges towns to ignore traveling frauds and favor home businesses.
A new book by Hiram Dye presents Louisville's commercial and manufacturing landscape with statistics on wholesale and retail activity. Leather, agricultural, hat and clothing houses, groceries, dry goods, liquor, hardware, drugs, and china trades are itemized, illustrating vast regional production and trade. The article highlights Louisville as a manufacturing center and notes a famed artesian well delivering a powerful vertical water jet reaching 60 to 170 feet, with impressive flow.
A California letter from a Canadian miner recalls eight years in the gold region. He warns that water shortages pause mining and urges readers to return home. He notes changing business in Washington and Pike's Peak hype, stresses cautious hope and warns that fortune favours the wealthy start. He admits declining church attendance and moral erosion among newcomers.
The passage endorses Bar Keen and Preston as trustworthy merchants, noting they are familiar with the business and will treat customers fairly. It highlights their excellent stock and urges country merchants to remember this when dealing with them.
An Indiana office attachee killed a slender two and a half foot tri colored snake marked red white and blue. The piece suggests the red white and blue stripes resemble the national flag and christens it the national snake. The report speculates the colors may come from a Fourth of July escapade.
Chicago Times reports recovery of three more bodies from the Michigan wreck site. The total dead thus far reaches forty one with more bodies feared. United States Express had over $50 000 in transit. a bay of gold worth 315 000 was recovered buried in mud after the loss. The messenger accompanying goods was killed.
A composite section notes caution against haste in speech and action citing moral warnings, then reports a Milwaukee shooting sparked by suspected infidelity and a Barbadoes letter praising local horse racing among Negro communities with vivid humor and stereotype.
A Detroit youth offers blunt remarks on honesty, gossip, and manners. The piece notes sayings about locking doors, minding others, and the impact of speaking ill of others. It recounts an episode in church where a young man is told he may leave to hell if he prefers. The young man calmly agrees to exit.
A June Alton Democrat reprint details a Wood River Chal lenge Saw Mill test run by Mr Hamilton and Johnson Emmerson. The article notes 28 000 to 32 000 feet of oak lumber cut in a single day with one saw, praising efficiency and mill cost. It also includes a humorous anecdote about a Prussian king and a colonel’s portfolios.
A 19th century excerpt mocks Zachary Taylor for claiming peace with all nations while critics view his tenure as limited. It notes James Buchanan's similar blunder and cites Taylor’s North Gavéling visit and his startling end of life remarks about the Union and his term.
A reflective line questions if a young man should marry a wife who cannot bake or mend clothes, suggesting a misalignment of skills and daily labor needs in a modest household. The speaker hints at a missing quality at the top, implying practical competence matters in partnership.
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