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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1859
Page
4
Fragmentary meditation on a motherless girl who steps from childhood toward adulthood. The voice laments the lack of maternal counsel and support, urging gentleness rather than harsh judgment as the child faces sorrow and missteps.
A dialogue shows a would be settler asking where to practice law preach and invest surplus to profit from shaving notes. The other replies there is only one price hell which is already filled with such characters. A ship is described with the pronoun she for various reasons including expense and usefulness.
A poem by WS Gaffney from Washington, Indiana, in July 1859 recalls a boyhood dream under an elm, a guardian angel or love guiding life, and the later tension between earthly fame and devoted love. The speaker laments time passing, cherishes a lifelong love, and urges awakening as a man.
An advertisement by Dr Easterly of St Louis touts high demand for his iodine and sarsaparilla Fever and Ague Killer Carter's Cough Balsam Hoopers Female Cordial and Bakers Specific. It claims over one hundred thousand bottles sold in two years with widespread use in western states and urges patients to try the remedies.
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