20 May 1858
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Newspaper
Washington Telegraph
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1858
Page
1
A poem critiques American mimicry of European fashion scenes. It mocks imported trends from Britain and France, contrasting them with a desire for genuine Yankee style and independence reflected in stitched red white and blue imagery and Scottish kilted fashions.
In the Kanawha region during Lord Dunmore's War a young heiress Blanch Bertrand travels with her father Colonel Bertrand and Eugene Fairfax aboard a river boat. A panther attack, a fogbound voyage, and a near-disaster unfold as Blanche and Eugene form a bond amid frontier danger. The tale continues in the New York Ledger.
The Indiana General Assembly acts and Gibson Posey counties are cited. A Gibson court judge vows higher fines for second offenses against liquor sales on Sundays. A Springfield Republican note quotes a Baptist and Methodist clerical exchange about baptism practices.
A fragmented item notes a flood covering miles with farms submerged and losses, including Cole Pritchett near Westport facing theft and livestock losses. It mentions a joking exchange about young women wearing bonnets and a critique of youth behavior, all from the Vincennes Sun.
Observers gather as priests and soldiers retire and Sam sits before a towering clock that strikes noon. A sequence of cherubs, a Time figure with a scythe, and a malleted youth perform quarter hours, followed by a twelve strike by an old man. After the hour, a second mechanism reveals apostles circling the cross, while a cock crows and completes the tableau.
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