One Fault Only A Grave Warnings Against Liquor
In this sermon like appeal a speaker laments the ruin caused by liquor and urges youths to avoid the poison at every stop on the road to fortune. It condemns the idea of having one fault only warning that such a fault destroys health, mind, name and family joy.
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Hans
Jo Wilwitr
Tobacco
Segars, &C
Main Street
Washington
Ind
Hyatt House
Garner
Rosebud
Havana
June number of Godey’s Lady’s Book reviewed
The June issue is praised for superior attractions including a steel engraving Home and the Homeless with many points of interest. Colored fashions are improved and the reading matter is more engaging. Godey’s is deemed the ideal book for ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godey
Wealthy Scott County man dies after prison disgrace
Thomas Morgan, a rich Scott County Illinois resident valued at 75000 dollars, was sent to Alton penitentiary for assault with intent to kill. He died last Tuesday from low spirits caused by his troubled situation.
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Har
Thomas Morgan
Scott County
Ilinois
Alton
Desperate Winter Toll on Emigrants From Utah to Pike’s Peak
In six weeks before departure eleven men perished from severe weather between Salt Lake City and South Pass. Three bodies lay near South Pass and wolves fed on a Cherokee teamster at Needle Rock. J K Russell lingered ten days in a snow storm between the Big Mountain and Weber before dying. The South Platte ran high, and a spring exodus toward Pike’s Peak was anticipated as soon as conditions opened.
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Salt Lake City
South Pass
Needle Rock
J. K. Russell
Big Mountain
Weber
Rocky Mountain
South Platte
Bluff
Utah
Pike’s Peak
Voice and Masonry News and Moral Reflections
The issue highlights a Masonry oriented editorial abroad and Mor ris contributions on lodge trial management. It urges Masons to read The Voice of Louisville while warning against neglect in education and religious duties and discusses The Supreme Court and Ohio’s stance on federal law versus slave trade with references to Carolina.
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SupReme Court
New York Times
Wisconsin
Supreme Court of
Ohio
United States
Carolina
Ages that sharpened minds in learned men
The passage notes Socrates learning instruments late in life, Cato at eighty studying Greek, Plutarch starting Latin between sixteen and eighty, Spelman turning to science after fifty, Johnson studying Dutch near death, Franklin pursuing philosophy after fifty, Dryden beginning Iliad translation at sixty eight with his best works in old age.
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Socrates
Cato
Plutarch
Sir Henry
Spelman
Johson
Local talk opposes liquor license in our town
There is discussion about organized opposition to granting a license for retail sale of spirituous liquors in the area. Public sentiment centers on preventing the issue, with residents considering protest or remonstrances.
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Washington Township
Board of County Commissioners of
Daviess County
Washington
City Exchange
Main Street
James Carnahan
Daviesa County
Court House
Township
North Range
S. D.C
Davies Circuit Court
Indiana
South West
South
John Cox
Asahel C. Page
Goodwin
Robert’ Ereum
Wilson Carw
Steadiness of Purpose Shapes True Character
The text extols steady purpose over bursts of effort. It praises calm persistence through pressure, viewing a steady mind as honorable and dignified. Such a person, undistracted by luck, advances reliably and eventually reaches the top steps of success.
Strange World Address Warns Graduates of Life’s Trials
The graduating class hears from Hon. A. B. Longstreet, president of the South Carolina College, about a strange world that tests character and faith. He urges reliance on the Good Book, launching life with prudence and Bethlehem’s Star as guidance.
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A. B. Longstreet
South Carolina College
Aristides
Socrates
Cicero
Themistocles
Melitus
Anthony
Caiphas
Bethlehem
Marriage Declared Valid In Patchwork Ceremony
A Clarendon banner court case upheld a marriage between a man and woman joined by a self styled magistrate. The court found the union valid and binding, noting consent before competent witnesses suffices to establish marriage and protects the weaker sex from fraudulent ceremonies.
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Clarendon
8. C
Lotharia
Benedict
Week of Sabbath Pleasures Versus True Piety
A newspaper-like reflection contrasts a week of selfishness with a Sabbath crowded by religious exercises. It argues such religiosity creates Pharisees rather than true Christians and notes a privateer captain boasting minimal damage after a recent engagement, claiming only a hand wounded in the nose.
Pivards Francis Magher Confession and Other Anecdotes
An itemized collection notes that Pivards Francis Magher copied Mrs. Sickles confession for the press and lists several comic and whimsical lines. It mentions a Cincinnati murder case detainees, a judge’s tearful prisoner moment, and various quips about sailors, poets, and daily life. The piece also references winter lumber cuts in Green Bay and a magazine editor with a long goatee.
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Ewin
Pivards
Francis Magher
Mrs. Sickles
Henderson approves 20000 bond issue for wharf improvement
Citizens vote to authorize city bonds totaling 20000 for wharf enhancement at Henderson. The action follows a local meeting and signals continued investment in harbor facilities. The article blends a solemn funeral vignette with civic finance news, noting the bond plan and its purpose.
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Henderson
Costan's Exterminators Praised as Invaluable Vermin Remedies
Press notices from the New York Daily State Register and New York Journal praise Costan's remedies for rats roaches bed bugs ants and other pests. Dealers are urged to place orders early to secure trade as sales grow rapidly. editorials note widespread consumer endorsement.
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Costan
N. Y
New York Journal
Ed. Banner
Fayette
Bio
Illinois man hides in rifle touch hole to evade sheriff
A bizarre tale tells of a man so thin he crawls into his rifle and watches the sheriff through the touch hole. Another old saying notes a learned caution from backgammon advising a woman not to select a partner until certain of him.
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Illinois
Brown
Motion Out of Order Sparks Egg Toss at Meeting
The meeting turned rowdy as the chairman ruled a motion out of order while a heckler raised a rotted egg to hurl. The report notes rising tensions amid alleged conflicts between Guatemala and Mexico over incursions. A cynic remarks on fashion notes.
Mississippi Politician Uses Cotton Theme in Speech
A Mississippi politician framed economic shifts in cotton terms urging alignment with cotton goods. He noted woolen clothing and linen shirts have moved toward cotton and compared silk hats to cotton as well. The remarks linked local industry to broader national trends.
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Mississippi
Sovereigns
Ghostly remark on editor and debt ridden reader
The editor recalls an eerie encounter claiming she never saw but one ghost, that of fs sinter who died after not paying for his paper. The remark suggests a haunting memory tied to unpaid subscriptions.
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and Exchange
Fs Sinter
Ayer Laboratory Sheds Light on Pervasive Suffering and Medicine
From Lowell the writer recalls Dr. J C Ayer’s laboratory is a place where vast quantities of medicines like Cherry Pectoral and Pills are produced, illustrating immense human suffering. The account laments the widespread reliance on remedies that soothe pain while prompting fear for infants, women, and men facing illness, and pleads for spared effort and resources for the dying.
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Lowell
J C. Ayer
Eve
Man
Darling
Galveston
Texas, News
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