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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1859
Page
1
A Hartford Times excerpt from February 3, 1859, recalls a sea voyage and a storm across a ship’s deck, contrasting the fierce Atlantic gale with warm fireside memories and the duty of sailors. The narrator reflects on weather, legends of the sea, and the human cost of distant journeys.
A first person vignette describes a newborn newspaper waking life as it travels from carrier to shop to auction, glimpsing politics, wars, markets, marriages and deaths through the eye of a living periodical. It captures early 19th century publishing, readers, and the life of a paper in a bustling city.
A night scene unfolds as Bliffkins returns home at an early hour to be confronted by Mrs. Bliffkins and a chorus of social demands. The couple spar over committee duties and ball plans while neighbors and a sleeping Bill listen, the scene closing with Bliffkins dreaming of armor and suffocating.
A pious Methodist minister Derwell travels from Tennessee to Kentucky in 1812 to visit Hon. William Bolton. Bolton hosts Judge Cone and his Nashville wife for the night. The minister prays briefly asking God to supply their needs, noting the judge and couple are not accustomed to family worship. The scene edifies all present.
An observer recalls a conversation with a Spanish friend who questions why Spain would fund fortifications in New York. A Creole and a Yankee captain discuss possible reactions as rumors swirl about a large Spanish landing and military discipline in distant quarters.
The article urges parents to create a warm welcoming home to deter vice and instill virtuous thoughts. It advocates organized daily routines, shared activities like drawing singing and sewing, reading aloud selective passages, and giving children meaningful work with sympathy and love guiding all actions.
The Canadian Parliament in Toronto on March 7 heard a petition from Hon Jeko Wong and others seeking an act to incorporate a company. The plan calls for a submarine telegraph to connect this continent with Great Britain via Greenland Iceland and Fans Island.
The Leavenworth Ledger rebukes idle talk of quick gold wealth and says real mining demands hard work. It cites pioneers like California miners as proof that only strong, able bodied men succeed. The piece likens a bull in a china shop to a weak clerk entering mining.
A dinner with John Hancock at Hancock estate drew fifty to sixty guests. Hancock sat at a side table due to gout and calmed an awkward moment when a centerpiece glass shattered, telling the servant to break as much as needed but avoid more noise.
The Universalist preacher Rev E H Chapin denounces profane swearing in his Lord’s Prayer discourse. He argues swearing by God’s name is a brutal vice and ungentlemanly, urging restraint and reverence for God’s name as sacred. He insists genuine wit can be sharp without sacred oaths.
The Tax Centralia Press reports that peach buds show no damage so far. If favorable weather continues, a good peach crop and abundant fruit harvest are expected in the region.
Robert Chambers praises a tender early verse about Annie, daughter of Sir Robert Laurie. He notes Douglas of Findland wrote it for Annie, who did not wed him but married Ferguson at Craigdarrech. The poem likely dates to late 17th or early 18th century.
Doctor Jordon caused a disturbance at the Smithsonian Institute commencement in Washington. He opposed a speaker, drew a revolver, drew a stiletto at the doorway, and was detained by police. He was fined 50 dollars and costs and bound over to keep the peace in 200 dollars.
A humorous piece ridicules modern diction by contrasting archaic terms with current usage. It lampoons formality, noting changes in how people speak and behave, from courting and visiting to shopping and working, in a playful critique of language evolution.
The Senate discussed measures on dead letter letters and return processes, considered personal explanations regarding a Washington Union editorial, and then adjourned after honoring the late Postmaster General Brown. A funeral committee and 30 days mourning were approved, with a message sent to the President.
A historical saying argues a woman’s value is neither high nor zero. It states a true woman gives no cause for jealousy while a man shows foolishness and excess in jealousy, even to self harm, regardless of wealth or worth.
In Edina Place Methodist Church a preacher noted for charm invades a doctor’s home. The doctor and wife confront him, a gun duel ensues but injures none. All three are taken by police and held for examination next Monday. Based on Chicago Tribune notes.
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