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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1842
Page
3
In SPEASENTILLY OHIO on April 9 1842 the case against Kendall ends with a verdict of eleven thousand dollars damages for the plaintiffs over withheld mail payments. The piece criticizes political manipulation and defends government officers while urging the tax against private enrichment.
Election results show Whigs, Democrats, and independents contesting township and borough offices. Trustees James McKinney Daniel Sarr James Gallagher Clerk James Parks. Hill appointed treasurer John Leetch. Constables James M. Thomas Thomas M. Rigg Supervisors William Connell John E. Armstrong Thomas Hawkins Thomas Wilkin Overseers of Poor Borough Council 1st ward Daniel Black John Powell 3d James Turnbull 4th Jacob Shouse Treasurer Thomas Johnson Recorder Alexander Conn Marshal James Melvin.
A statement urges forming a broad majority expected to honor the subjects. The language implies unity and strong support, aiming to elevate the group’s standing and recognition through a sizable backing. The text emphasizes honor and public approval as key outcomes.
The report of a large Mexican invasion is likely exaggerated as marauders retreat. General Houston vows to wage war until Texas gains recognition of independence. Houston commissioner P S Andrews seeks aid, and Texas companies form to join the effort with a hopeful, determined spirit.
Delegates from Brooke county meet at Mrs. Givens hotel Hollidays Cove on April 1842 to select candidates for the Senate and House. They endorse Alexander Newman for re election and Thomas J Hewit for the House of Delegates and urge Democratic turnout. The notice ends with a call for papers to publish the proceedings and remarks on the England minister’s arrival in Washington.
Reports from all quarters speak of abundant crops this year. A terrible storm passed over the neighborhood on McIntire creek, about six miles southwest of this place, on Monday last.
The Newark Advocate argues only three local merchants bought goods this spring, with little demand and a push to economy. It calls for reduced living costs, exporting more and importing less, and public restraint to revive trade and curb extravagance.
Newcomer, the plumber, Smeaton and Watt, the watch-makers, and Fal ton the poor painter, opened a world of enjoyments and a new impulse to civilization through steam engine advances. Inventions by Arkwright and Compton aided the poor, enabling clothing and comforts. The author urges workers to improve conditions with mind and hands, to shed mental torpor and rise free in mind and body.
A New Era editorial laments the currency expansion causing widespread fear and insolvency. It critiques banks and politics, urges honesty and equality, and predicts consolidation by large banks while many banks perish.
A dated critique argues that if specie were sole, worst outcomes could be endured and exports would fund specie, while condemning misrule. It asserts banks should face strict redemption for practices, noting stockholders suffer from depreciation and urging decisive action against banks’ failures. Death is invoked as a harsh metaphor for ongoing financial peril.
A dense listing of banks and monetary terms including Bank of Cleveland Bank of Circleville Bank of Chillicothe Bank of Geauga Painesville Bank of Gallipolis Bank of Hamilton Massillon Mansfield Marietta Mount Pleasant Norwalk Sandusky Steubenville Sandusky Bay Wooster Zanesville Belmont Columbus Clinton Cincinnati New Lisbon Cleveland Portland Trade names appear with par values or rates and notes on post notes and for sale items. Also appears are advertisements for dried peaches apples and local sales notes with dates and sellers such as D McGowan applicable to ap l 9 42-D McGowan.
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