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Newspaper

American Union

Location

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1839

Page

2

Publication advertising pricing rules 1829 notice

The American Union and Herald and Gazette announce new advertising rates effective immediately. Notices including funerals, elections, obituaries, and miscellaneous public notices will be charged per line or per square with no exceptions. Publishers state cash must be paid on publication left, and jail terms or fines could follow for nonpayment.

Ohio Ately W. C. McAuslen G. & M.L. Morris the American Union Wilson & Worstell Herald & Gazette Steubenville

Letter From Hon Richard Rush on Germantown Harvest Home

The Philadelphia Spirit prints Hon. Richard Rush's August 6 1809 letter declining attendance at the Germantown Democratic Harvest Home Celebration while praising agriculture, warning against banking excess, and stressing the primacy of farmers in wealth creation and national strength.

The Philadelphia Spirit of the Tones Richard Rush Germantown SypeNuam Ceres Agriculure Europe America Great Western England Elizabeth English East India Company Hindostan Bisset

Banks and the harvest: a warning from a Hichuard Rush speech

The speaker denounces banks as threats to agriculture and national wealth, arguing that artificial financial powers would seize crops and land. He warns of rising prices and corporate domination, urges farmers to unite against these schemes, and emphasizes Democratic values rooted in soil and labor.

Coon England William the Norman Bissit Bank of the United States France John Law Sir John Blount Democratic Democratic Party Nate

Fragmentary text yields a cryptic note on hepatitis E

Incomplete OCR fragment mentions hepatitis E with unclear context and cryptic letters. No identifiable persons or organizations are recoverable from the readable snippet. The read portion hints at a health topic but lacks concrete facts, dates, or locations to summarize further.

Mr Clay’s broad base of popularity across parties

The New Era laments Senator Clay’s political reach pleasing anti Masons and Buffalo’s ship canal advocates, winning Canadian favor, arousing Gen Scott friends with Florida jibe, impressing moderate critics with dignified remarks, pleasing Saratoga Whigs by denying Whig label and accepting a crown, and attracting Indiana Tennessee and Kentucky voters to consider him for the presidency.

Royal Arch Buffalo Niagara Kentucky New York Gen. Scott Florida Kendall Tom Benton Saratoga Indiana Tennessee

Political contests and moral decay in public life

The article critiques how some view U S political fights as trivial shows. It blames low press standards, hollow discourse, private interests capturing government, and widespread corruption. It argues contests are an arena where virtue suffers and public trust erodes.

United States Vera Zembia

Evening Post on political virtue and public life

The passage argues that political work should not elevate minor disputes over fundamental principles. It warns against a politician who places moral worth in the vocation itself, suggesting true dignity lies in serving enduring universal aims rather than transient controversies.

Evening Post

Swindling Futurity and Democratic Deceit Alleged

The piece denounces a faction from Dr. Brocken through Down for magnifying debt via posterity. It accuses professing democrats of coining money from sag s and backing establishments Jefferson warned as more dangerous than standing armies. Old Dominion.

Dr. Brocken Down Jefferson Old Dominion

BANKING CORPORATIONS AND LIBERTY IN EARLY POLICY DEBATE

A Maine newspaper voices strong alarm at banking power, arguing that corporations threaten liberty. It cites Jefferson, funding, and internal improvement as perilous, condemns both federal restraint and bank capitalism, and notes Mobile defalcations and distant incidents as context for financial risk.

Bank Treasury Jefferson Citzens Mobile Hank of Alabama Bank Jong Boardelmer

Wheat and staples market prices in Wheeling paper

In Wheeling on August 27 daily market prices list flour at 4 50 to 4 75 per unit corn meal 75 oats 50 wheat 52 to 65 butter 15 to 20 coffee 14 to 15 clover seed 11 to 12 bacon sold at 10 per unit noting regional price ranges and standard commodities such as corn oats wheat butter and coffee.

Wheeling New Orleans Cincinnati Baltimore Philadelphia

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