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American Union

Location

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1838

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Ameawan Union publication terms and address

The Ameawan Union is published every Wednesday morning on Market Street. The paper costs two dollars per year, paid half yearly in advance, or three dollars at year end. No discontinuation until arrearages are paid. Advertisements at usual rates. Letters to editors must be postpaid.

ENED W. C. M'Causlen & L. Harper Ameawan Union Market Street South Side F. & M. Bank America Europe

Early Marriages and The Dying Patriot Praise

A narrator urges early marriage as favorable, arguing youth aids mutual adaptation and parental guidance. The piece celebrates sensible life planning, virtue, and industry, then tells of John Campbell of Piqua, a Revolutionary veteran, who dies with the Fourth of July flag before him, depicting his sublime departure and national reverence.

John Campbell Piqua Ohio Columbia

Persian Newspapers First Persia Printed In Tehran

The first Persian newspaper printed in Tehran is described as lithographed on two large pages with blank first and last pages. It bears the Persian Arms the Lion and Sun motif and carries the motto The Lion of God is all Powerful. One page covers official news the other general news and anecdotes.

Persia Teheran House of Califat God

Laughing Philosopher Franklin and the Spies Curious Specs

Doct Franklin, strolling in London with spectacles, accidentally bumps a porter loaded with baggage. The porter curses the glasses, then rises amid his load. The doctor dryly remarks that without the specks the porter would have seen him.

Franklin London

The Tomb of Byron Speech at an Obscure Grave

A reflective meditation on Lord Byron, once famed and among the mighty, now recalled in a modest village graveyard. The speaker traces Byron’s wandered glories from seas and mountains to a humble final resting place, where nature and time unite in dust.

Earth

Hope and the enduring power of human aspiration

The passage extols Hope as mankind’s essential blessing and moral compass. It contrasts critics who call Hope delusive with a view that Hope sustains courage through life’s trials, anchors the soul, and endures beyond death, especially for Christians who foresee heavenly rest and eternal renewal.

Monster of Devil Lake Reported Near Lake Man-itoo

A Western sea serpent called The Monster of Devil Lake was allegedly found near Rochester, Indiana. reported by Robinsons and observed by Lindsay, about sixty feet long with a three foot wide head and a tapering neck. Indigenous locals avoid the lake, dubbing it Mani-too or devil lake due to the creature's presence.

Atlantic Nahant Devil Lake Legansport Robinson Rochester Lindsay Fo'alo Com St. Louis Clinton Ohio Maine St. Johns New Brunswick Little Falls

Young Women and Refinement in Society

The Cincinnati New asserts women possess natural gentility that outpaces men in polish, noting sentiment yields delicacy and tact in women, while men largely acquire refinement through intellect rather than moral sense. It contrasts peasant girls' quick refinement with rustic males and claims social upbringing accelerates female manners.

Cincinnati New

Newspapers versus Drink in Franklin quote

A letter cites Benjamin Franklin arguing that many people waste money on drink while spurning newspapers. The author asserts most can afford a paper and urges readers to choose information over excess alcohol.

Various 1830s items from Philadelphia and beyond

The Gatherer reports a wide array of brief notes including real estate figures for Philadelphia totaling 64 million in 1835 and rising to over 75 million in the current assessment, a drowning of Edwant Haymen in Alexandria, dock hazards in Philadelphia, a small alligator sighting in Brooklyn, social quips about ale and salmon exports, Savannah population data, and multiple notices on ships, politics, and local events across the United States and Canada.

Philadelphia City Alexandria D. C Edwant Haymen Brooklyn N. Y

Democratic candidate warns banks wielding political power in Ohio

In Ravenna Portage County on July 7 the Democratic gubernatorial candidate delivered a speech denouncing banking power as a political engine. He warned that banks and corporations finance politics, threaten liberties, and urged voters to oppose the moneyed influence shaping state and national governance.

Ravenna Portage County Leorano Bymneron Ohio Democracy of Greece Philip Rome Carthage Venice United States Bank Jackson Congress Emt

Opposition to a national bank and central power in banking

The speaker denounces a fifty million dollar national bank as a federal overreach that would override state banks, control the treasury, and threaten republican institutions. He argues the Constitution forbids such implied powers and warns that Webster and Clay offer shifting justifications while Biddle’s influence would coerce local banks.

Congress Clay Pennsylvania Federal Party Biddle Congress of the United States Ien Webster

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