Harmony in the Democratic ranks and party unity
The text extols renewed harmony within the Democratic Party, praising Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Buchanan for selfless patriotism and abandoning rival ambitions. It notes improved unity, fidelity to conventions, and mutual confidence, with a nod to the party’s old Keystone State pride and a new professional partnership announcement in Kilgore's Building covering several Ohio and nearby counties.
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Calhoun
Buchanan
Cry
Meridian City Medical Partnership Notice
A sold partnership in medicine announces prompt attention to all professional business. Office at their drug store on Market Street. Thomas Johnson M D and T Hening M D, Steubenville partners. Dated 14, 843-14.
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Kilgore
Market
Jefferson
Harrison
Carroll
Belmont
Monroe
Ohto
Brooke
Ohio
Winaiara
J. M. Mason
Moodly
Acard
Market St
Minerva and Manrva Make Nessa in Steubenville Notice
Meek Pickersgill informs Steubenville residents that she has started the Minurver and Manrva-MakiNna service and now resides on Adaing street between Second and Third. She notes being a stranger in Steubenville and asks ladies to patronize. The national debt of England is quoted at £770,000,000.
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M A. Pickersgill
Steubenville
Adaing Street
Aftentie
England
A Chance For The Ladies In Leap Year Proposals
The piece urges women to seize a Leap Year opportunity by submitting sealed proposals to the junior editor, promising a contract to the best bidder while lamenting the lack of responses after six days. It frames proposals as a longstanding custom and appeals to female readers to participate.
The Temperance Cause Meeting at Methodist Protestant Church
A large temperance gathering filled the Methodist Protestant Church despite bad weather. M M Lauglin chaired with Geo W McCook as secretary as credentials of Benjamin Trvis of the Pittsburgh Washingtonian Society were read. The secretary then recounted the experience of a drunkard’s wife.
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Methodist Protestant
M. M. Laugln
Geo. W. M'Cook
Benjamin Trvvis
Pittsburgh Washingtonian Society
Community urges end to cruel removal of friends and relatives
The piece lauds Mr Tivere and pledges, with around 900 signatures, to organize a Christian society to halt a practice seen as criminal and injurious to individuals and society. It calls for commitment from young men to join, dedicate themselves, and support the cause for success.
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Tivere
Arrival Extraordinary The Whig banner staff arrives in Baltimore
The Baltimore Patriot notes the West arrival of the Whig prize banner staff, in a rain soaked welcome by over a thousand Whigs. The decorated car bore Henry Cray 1844 and the two “same old coons” were greeted with enthusiasm by the crowd and staff. The piece mocks the display, laments the mummers and urges voters to seek principled politics over symbols and farce.
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Baltimore
West
Old
Allegheny
Henry Cray
Patriot Office
Gen Jackson's Fine to be Removed by Congress
Mr Slidell of Louisiana presented resolutions from the Louisiana legislature urging Senators and Representatives to help pass a law to restore General Jackson's fine of one thousand dollars with six percent interest imposed by Judge Hall. If not passed the legislature would direct payment of the fine and interest. The fine was for enforcing martial law deemed necessary for New Orleans defense. The piece urges Congress to remove a stain on Jackson's character to counter jealous resentment of a corrupt judge.
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Slidell
Louisiana
Congress
House of Representatives
Jackson
Hall
New Orleans
Senate
Ohio
House
Perkins
Messrs Disney
Lahm
Parker
Hazeltine
Reform stagnates as Whig economists questioned in Ohio Statesman
The Ohio Statesman notes reform has reached a dead stand and asks where the House Whig economists are. It reports Pennsylvania democracy naming several potential governors candidates including Dr Daniel Sturgeon Francis R Shunk and Henry A Muhlenburg all described as good men and true.
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The
Ohio Statesman
Pennsylvania
Daniel Sturgeon
Francis R. Shunk
Henry A. Muhlenburg
Nomination Fight Shapes Up For State Rally
Stokely of Col Collier bids for the nomination. If Ketlovenor Corwin misses, postponing the nominating convention to May is favored. The Judge is not in a harmonising mood as Democrats in Congress plan to mark the January 6 anniversary. A letter from Mr. Buchanan withdrawing his candidacy is presented for the National Convention.
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Orton Af
Chen
Stokely
Col Collier
Ketlovenor Corwin
Buchanan
Pennsylvania Candidate Withdraws From Presidential Race
In 1843 Pennsylvania Democratic supporter Freee the Cire Me remem UATIVV urges the party to withdraw a candidate from the presidential ballot to reduce discord. The letter argues the party’s principles outweigh any single candidacy and pledges support for the eventual nominee. The article also reports Ohio Senate actions on a retrenchment bill reducing judge salaries and a contested resolution to elect judges before the bill’s passage, amid factional dispute and calls for reform.
Mental precocity as a morbi condition described
A fragment from a medical or educational discourse notes that literary gluttons and children whose brains and nervous systems are overstimulated by mental exercise may develop interference with physical development. The text hints at a broader concern with how excessive mental activity affects health.
Great Whig bank relief measure recharters two Ohio banks
The city in the House of delegates considers reviving the old banking system by rechartering the Commercial Bank of Cincinnati and the Bank of Geauga under their old charters. No new banks are created and safeguards are few, with circulations limited to 1.25 times capital and loans to individuals capped at eight thousand dollars. Critics call this a rotten old system, relief to the people a cold gesture from the Whigs.
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House of Ely Deel
Great Whig
Commercial Bank of Cincinnati
Bank of Geauga
Ohio
Great
Suppressing Intelligence in State Legislature
The Cleveland Herald notes no legislative documents published this session while the Auditor’s inquiry goes unaddressed. The Statesman reports letters from across the state asking for public documents the Legislature withholds, accusing some members of keeping the people ignorant.
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Cleveland Herald
Cleveland
Coen
Deepening Soil Yields Giant Red Beet Records
The Liverpool Times notes two enormous red beet roots grown by Robert Neilson on Harewood farm, each over 20 pounds. The report says deepening soil produced unusually large roots and could double yields of potatoes or turnips on the same land, illustrating broader benefits of deeper cultivation.
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The
Liverpool Times
Exchange News Room
Robert Neilson
Harewood
Horrible Mormon Murder at Keeve Chesire
A grisly incident occurred on November 23 at Keeve Chesire amid a large Mormon population. The local priestly figure is a blacksmith named Cartwright, with further details not provided in the fragment.
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Keeve
Chesire
Cartwright
Tragic drowning after dark river rites ends in manslaughter verdict
A Sunday night tragedy unfolds as a woman, urged by fanatics during a ritual, is drowned in a swollen river while a priest loses his grip. Her husband and the priest are arrested after a coroner's verdict of manslaughter, a grim contrast to romance and fiction.
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Thoreday
The Daughter at Her Mother's Grave
A 1844 Steubenville poem recounts a daughter kneeling by her mother’s grave asking for guidance and blessing. The speaker recalls visions of heaven and mournful prayers, urging calm repentance and spiritual renewal as the scene blends grief with religious resolve.
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Ohio
Aboard the brig the shadows of sea and doom unfold
The crew endure a blazing sea and listless labor under an awning as a shark feasts on a monkey and a grim boat sighting yields a dying father and a dead child, the rescue turning to tragedy when a seaman wastes away from thirst and grief aboard the vessel.
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Chocko
Jackoo
Guillinaso
Inoculation against rattlesnake venom rumor spreads
A Milwau kie Sentinel excerpt relays a sensational tale from The Albany Advertiser about self inoculation with rattlesnake venom. Reported anecdotes claim immunity to bites and ability to handle venomous snakes, with merchants and travelers cited as witnesses and a servant who can suck poison from wounds.
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Milwaukie Sentinel
Albany Advertiser
Meano
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Ohio Senate Adopts Delayed Election Plan 1843
The Ohio Senate met December 80 1843 and adjourned to Tuesday January 2 1844. A resolution proposed to elect on Saturday for state offices and two Montgomery County associate judges. Disney argued salaries could not be cut mid term. after debate the motion to table passed 17 to 16.
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Senate
Perkins
Third Judicial Circuit
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
Barneet
Montgomery
Disney
House
Messrs. Watters
van Vohres
Parker
Yeas
Detroit father halts paper over cost and tobacco habit
The father of an interesting Detroit area family stopped the only newspaper he allowed his family to read, citing expense. He reportedly chews 14 dollars and 60 cents worth of tobacco annually.
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Detroit
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