22 Jan 1839
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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1839
Page
1
A 1835 essay argues that educating the intellect improves virtue, detailing how educated individuals show higher moral standards while ignorance breeds depravity. It critiques schooling laws and exam practices, noting poor teacher qualifications, and warns about political demagoguery and public corruption arising from uneducated leadership.
A letter to editors argues that education should be core to government, criticizing fluctuating school laws and urging a system where knowledge dissemination is a legislative priority. It quotes Burke and Jefferson, praising merit over hereditary privilege and highlighting the citizen’s eligibility based on virtue and intellect.
A reader laments dog killings by city ordinance after a beloved dog named Loafer is targeted. He cites the Pickwick parody to urge mercy, recalling the dog’s loyalty and the bond with his family while condemning the mayoral decree and threats to the animal’s life. The poem pleads to spare the dog and defend honesty and friendship.
A correspondent urges moral reform and warns against scribbling anonymous letters. The piece argues such acts reveal depravity and a lack of decency, noting the call for exposing offenders if identified and condemning the practice across society.
A reflective piece on how memories of childhood and youth restore vitality in later years. It dwells on recalled scenes, household voices, nature sounds, and loved companions, and ends with a nostalgic salutation to the state or place called Old Dominion.
A lyrical meditation on women's pure devoted love. The piece extols the female heart as the most priceless and unwavering source of affection, surpassing wealth and power. It celebrates tenderness, loyalty, and the burning glow of sincere attachment across relationships and trials.
A dramatic verse condemns slander and its harm to social bonds and reputation. The speaker denounces the heartless sower of infamy who tarnishes others for purity’s sake, urging that only a fiend would delight in crushing a neighbor’s fame. The passage laments those who taint trusted interests and ends with a sobering image of divine retribution.
Mr Swartwood traveled to Liverpool where the Royal William set sail. The brief item notes his presence in the port during the voyage.
A collage of brief items reports from Wisconsin lead ore output, Cincinnati land purchase, Missouri gambling expansion, near-drowning of Governor Cannon, treasury hard-works funding, Seward on small notes, real estate banks in Albany, incendiary fires in Macon, New York Sun quips, Mexican-Texian relations, Portsmouth hose mill output, Louisville ship cargo, wild Indiana children, Vermont courtship, anti-Yankee sentiments, iron plowshare lore, and random odds and ends.
REPARED by the subscriber, and sold wholesale and retail at the Drug Warehouse of B A Fahne stock & Co, Pittsburgh, Pa. This preparation has stood years of trial and is confidently recommended as a safe and effectual medicine for expelling worms from the system. Certificates of hundreds of respectable persons in different parts of the country attest to its salutary effects. mild in operation and safe for delicate infants.
A compilation of letters from 1836 to 1837 praising B A Fahnestock and Co. Vermifuge for expelling worms in children and adults across Ohio Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Testimonies by Wetmore Roberts Hennis Wasson Scott Duvall and others highlight efficacy with hundreds of worms expelled. The notices warn of counterfeit imitations and urge consumers to demand genuine Vermifuge with the proprietor's signature and specific packaging.
Sears presents American Hygiene Vegetable Renovating Pills as a remedy for bilious and liver complaints from stomach and bowels disorders. B A Fahnestock and Co are named sole agents for the Western country for sales and agency arrangements.
An 1826 Pittsburgh advertisement promotes Anti-bilious Pills prepared by BA Fahnestock & Co. Drugiste. The note claims usefulness for intermittent fevers, indigestion, bilious conditions, dropsy, dysentery, worms, asthma, and more. A testimonial author from Chambersburg reports relief after years of illness and endorses the product over other purgatives.
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