Steenrod Nominated for Congress in Ohio District
On the fourth Thursday in April next, voters in the Old Dominion will elect Congressmen and legislators. The Ohio Marshall Brooke Tyler Monongalia and Preston district endorses Lewis Steenrod Esq for Congress. A five member committee was named at Elizabethtown to craft an address to Democratic citizens, aiming to spread the nomination amid growing subscription gains in neighboring Virginia.
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Old Dominion
Ohio
Marshall, Brooke
Tyler
Monongalia
Preston
Lewis Steenrod
Congress
Elizabethtown
Wellsburgh
Virginia
Address of Verow Citizens to the People
A long public address denounces banks as funds of a monied oligarchy and portrays them as hostile to the people. It alleges banks hoard currency, force laws, and restrain government while starved of public credit, urging vigilance and political action.
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Verow
Temple of Liberty
Marble Palace
Union
Nicholas Biddle
J. Q. Adams
Atriotiem
Strand Powers of
Beaks
Lederslem
Tiemery
Beleet
Democratic Opposition to a National Bank in Virginia
In a staunch defense of Jeffersonian principles, the speakers condemn the Federalists and their bank agenda. They portray the opponents as wielding wealth, press power, and a centralized bank to control government, urging unity behind Lewis Steenrod and a northern Virginia republican ticket. The letter appeals to mountain counties and emphasizes rotation in office and sectional balance within the district.
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Liberty
Virginia
Hamilton
New England
West
France
National Bank
Congress
Senate
House
Capitol
Clay
Harrison
Webster
Arthur Tappan
Credit System
Didale
Lewis Steenrod
Ohio County
A Couple of Stray Leaves of a Married Pair
A fragmentary dialogue shows a newly married couple planning a party. Harriet and William discuss dresses and happiness, with affectionate vows and poetic interludes. The text includes garbled OCR lines, but centers on love, devotion, and hopeful plans for a future together.
Divorce Dream In Stranger Domestic Scene
A reading from a domestic quarrel shows Mr Snooks and wife trading sharp lines over discipline and fault. The husband laments the wife and contemplates divorce while longing for bachelor freedom as the narrator shifts between harsh exchanges and a calm dismissal.
Letter to the Union Editors from FSSLY FOR THE
A fragmentary 1839 letter to the editors from Mr. Pleasant, C. dated January 16, 1839, requests publication of lines and signs off as a friend. The readable portion shows a request to include verses in the Union newspaper.
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Mr. Pleasant, C
Our Country's Call Anthem Untitled Poem
A patriotic verse urges citizens to swear to defend the Father land and raise the starry banner. It extols honor for the native land, calls on the Father spirit and Heaven to witness the oath, and emphasizes truth, faith, and steadfast duty. The refrain highlights national pride and unwavering dedication.
Song of the American Gire
A patriotic poem praising native land and freedom. The verses honor courage at sea and battle, admiration for liberty, and defiance of tyranny. It blends references to France Italy Scotland and Ireland with a focus on American glory and protective wreaths for those who defend honor.
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France
Italy
Scotland
England
Shannon
Customary Southern trade tale on old enslaved persons
The New Orleans Penyune reports a shocking custom among Southern residents who would sell enslaved people with missing teeth by placing kernels of white Virginia corn in their jaws set in red putty. The gimmick is described as lasting until they begin to erupt, highlighting brutal, dehumanizing market practices and racial prejudice.
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New Orleans
South
Virginia
New York
Seward
Board of Agriculture
Oswego
Glasgow
Memphis
State Treasury
Washington
Tioga
Maria
London
China
Ohio Canal
Miami Canal
Thanksgiving by Mistake Event Sparks Statewide Proclamation
A Klinoie resident misfired a public proclamation praising a feast, inviting the entire state to a Thanksgiving dinner. Officials noted the error and observed the mishap as a humorous administrative misstep affecting public expectations.
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Klinoie
Conn Cage Cane We Ae Fenieeen Dine Inant Outaaia
The fragmentary text appears garbled with repeated syllables and lacks identifiable names, places, dates, or events to form a coherent news item. No clear subject or outcome can be determined from the unreadable OCR.
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Conn Cage
Cane
Ancient dusry of Stratford vicar found in London Library
The London Spectator reports a rare dusry of a former Stratford-upon-Avon vicar uncovered in the London Medical Society Library. The find is said to shed light on Shakespeare’s domestic life and habits.
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The
London Spectator
Stratford-upon-Avon
London Medical Society
Shakspeare
Marcy
New York
Turner
Vermifuge advertised by B A Fahnestock and Co
Prepared by the subscriber and sold at the Drug Warehouse in Pittsburgh a vermifuge praised for expelling worms. Letters from practitioners and dealers across Ohio and Kentucky attest its efficacy, noting successful cases from one to hundreds of worms, and warning against spurious imitations.
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B A Fahnestock & Co
Pittsburgh
Cuyahoga Falls C
Fahnestock
Richard Irv
William Wetmore
Ashtabula O
Fahnestock & Co
Lucas
R. Roberts & Co
Alexander Hennis
Claysville
BA Fahnestock
Sar
Messrs
Joseph Wasson & Co
Leesburg
Samuel P Fenton
Conneaut
Fahestock & Co
B A
Fuahnestock
Isaiah Scott
Fifth Ward
City of
Rebecca Duvall
Scars American Hygiene Vegetable Renovating Pills
An effective remedy for bilious and liver complaints and illnesses from a disordered stomach and bowels. The subscribers are appointed sole agents for sale and distribution in the Weavers country. applications should be made to B. A. Fahnestock & Co for agencies and wholesale purchases.
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B. A. Fahnestock & Co
Patented Pills Advertised by Fahnestock Co. in 1896
Prepared by BA Fahnestocks and sold by BA Fahnestock & Co. in Drugiote Hitteburgh. The ad lists pills useful for fever types, jaundice, bilious complaints, dysentery, worms, vomiting, convulsions, epileptic fits, coughs, and related symptoms. A customer letter from Chambersburg May 17, 1896 praises their efficacy and endorses these purgatives.
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BA Fahnestocks
BA Fahnestock & Co
Drugiote
Hitteburgh
Chembersburg
Local retailer advertises winter goods and renewals
A fragmented advertisement promotes a large stock of new goods and renewals from a Pall. & WINTER GOODS supplier. It mentions fresh stock and a call to attend or place orders, though specific items and terms are garbled.
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Steenrop
Eps
Unston
John Buchanan
Thomas Stewart
John Scott
James Ewing
Alexander Newman
Wwe
Harriet
William
William Dear
Meeks
Thomas
Mr. Snooks
Mrs. Snooks
Gire
the Gatherer
Mobile
Kutusoff
Newport
R. I
Jersey
New York City
Yeu
Missouri
William Leggett
N. York Evening Post
Kentucky
Thomas Paddock
Newbury
James
Crary
Michigan
Wells
Natchitoches
Red River
Louisiana
Baltimore
T Tamoe
Toronto
Upper Canada
Eagle Bank
Boston
Alexander King
Chatham Street
Court of Sessions
Maneen
Smithfield
Pheladelphee
B. A. Fahnestock
Fahdestock
Piieabere
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