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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1838
Page
1
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In Berne a wedding tale unfolds as three Italian sisters and a young English lover spark a tragic romance. Adelaide dominates, Eugenia loves secretly, and a scheme of seduction ends in flight and a double tragedy that ends with suicide and exile, provoking a public confrontation over justice and fate.
A young woman in a moonlit May night listens to a charming serenade from a mysterious guitarist. The music sparks a rapid courtship as she imagines a noble foreign count, meets him at the window, and shares a secret kiss then longs for whispered dialogue through the guitar.
A torrent pours from a garret window as a devoted troubadour head is drenched and a shrill voice warns Ben the black varmint. A romantic lady retreats in chagrin after discovering herself rival to her house maid in a comic melodrama of neighborhood life.
The Baltimore Sun snippet notes Michigan banks to resume specie payments June 16. It reports major mailings, New York Canal Fund loan of 500000, a lightning strike destroying a Cincinnati barn, and civil war effects in South America. It mentions a Maine divorce claim for a drunkard, a 9000 fran cs robbery in New York, and other assorted items from Boston, Hartford, and Indiana.
A classic agriculture column urges farmers to abandon old crop rotations and expand root crops like potatoes rutabagas mangel wurtzel and carrots. It cites Bullocks Bement Miller and others as examples of high yields per acre and argues that roots boost land productivity, stock feeding, and farm profits.
In Illinois runaway marriages face legal hurdles as minors need parental consent. A 17 year old heiress fled with a bridesmaid and a nearly 30 lover, rode ice floes to the Missouri side, and backed out when the groom showed cowardice and pursuit. The couple then separated, leaving debts behind.
William Penn faced enormous losses on the Pennsylvania grant. Carey notes the debt of £29 000 funded by the grant, £52 379 spent on transport and settlement, and receipts of £19 450, leaving a £62 113 overall loss. He mortgaged the entire hold in 1708 for £6 000 after turmoil. Government offers to buy out for twelve thousand pounds failed due to apoplexy, and Penn left his Irish estates to a favored child, with American holdings proving unprofitable.
A Great Western vessel blocked a Yankee schooner and a toll gate was set up demanding sixpence. A neighbor responded by launching a second passage with a three penny toll. Despite the competition the venture yielded good profits according to the New York Journal of Commerce.
Mr Bonney hails the United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual Delivery Company as the finest idea yet with 5,000,000 capital in 600,000 shares of ten each. The others predict shares will rise to a premium within ten days and discuss how to profit while quietly exiting at the right time.
The Farmer and Gardener editor witnessed three Durham cattle owned by Baltimore’s Mr Beltzhoever. A 4 year old cow weighed 1600 lbs, a 1 year old heifer 900 lbs, and a 3 month calf 450 lbs. The calf fetched no sale. The editor and Yankee Farmer praise the breed as a valuable cross for improving native cattle, despite some Northern doubts about climate and feed.
A Mr. Dawson of Nagura is reportedly arrested at Lewiston New York on a beer paring charge tied to an attack on the Carotne party. Different accounts place him moving toward Lockport or Batavia as details vary.
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