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Newspaper

American Union

Location

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1844

Page

3

Truth and Fiction Clash in Union Addressed by Republicans

A Union era piece condemns the opposition’s use of fiction against truth, citing the last Presidential campaign’s rhetoric and alleged inconsistencies in Whig governance. It lauds orderly public meetings, praises Democratic female participation, and notes William Allen of Ohio urging unity and oath to Baltimore Convention nominees ahead of May 27.

AM. Union William Allen Ohio Allen Washington Feds Baltimore

Grand Temperance Mass Convention and Procession

A Tuesday event drew a large crowd as temperance societies from the county and nearby areas formed a procession at 10 1/2 o clock. They gathered at the Grove where Rev. A Campbell and others addressed the multitude. A full report is promised in next week’s issue.

A. Campbell Steubenville Ohio Keils’ Long Room George W. McCook John Kell, Jr Matthew Weaver Wm. L

Political shifts and troop movements amid Texas crisis

The text notes an injunction of secrecy lifting as Jack Tyler orders U S troops toward the Sabine to operate in Texas. It records Democratic gains in several towns with May 18 results and a special congressional election in which Pollock (fed.) trails by 18, while Democrats gain 38. It also mentions Hoorman town candidate for mayor in Uniontown Pa and Sunbury Pa electing a Democratic Burgess.

Jack Ty ¥Ler U.S Sabine Texas Canon HoormAntown Didate John H. Deford Unio Sunbury Congress Pollock Fed Steubenville Jefferson County Ohio Court of Common Pleas Fulton and Schryter Ilinois Rushville Schuyler County Lewistown Fulton County Astoria Vermont Sugar Creek John Irvine John C.phipps Smithfield Jeff. Co. O Holmes Millersburgh Smithfield Jackson Nashville Union van Buren

Grain and Provisions Market Prices Listed

Wholesale prices of grains provisions and commodities corrected by D McGowan and Co Third Street May 22. Molasses sugar coffee eggs pork beef flour butter cheese butter cheese. lists onions corn potatoes cabbage radishes cloverseed timothy flaxseed wheat turnips lard hams veal and more with per unit prices and ranges across multiple items. Includes chickens per piece and various per bushel or per pound quotes.

D. McGowan & Co Baltimore City Howard Street

Almanac style sun rising and setting data per Monday

A fragment shows an almanac style table with sun rise and set times for Mondays. The garbled digits suggest a calendar snippet listing times across days, with no clear events, places, or names readable.

Agricultural production estimates for 1843 and state shares

The Philadelphia Ledger presents a detailed tabular estimate of 1843 crops from the Commissioner of Patents. Widespread outputs are listed for wheat, oats, corn, potatoes, hay, tobacco, cotton, rice, silk, sugar, and wine with state breakdowns for Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Maine, Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia, Connecticut, and Louisiana. Comparisons show grain production per person in the United States exceeding European nations, plus notes on coin arrivals in New Orleans and New York market reports with varying prices for flour, pork, beef, and other staples across several cities.

The Philadelphia Ledger Commissioner of Patents Washington Pennsylvania Ohio New York Maine Tennessee Missouri Kentucky Georgia Connecticut Louisiana Great Britain Denmark Prussia Austria France Spain United States Europe

Fragmentary coin listings in old Spanish and English currency

A damaged OCR snippet lists foreign and British coins including Spanish quarter dollars and pillar dollars, various shillings and pence subdivisions, French crowns and thalers, with scattered values and decimal like notes. The text reads as a catalog of coins rather than a narrative article.

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