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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1843
Page
3
Honorable Benjamin Tappan states he left the locality on Tuesday last en route to Washington City, passing through Wheeling. He aims to attend official business in the capital.
A description of the forthcoming Maga zine entitled The Budget notes that the first number will feature prose and poetical miscellany. It invites support and indicates the initial issue will publish Tuesday, available at A. L. Fraer Book Store.
The Chillicothe Advertiser notes growing interest in postage reform as people argue for reduced rates. The piece urges citizens to petition Congress to bring postage down to fair rates accessible to every person.
The trustees of the F and M Bank announce a five percent capital stock dividend. News items report a revived measles patient near burial, rising corn prices in Texas, and various large incidents abroad, including a deadly brigita sinking, a riverbank washout on the Mississippi, ice clogging New York canals, and a fire at a Georgia penitentiary. Additional notes mention resignations and appointments in the U S government, building counts in Boston, and worker shortages in Memphis.
The Ohio Patriot reports Clair Liverpool and Yellow townships in Colombiana County formed a vigilance committee warning horse thieves to stay away. The piece also covers Tennessee Whigs fears over statewide election results, Tennessee’s James Polk favored for vice president, and a wide range of 1843 to 1844 political notes from Georgia to Ohio.
The document previews Columbiana county Democratic proceedings, urging an early vigorous start to the 1844 campaign. It emphasizes unity, responsibility, and broad mobilization with a call to align with the national party successes and prepare for a crucial election.
From a group including Lord Liverpool Lord King the Duke of Wellington and the Chancellor of the Exchequer debate moves to replace specie payments with a stable metallic currency. Mr Haskission cites France as a model where a steady currency withstood invasions and economic shocks, preserving the populace despite upheaval.
Fragmented OCR text outlines early attempts to regulate barter prices in Virginia Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. It cites Gov Argall ordering 25 percent price increases and tobacco payments at three shillings per pound with servitude penalties, then Massachusetts restricting artificer wages and merchant markups, and a 1700 Pennsylvania assembly seeking legal tender for produce.
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