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Newspaper

American Union

Location

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1843

Page

4

Paria and the tariff debate in Ohio statesman tone

The Ohio Statesman argues that broad foreign markets reward labor and wealth, urging free trade over protection. It traces U.S. tariff history from 1790 through 1842, contrasting revenue tariffs with protective duties and showing exports rose as tariffs fell, concluding that moderate duties for revenue best reward American industry.

The Ohio Statesman Paria United States Olumbus Ohio Columbus Great Britain Treasury Department Secretary of the Treasury

1836 Banking Crisis and Its Ripple Effects

The piece argues that Ohio banks in 1836 issued far more notes than redeemable, creating a currency depreciation and collapsing land values. It cites farms and town lots doubling then dropping, with a sheriff sale boom observed by the Circleville Herald as evidence of a plunderous Whig banking system, per Chillicothe Advertiser.

Ohio Circleville Herald

War era notes on sugar growers and phosphates

Fragmented OCR text mentions 1940 wartime notes, sugar growers, phosphates, and references to individuals and places. Content is garbled with numbers and broken terms, but indicates a historical agricultural or industrial context connected to wartime production.

Effects of Banking on the Community from Mt. Vernon Banner

A detailed critique citing Bank Commissioners reports 1839 40 and 1841 2 shows banking failures cost the public millions. It lists banks that failed, their examined circulations, losses to the community, and depreciation in 1842. The piece argues banking costs far exceed state government expenditures in recent years.

Bank Commissioners German Bank of Wooster Bank of Gallipolis Farmer's Bank of Canton Bank of Steubenville Banka Picwre No House Committee On Banks Hatch House Journal Match House of Representatives Pank Cleveland Lancaster Bank Lake Erie Bank of Chillicothe Franklin B Columbus Urbana B’k Company Bank of Hamilton

Banks Expose Charters Expiring in 1842 Tables Debt and Stock

A compiled table lists banks whose charters expired in 1842 with figures on notes in circulation, officer and director indebtedness, and capital stock owned by insiders. The data show circulation far below the officers' self lending and emphasize insiders benefiting from the banks' affairs.

Franklin B’k Cincinnati Dayton Bank Commercial B'k of Scioto Bank of Mt. Pleasant Columbiana B’k of N. Lisbon Western Reserve Bank Franklin Bank of Columbus Commercial Bank of Cincinnati Bank of Geauga

Up and Doing in a Brave Rowing Scene

A garbled report describes a community effort where a group of activists or correspondents coordinate actions. The text hints at a show of guard presence and a bonded plan, but details are unclear, with several words distorted or missing.

Sheriff’s sale notices from Steubenville in 1843

Two public auction notices issued by Isaac McDonald Sheriff and Special Master Commissioner in Chancery list land and property for sale in Steubenville Jefferson County. One offers forty acres southeast quarter of section six township eleven range three dated Sep 23 1843. The other offers east half of Lot 1 Ross 2d addition dated Sep 23 1843. Both specify sale by public outcry between 10 am and 4 pm on Monday October 23.

Samuel Oswalt Alexander Graden Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson Co Steubenville Isaac McDonald William Miller William Farris Tome Ross 2d Isaac M’donald Reuben B. Carlley Tealls Warren Jefferson County Ohio Market Street Henry Swearengen Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson Co Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank of William Lyons Court of Common Pleas Court House House Short Creek Isaac M'Donald Thomas Wilcoxen Jeferson County Stewheoville

Land Sale in Jefferson County 1843 Notice

William Lyons directs sale by public outcry on Monday October 23 before Steubenville courthouse. Describes 50 acres 3 roods 8 perches in section 29 township 4 range 2, with exact metes and bounds along Short Creek and section line. Sheriff Isaac McDonald, Special Master Commissioner in Chancery, Sep 23 1843.

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