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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1838
Page
1
Published Wednesdays on Market street near the F. M. Bank. The paper costs two dollars per year payable half yearly in advance or three dollars at year end. No discontinuation until arrears are paid. Ads run at usual rates. Editors’ letters must be postpaid to receive attention.
A Saxon duke Adalbero leads a futile assault against Danes, vows to sacrifice wife and child for victory, prays to gods as thunder roars. The battle turns when lightning melts his sword and saves his family. Later Boniface spreads faith as the storm abates.
Mrs Sigourney condemns corset use urging daughters to stand upright without whalebone devices. She argues tight lacing distorts the human form and causes diseases, noting ancient Venus as a model of natural figure and calling for the practice to fall out of favor.
In Carrolton Michigan a well sinking unearthed a fine vein of sulphurous water noted as highly serviceable for chronic dyspepsia and liver diseases.
A passionate exhortation lauds labor as Heaven's ordinance and the true measure of manhood. It argues that exertion elevates character over idle ease, condemns feudal and idler mentalities, and urges rebuilding a civilization where toil, in mind or hand, is revered as noble.
The Natchez Free Trader notes Texas Methodists now number twenty societies and three hundred twenty preachers including Rev. R Alexander who traveled seventy two hundred miles on horseback this year. It extols itinerant ministers as unsophisticated, selfless pioneers who toil through hardship to spread the word of life.
A small alarm reported in Charles ton South Carolina caused brief concern as emergency crews investigated a yellow fence incident. No injuries or further details provided.
A Phelps New York man, Mr John Hildreth of Ontario county, was shot by an accidental discharge while his son cleaned a gun. The incident occurred last week and the details point to an unintended discharge rather than deliberate harm. The report notes other regional items and public notices in the same column.
A fragmentary extract attacks McDuffie from South Carolina as an opponent of public funds and bank operations. It alleges opposition to Treasury notes and accuses the New England Federal reserve of trying to wreck credit while claiming support for government borrowing.
The Houston Telegraph reports Mr. Barker a member of Mr. Corri s theatrical company died by his own action in Houston on Tuesday night after ingesting laudanum in his wife s presence He declared I drink this to thee and soon fell into a lethargic sleep despite medical efforts to revive him
A satirical vignette features a stern American judge with a cigar and hat, railing at culprits. He condemns those seated in the porch of darkness as disgracing the nation and threatens trial by law, while Sam Slick’s voice frames the scene with biting irony.
A meeting of friends of the present administration opposed to the Sub-Treasury bill adjourned with a five member committee drafting resolutions. They pledge to oppose the bill, support Kilgore, back bank reform, and urge Bloomfield Convention to nominate a candidate against the Sub-Treasury. The group calls for public publication of the proceedings.
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