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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1843
Page
1
Notice of an election for one Captain one Lieut and one Ensign on Wednesday October 4 at the armory. By order Gen.8. STOKELY. JOHN KELL Lieut. Commanding September 23 1843.
A large assortment of every description offered at better bargains than anywhere else in the west. Notice dated August 26 1842 by J S Thomas.
Mathias Cummmins announces a new wholesale and retail establishment on Market street Steubenville offering looking glasses, pilates, silvered objects, cigars, snuff boxes, violin strings, brass clocks, and other fancy goods. He advertises low Western prices for merchants cabinet makers and households with ready access from Philadelphia and old frames adaptable looking glass plates. Sept 9th 1843.
A 1841 Essex Connecticut notice promotes Whittemore's Concentrated Vegetable Syrup for diarrhea bowel complaints and cholera infantum. Signed testimonials from local residents and medical figures urge trial, asserting proven success and intrinsic worth. A L Frazen appears as agent.
A verse fragment portrays a narrator encountering a weeping maid by an old oak while harvesting. She confesses sorrow after her mother cuts her new bustle, prompting the kind stranger to ask the cause and the maiden to reveal her distress.
Two friends preparing to bathe near the water's edge were startled when a nearby plank tipped one into the water. He emerged soaked and joked about honorary membership with the Clay club. His companion dismissed the outburst and recalled past theatre trips.
A witness testifies in a police court about a man known as a frequent alibi helper. The Recorder questions the reliability of this witness who boasts of knowing the prisoner “like a book.” The scene includes a joke about gender balance and ends with Zeb fainting from overwhelming emotions.
The article recounts Black Hawk’s grave and its theft by an antagonist in Quincy, notes family desire for Burlington burial, and quotes a Hawkeye writer describing the Indian burial pen, red face paint, and symbols of the Great Spirit for the chief’s afterlife in a hunting ground free from whites. It portrays the grave’s location and a vivid period description of the ceremonial burial.
Fragmentary report notes a factory near an unspecified winter act passage erupted in a blast. No injuries confirmed, officials investigating whether reform law sparked the incident as investigators seek details.
In Ohio the working class is not cheated and their hard earnings are protected. The speaker cites prior law failures, currency instability, and bank presence, claiming the Bank Law is good and should be sustained. They argue fewer banks benefit the people and accuse whig attacks of lowering prices and money issues as falsehoods. The key question at the polls is choice between whig swindling banks or sound specie paying banks.
Ohio banks data show 13 banks with total loans of 3,206,?84,471.85 to various borrowers. per capita lending remains low while state taxes finance bank notes. A canal-press note describes a Kanawha salt well producing salt at two cents per bushel via gas-assisted evaporation. The Cincinnati Chronicle criticizes Whig excess, praising practical, frugal legislators over eloquence, highlighting Braman R. Ecury and Grace V. Hamrees as Senate candidates.
General Washington expresses strong opposition to paper currency Emphasizing lack of specie and the risk of depreciation and speculation He argues against legal tender status and warns of dangerous divisions in the legislature and public life amid calls for paper money.
The Ohio Patriot urges Carroll and Jefferson voters to unite for a Democratic ticket to defend democratic measures against Federalists. It warns that division could yield the election of Federalists to the Ohio Legislature and Congress, risking the defeat of the Democratic platform and key offices.
The piece cites U S Treasury figures to argue banks extract vast interest from loans and currency. It lists five years of banking institutions, loans, and circulation totals, highlighting rising debt and calling bank paper fraud. It urges redirecting industry and labor toward gold and silver rather than bank notes.
The Ohio Statesman argues against high tariff theory, asserting facts show trade with Great Britain rose during 1837 to 1841. Official Treasury statements indicate exports exceeded imports by about 57.8 million dollars, with 42 million in 1840–41, challenging claims that tariffs harmed the balance in favor of Britain.
A partisan pamphlet argues that the tariff harmed trade with Britain during high tariff years, cites export figures to British dominions, and urges voters to back Leonard Hanna. It attacks Hanna as a demagogue, warns farmers and workers, and calls for organized, united political action across districts.
From the Ohio Patriot a rallying call urges Democrats in the 17th Congressional District to organize and canvass, accusing Leonard Hanna of falsehoods and past misdeeds while urging voters to back Democrat William C. McCausten. The message portrays a clash between Democracy and Federalism and urges vigilance, meetings, and house-to-house campaigning.
From the Ohio Statesman the piece argues for wide foreign markets to reward industry. It asserts increased exports raise farmer and mechanic wealth and nation prosperity, criticizing policy that hinders sales and urging measures to boost Ohio production for national benefit.
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