Items Are Essential In A World Of Papers
A fragment from a 19th century page muses on items as essential parts of life. It notes that society, newspapers, and even people are represented as items and that large topics like finance and law are treated as daily items shaping public life. The excerpt mentions politics in Ohio and references to monetary figures and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Waocia
Ves
J.C. Lee
Senate
Time's Value and the Power of Daily Labor
A reflective piece argues few value time and most labor wasted. It contrasts routine, organized effort with unplanned toil, asserting structured labor yields greater outcomes. It mentions a hypothetical dog and mills to illustrate misused effort and potential mastery of destiny.
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Epher
County Pushes Turnpikes Amid High Expenditures
County advances turnpike construction, noting eighteen roads completed and forty four miles planned. County bonds issued to fund these large projects, seen as strategic despite high costs.
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Fayette
The Atlantic and Lake Erie Railway Ambitions in Meigs County
The Athens railroad convention formed a company to build a line from Pomeroy to Toledo with a Hocking Valley spur to Cleveland and a southward link to Charleston. Toledo and Cleveland backers may subsidize via bonds. completion would connect north south east and west, boosting Pomeroy’s iron region, salt trade, and regional manufacture as new furnaces come online.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic and Lake Erie Railway
Meigs County
Athens
Pomeroy
Ohio River
Meigs
Perry
Licking
Knox, &c
Toledo
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Cleveland
Covington and Chesapeake Railway
Norfolk
Virginia
New River Pass
Alleghany Mountains
Charleston
South Carolina
South
Newark
Perry County
Covington and Chesapeake Railroad
South Atlantic
Cincinnati
Misersburg
Nolmes County
Athens County
Columbus
Hocking Valey
Hocking Valley Railroad
Lake Erie
Kanawha
Perry County, &c
Beverly Ohio A Growing River Town On Muskingum
In Washington County Beverly sits on the Muskingum east bank, 22 miles above Marietta, thriving from waterpower Dams and locks along the river. It hosts two flouring mills, woolen factories, foundries, churches, a bank, hotels, a seminary, and schools, with daily boat service to Marietta making the excursion pleasant and historically rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Muskingum River
Marietta
Muskingum
Beverly
Zanesville
Mesrs
Whinsson, Greene & Co
Star Foundry
W. S. Robertson & Co
Ohio
Peverly
Duvell
Dry rot in men and women threatens the community
A 19th century moral diatribe warns that laziness signals dry rot in men and women alike. It claims half the population at 40 is affected, describing women as a nuisance and insane if the malady spreads. The remedy is vigorous effort to drive it away.
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Satan
Wedding that Didn't Take Place in 19th Century Town
Solomon Isemagel of Harrison town ship reveals in a public notice that his fiancée Mrs Fannie Smallwood left for Paris Illinois to wed Joseph White and spent the money he had advanced for wedding clothes. He warns the public to know her true character and calls the engagement a breach of faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Isemagel
Harrison Township
Fannie Smallwood
Tsennagel
Paris
Illinois
Joseph White
Sol
Fanny Smallwood
Chillicothe
American Hotel
Solomon
Wedding Beside Corpse Stuns Poughkeepsie Society
In Poughkeepsie a high society wedding took place mid tragedy as the bride and groom wed beside the coffin of the bridegroom’s father. The Rev. Hageman officiated as the ceremony occurred with the father’s body present, the groom saying spirits urged the union at once.
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Poughkeepsie
New York Sun
Nine Year Betrothal Ends With Australian Reunion
A Northeastern Ireland couple pledged to marry but faced poverty. The man went to Australia while the woman moved to Newbury. After nine years of correspondence and hard work, he sent for her, and she left Newburg yesterday to join him in Australia for their long overdue wedding.
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Ireland
Australia
Newbury
Newburg
NM. Y
Local Paper Satire on Reading and Wealth
A man quits his paper claiming two dollars buys more reading than the Buckeye State. He now owns a twelve thousand dollar farm and spends fifteen to twenty dollars yearly on cigars. The Buckeye State helped raise his land value more than any prior spending. A harsh quip notes many men hide their true nature behind small cash.
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Buckeye State
Buckeye
Not for Joseph Not for Jim Wroth Verse
A humorous verse recounts a doomed romance and farcical misfortune. The narrator laments lost love, mocks a Dutch shoe maker, and recalls a betrayed trust as a jab at a deceitful figure. The piece blends rustic slang with playful critique of a jaded suitor.
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Bearent Bok
Minoelless
Sam
Alabama
John Bull
Astor
Pittsburg
John A
Ohio Statesman
Georgia
Siessengers
U. S
Dore
Mer
Joseph
Jim
Mynbeer
Paul Dietrich
Milwaukee
Ayer
Paul
Jess
Jesse Davis & Co
Jeru
Aleim
Mt. Olivet
S. T
W. If. Young
Medical
H. True & CO
Weare
United States Tea Company
Young Hyson Guapee
Imperial Volumg Oo
Natural Leaf
Japan
Parker Lewis
F. E. Fos
Br. Ncow
W. H. Brown& Co’s
Jav
Rio
and Laguira
Demara
Portorico
N. Orleans
Carolina
Molasses Chivans
FISH
Perkins
The
A. W
Minear
A. B. Dickey
NEW Drug Store
Minear &C
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Fahnestock
A. W. S. Minear & Co
Bhelac
COPAL
Damar Black
OMIO
Minear & Co
W. McAroy
Staley
Pranx Arurny
McAvoy, Stanley & Co
D. L. Starr
Dreas
Cal
McAboy, Stanley & CO
Helmbold
Lisbon
JH. T. Helmbold
Broadway
N. Y
Helmabold
Helmnown
Halls
Sigilian
RK. P. Hall & Co
Nashua
United States OF America
Washington, D. C
Congress
First National Bank Building
Philadelphia
Clarence TI. Clark
Jay Cooke
Ftenry
D. Cooke
Emmerson W. Perr
John W. Ellis & Co
Indiana
Npwly
DeSteigner & Jewett
Kurtz & Norris
J. & T. W. van Law
de Preenes
School Books
Stationery
Athena
Concord
Nigr
Thos. A. Ton
Doctor Cone
Cone
Athens Stedman House
Zaleski
Lindsley House
New Lexington
Cobbon Pees
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