Contempt and the Redeeming Power of Love
The speaker laments contempt as a poison worm corroding perception and beauty. Human love remains the exalted law that opens the mind to angel visits, contrasting with scorn and pride. The text argues all creation is made to love and rejects hatred rooted in human pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curi
Johns
Hannahs
Roberts
Margerets
Rodrigo
Clarence
Florilla
Lille
Eden
Eve
Mre. Lee
Lizsle
The Children in the Lee Household Novel Interruption
Mrs Lee reads a novel by lantern light while her sleepy baby and protesting children cry for water. A harsh chastisement follows revealing maternal guilt and a repentant, tender reconciliation with Lizzie as water is finally found. The piece blends domestic drama with moral reflection on temperance and forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Lee
Getty
Lizzie Lee
Lizzie
Mra
Lee
Willie
Mia
Mrs
Agai
Izzie
Hive
Hertford
Paper mill proposed for Marietta at 1850 site
The Marietta Intelligencer reports Mesars Clendenin Nash & Co plan a Gallipolis paper mill producing about 30 reams daily. Equipment includes a Pittsburgh engine two 40 inch boilers a 44 inch paper machine and capable labor force with experienced workers from New York. Location labor and profitability are cited with stock-raising efforts underway for Marietta in 1850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesars, Clendenin, Nash &Co
Gallipolis
Philadelphia
Scerss
Marwotta
Ohio
N. Y
The Great Tariff Debate of 1833 Remembered
A vivid sketch recalls the Hayne Webster clash in the Senate as a defining forensic battleground. It describes General Hayne’s energetic, pale figure and Daniel Webster’s steadfast, calculating defense amid the charged audience and Calhoun presiding with iron watchfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Massachusetts
Congress
South Carolina
Robert Y. Hayne
Daniel Webster
General Hayne
Calhoun
Senate
Hayne
Electric apostrophe in a sunset remembered speech
The National Magazine recalls a powerful apostrophe delivered from a chamber with a floating banner. The gesture is described as thrilling and electric, likened to sunset beams and summer lightning, leaving a lasting impression on memory despite the scenes passing and the speeches fading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Magazine
Vast Cornfields Across Indiana and Ohio Attract Attention
The report highlights James Davis of Waverly Ohio growing T800 acres of Indian corn with a winter corn crib three miles long. It notes a seven by three mile field near Lawrenceburg extending to Aurora, owned by multiple Hayes Guards and Millers families, unfenced and unmanured. It calls the Wabash Valley and a ten mile field between Terre Haute and Lafayette remarkable, and mentions extensive wheat fields between Laporte and Michigan City. The Gazette invites corn field statistics from the Great Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Davis
Waverly
Rosa County
Ohio
Great Miami
Lawrenceburgh
Indiana
Cincinnati
Aurora
Hayes
Guards
Wabash
Terre Haute
Lafayette
Laporte
Michigan City
Cin, Gaz
Webster Reply to Hayne on Union and Liberty
The passage urges the preservation of the Union, contrasting broken regions and civil strife with the enduring flag and the motto Liberty and Union, now and forever one and inseparable. It emphasizes national unity, patriotism, and the duty to sustain the Republic against secessionist sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Webster
Col. Hayne
Senate of the
United States
Republic
Proper methods for transplanting fruit trees
Transplanting requires not deep planting or tight soil around roots. Use a slight mound, mulch to retain moisture, and avoid surface watering. Prepare soil with two thirds muck or peat and one third fresh barnyard manure, or add charcoal and air stacked lime for calcareous soils. Apply top dressings to boost productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ad Adverts Rates and Policies for Candidate Notices
Advertisements under one share of thirteen rings or less cost one dollar per insertion. Each additional insertion adds twenty five cents. Liberal deductions apply to yearly advertisers. Advertisements without marked insertions continue until forbidden and charged accordingly. Inserting names of candidates costs one dollar, payable in advance. Ads must be in by Wednesday morning to appear in the next paper. Casual advertisers must pay in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EPA
Preparing and Transplanting Fruit Trees for Best Growth
The article details pruning, root protection, and trenching methods for transplanting fruit trees. It advises minimal top pruning, balancing roots and branches, and pre-digging a root trench for large trees. Autumn preparation and careful site selection are recommended, with emphasis on avoiding old-tree sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Farmer’s Magazine
Petition for stricter laws to prevent kidnapping in Gallia County
A 1880 Gallia County petition to Ohio's legislature calls for clearer definitions and harsher penalties to prevent kidnapping and the hunting or seizing of enslaved people. It cites 1848 and 1850 cases in Huntington and Athens counties, urges restraint by citizens and state officers, and seeks court involvement to protect peace and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gellin County
Senate
House of Representaos
State of
Ohio
United States
Huntington Township
Gallia County
Anselm T. Holcomb
Athens County
Athens
University of Ohio
John Hebbard
John Brown
Gallia Co, Fed
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H. van Vorhes, & CO
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Ifto
Mrs. Cerclive A. Souis
Andebe
Tonly
The
Ohio State Journal
John Randolph
Battel
Aerion
Ace
Marietta
Hiayne and Webster
the Union
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