03 Apr 1867
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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1867
Page
1
A long discourse on the power of words to shape character, followed by a vivid tale of a violent family tragedy and a detailed discussion of farming techniques for matted row and hill systems, examining labor, tools, and crop management. The narrative blends moral admonition with agricultural observation and state action notes.
A Pennsylvania petition to the legislature recounts the 1866 murder and disappearance of brothers H Zook and Abram H Zook from Lancaster County. It details their business venture with Winant A Brown and Cyrus L Brown, a telegraphic report of missing siblings, a found body near Vicksburg, and calls for swift action to ensure neighborly safety amid news of their death.
The Lance reports three young women recently took preliminaries for apothecaries in London. Two of three passed the written test. the third was invited to retake the exam. The piece notes anticipation that these women will join the medical profession, with Miss Garet as the sole female listed in the Medical Directory.
An Anl Alianeé correspondent reports a dancing party held for the Fenians near two settlements where several parents lost track of their infants. Mothers left with their babies, later discovering many had swapped clothes and identities. It took five days to reunite the cherubs amid a public uproar. A separate city incident involved a young man fined for kissing a woman against her will and a man stabbed in the eye during a playful attempt to steal a kiss, requiring surgical extraction of a weaving needle fragment.
A Jersey cobbler converts half an acre into a productive fruit garden using street droppings as manure and bark moss and rottenwood from the woods to enrich wet clay soil. He plants Isabella grapes and currants, retires from cobbler work, and supports his wife with a comfortable income. Other small plots also yield strong results.
The article reviews General Pope’s career from Bull Run to his later roles on the frontier. It notes mixed public opinions, defense by contemporaries Thomas Rosecrans and Halleck, and argues the second Bull Run outcome might have differed with different leadership. It also mentions a separate fatal accident in Montmarsan involving a Grey.
A first person nightmare unfolds with ghostly figures, demons, and a chilling chill across walls and air as the speaker endures a night of agony. The dreamist wrestles with fear, spectral voices, and a calm moonlit exterior contrasting inner turmoil, urging restraint before sleep.
A Veirmont agriculturist faces questions after a neighbor buys a ton d hay and discovers rocks embedded in the load. The dealer insists the hay is herd grass, but boulders and a broken wall fragment provoke disbelief as a startled buyer demands answers. The scene is recounted amid a larger note on political scrolls and federal dispatches.
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