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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1865
Page
3
The column covers varied items: a coroner elect takes office, urges for municipal consolidation near Pittsburg, and a bill to ban gambling for five years in Pennsylvania. It mentions the Wayneburg report on road plans, a tax revenue note, property sales, a Beaver Academy term starting January 1866, and a Connoquencing Valley Railroad subscription opening in Zelienople with a long list of commissioners.
Constable Smith of Pulaski town reports his mare missing after returning to Waddell's store New Brighton. A rider crossed the Old Brighton Bridge without paying toll, leading to suspicion against an unknown person. Two new companies formed nearby Island Run and Little Beaver creek area to raise wool and oil, with local interest in Christmas trades and a convention of Wool Growers to petition Congress on wool tariffs. The Franklin Literary Society hosts an event at Beaver Academy with noted bands and fairs. Drug Store ads urge readers to buy affordable lamps and cooking stoves.
Recounted items include a New Harmony Store notice in Hardware Storge Charberlin & Winans New Britain urging patronage. arrest of Ephraim Latta at about twenty five for attempting to abduct a sixteen year old girl in Middleton Township. Latta to be tried after surrendering in Beaver County. Also mentions Confederate Colonel sightings, a Union general turned clerk in New Orleans, Governor Adams’ message on Kentucky troops, and hotel rate discussions in New York.
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