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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1866
Page
3
Local notices cover a church discussion on an Economy Oil Company well fire at Den nis Run, a Beaver men’s jail population forecast, skiff theft arrests, a concert at the hall, and examinations at Beaver Female Seminary and Academy with praise for teachers.
Local report covers Hubert Fogier’s confession and alleged murder link with Wm. Montgomery, plus coroner’s findings naming Fogler as the death cause. Also reports on Beaver Library Association plans after a $10 membership fee and a six-member solicitation committee. Pennsylvania soldiers orphans lists and regional homes sections follow, with a note on The Young Folks January issue from Ticknor & Fields.
The Teachers Institute of Philadelphia meets Thursday with sessions including a declination gym, readings, and popular lectures. Invitations extend to all interested, with a note on cold weather and several inches of fresh snow over the weekend.
Readers note opinions on gift enterprises offering bargains. Some firms advertise valuables for small sums as promotional tools, promising real value and occasional prizes. While some articles may be worth the price, many firms are clever swindlers, with Nassau Street operators cited as examples.
Fragmentary notices record deaths and infant ages in Beaver County Pennsylvania. The text mentions William Scott in the first year of age on Nov 27 1836 and a birth/death entry for December 10 1866 for a child named Margaret May, eight months old, in Beaver.
A corrected price fragment lists basic goods including flour, dried apples, peaches, wheat, corn, oats, beans, potatoes, onions, corn meal, eggs, butter, hams shoulders and sides, tallow, lard, candles, molasses, carbon oil, and gas or fuel per gallon, with units implied as per measure. The text reflects a market or store stock entry with assorted commodity prices.
Crude petroleum prices quoted in various locations show an upward tendency. City wells sell at 180 per barrel, Pittsburgh recorded 3407, Island Run 125, Smiths Ferry 255, and City’s crude at 3250 per barrel.
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