22 Feb 1865
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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1865
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR hints at Beaver Argus weekly issue with ad style lines and names Quay and Rutan. appears to be a page fragment showing subscription pricing and contact cues. No clear event or narrative.
The letter discusses Georgia and land disputes with Cherokees, Democratic failures, and a warning against slavery's revival. It cites northern industry ruin, Oregon and Vancouver disputes, and calls for unity to preserve the Union. It ends with a Puritan tale of duty and a praise of General Grant.
A portrait of Stephen Girard a frugal private-minded Philadelphia magnate famed for hard labor and a French air. He avoided society traveled little and taught Sunday labor yet built vast institutions like Girard College providing boarding for countless orphans.
A fractured text piece echoes a religious hymn about the burial hour and divine triumph. It mentions bells, the sea, and imagery of judgment and praise, urging nations to hear that the Lord reigns. The piece reads like a ceremonial sermon or funeral rite with archaic phrasing and scattered proper nouns.
A political essay critiques a Democratic rebirth claim after a decisive defeat. It argues such rise is improbable, detailing accusations of demagoguery, overconfidence, and betrayal of constitutional duties. The piece contrasts past leadership with calls for principled, sober governance.
A found private letter dated April 5 1852 from General Lee to his son at Axlington House discusses frankness honesty and courage. He urges truthfulness, avoiding equivocation, and treating others fairly. The note stresses living by principle, avoiding deception, and acting with peace and honor.
The piece presents Nasby railing against slavery and Democratic support, accusing the party of betrayal and hypocrisy. It references Seward, Lincoln era politics, abolitionists, and the slide of the Democratic Party, with Nasby portraying abolitionists as triumphant while critiquing the Old Democratic leadership.
Fragmentary lines describe Tarsun rising and setting simultaneously as if drawn by a personal fate. The speaker notes each moment reflects a solitary joy or sorrow, implying a mystical or symbolic journey.
The article notes peat beds in Long Island stores and Traip's Meadow used by British troops during the revolution. It mentions peat burning in open fireplaces producing hot, enduring fires and contrasts fuel scarcity in Minnesota with peat resources, also citing Block Island as peat dependent.
An editor recalls a distant paper claiming tobacco makes a person forgets debts and wonders if many subscribers have been supplied the article, pondering the effect on debt remembrance.
A reflective meditation on the Bible as the God of Books and the source of divine wisdom. It describes Scripture as a living influence on souls, quotes religious praise, and recounts a personal vignette of a young woman from Dunedin who died, shaping a schoolmaster’s life.
The Observer notes strong support for union among Presbyterians and Princeton Review endorses the movement. It suggests each General Assembly and Synod form committees of ministers and elders to meet and draft a detailed plan for a broader union aligned to shared doctrine and order.
Notice outlines advertising rates with examples and remarks on spaces and special notices. Mentions 2 cent additions for special notices and free notices for marriages deaths religions and other public notices.
A correspondent in Poanaylyinis reports experiments with home made bone phosphate as manure. He notes that pure home made bone phosphate consistently yields better growth than raw bone, even on poor soils, and that timing before fermentation enhances its effectiveness. He cites a case of six eight years ago where mixed bone phosphorus and guano transformed a barren acre into a productive field.
Advice on grafts needing second wax applications due to wind and growth. Budding is simple and best for cherries. other fruits can be propagated similarly. Keep strawberry beds weed free, mulch in June or July, use straw or spoilt straw, and avoid salt on young asparagus as it destroys plants.
A historical note explains compost as mixed materials to boost soil value. It describes how lime with brine or ashes with dung create richer composts, and how combining dust, bone meal, ashes, plaster yields a more useful, easier to handle fertilizer.
A fragmented notice hints at farm life and agricultural tales involving farmers and land. Readable parts point to rural matters, community farming and local activities within a regional setting.
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