01 Jun 1864
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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1864
Page
1
The readable text references President Lincoln and Vice President candidate Andrew G Curtin. It appears to be a fragmentary 1864 ticket from Pennsylvania notes. No further context or complete details are available in the source.
Beaver County Agricultural Society will hold the Beaver County Fair at the Fair Grounds near Beaver on Wednesday Thursday and Friday September 21 22 1864. Competition invited from adjoining counties. The notice notes apologies for a late weekly issue due to paper scarcity.
The Board of Managers of the Bene ver County Agricultural Society met by notice on May 28 1864 to remodel premiums for the next fair. They propose a trotting match daily and a minimum prize for best exhibit, with continuous advertisements in local papers. Robert Nelson presided, adjourned after approving funds through the fair period.
Fragment from a 1864 district letter discusses civil wartime questions, loyalty to the Union, and public support for government actions. It notes Speaker rhetoric, political loyalties, and concerns about traitors while reporting casualty estimates and relief fund progress.
A lengthy partisan tirade denounces Democratic leaders as traitors and urges support for Lincoln and the Union. It cites rebel threats from the South, praises Union generals, and reports battlefield movements and conventions from Ohio and Kentucky with a mix of adulation and warning to opponents.
A long fragment lists hundreds of names tied to a Brighton draft fill for 700,000 men, naming individuals from Brighton and nearby districts, with scattered notes on districts and dates. The text references the Provost Marshal office and June 6, 1864, plus a hospital aid effort by local women and the New York riots leader James W Andrews.
The Eastern papers urge readers to begin enlisting under the new July 1 call. Major C C Gilbert is to coordinate with state authorities to start raising men to meet quotas and revise enrollments promptly. Dispatches from the Provost Marshal General press urgent mobilization and early quota revisions.
The United States Christian Commission received on Monday from the Boston Exchange a subscription of forty seven hundred dollars in aid of the wounded soldiers.
The Executive Committee fixes fair admission: Flotal Hall or dining room 50 cents. single tickets 25 cents for Ladier Bazaar Monitor Hall Mechanics' Hall Picture Gallery Old Curiosity Shop. five tickets package. Children under 12 pay 10 cents except dining ball and auditorium. Auditorium ticket prices to be announced.
Reports from the Oil Cay note the Hammond well recently opened after initial water trouble now flows oil and water. Estimated production near 600 barrels of oil per day with over 790 barrels combined oil and water, signaling a large regional producer surpassing Noble Mi and Maple Shad wells.
A fragment from a notice column lists marriage and death notices under an RS order. The readable portion hints at formal listings of events with names and dates, but critical details remain unclear.
The piece discusses Governor Seymour and calls for unity against rebellion, noting Albany and Argus editorials. It covers Seymour’s stance on federal versus state authority, resistance prospects, and hints at upcoming presidential politics. It also reports a Springfield vote where Lincoln led with 336 to McClellan 295, noting historic echoes of retaliation in 1812 and hostage exchanges.
In Nyphville an Episcopal clergyman expelled for disloyalty last week refused to read a prayer and resume his duties after General Pamborten of Kentucky sought his reinstatement. The general faced resistance and the clergyman’s replacement was debated as a power struggle within regional church oversight.
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