27 Jun 1866
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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1866
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment presents obscure lines about towers within him and giants, mixed with phrases of life, blight, and a psalm. The text is unfinished and unclear, lacking identifiable names, places, or events to anchor a full news-style card.
Two men visiting a Philadelphia locomotive works are dismissed with curt humor by a busy superintendent. Their courteous inquiry contrasts with the official rudeness, provoking a gentle rebuke from Mrs Wolf. The strangers are guided through the shop to inspect and learn, despite a dismissive start.
Two strangers visit a modest mechanic and praise his skill and honesty. Five months later they return with Imperial credentials and invite him to St Petersburg. He prospers after sharing civility and expert knowledge with the strangers, who are connected to the czarist network.
A reflective piece warns against blunt rebuke and the harm of self styled spiritual police. It urges gentleness and kindness, likening harsh critics to busybodies who alienate others and waste any minor good they do. The advice echoes a Boston reader's note on tender evangelism.
A volatile confrontation ends with Lorenzo invoking a demon to extract a partner from the house. The husband flees in a fearsome display as a blaze of light and fiery warnings erupt, leaving the scene to a chilling, unresolved aftermath.
Mrs. Stowe condemns prioritizing dress and external adornment over mind and heart. She asserts Christian women err by serving the lower beauty of fashion rather than higher beauty of virtue, time, and charity, warning that devotion to dress betrays faith and diverts to pagan worship.
The New York Sun recounts Mercer, the philanthropist, who tried to flood Washington Territory with New England spinsters to aid the matrimonial market. His plan drew ire from Western suitors and now faces protests in California and Washington Territory as brides demand partners and consequences loom for Mercer.
A man attacked a bruiser in Cincinnati last week after demanding stakes. The assailant confronted his target at a bar, leaving the victim bleeding and in a serious condition.
Congressman Glennie W Scofl Id warns that allowing Southern voter participation in the next presidential election would enable Copperhead states to seize control of government. He argues pensions would be cut or paid to Confederate claimants and Union soldiers would lose status while Confederate bonds rise in value. He cautions the nation would suffer poverty for widows orphans and that survivors would hide their service to save face in the capital.
A hearty lazy beggar visits a Massachusetts farmer and, in rustic slang, asks for cold provisions and clothes. The farmer mocks the man's life of travel saying he travels well, then invites the beggar inside to prove his claim.
A notorious sea captain, known for heavy portside revels, returned to his hotel room intoxicated and, misstepping from a second story window, landed on the sidewalk uninjured. He warned the landlord that if the stairs were not shortened he would not stay with him any longer.
A lyrical venting on farewell and the sorrow of parting closes with an anecdote about General Scott. The piece shifts to immigration data noting arrivals in 1865 and projections for the year, contrasting war losses with expected gains. It ends with a parable about belief illustrated by a desert footprint.
Reports from Richmond indicate two long time residents, members of the grand jury that returned a true bill against Jefferson Davis, have faced social and business persecution. They are closing shops and preparing to leave the city as a commentary on loyalty and conciliation after the rebel capital.
A Massachusetts paper notes that George Peabody, now in George Mass, is daily reminded of his fame as villagers and cities request his charity. Appeals arrive by every mail for aid to various persons or causes, many of them absurd, and most are ignored.
A Uran letter portrays Joseph or Joe Young as a fast young man. It notes travels in Europe, smoking drinking swearing preaching, three wives, and active Mormon faith within full church fellowship.
A man lately found guilty of manslaughter for killing an old woman by furious driving was sentenced to eight months imprisonment. A womaner has been sent to penal servitude for seven years for stealing a yard of ribbon valued at sixpence.
Fragmentary text mentions a wire stretched over a location named Niagara Palle and something about Vito and son on tie back with a term De Lave and aérobit.
In Boston, Anna Dickinson shared memories of her early life as a worker and activist. She described sewing and teaching to earn money and her first job scrubbing floors in Philadelphia to fund a ticket to Wendell Phillips's lecture, spurring her to join the women’s rights platform.
The Tue Keowa South Carolina Courier appeals to Pickens citizens on behalf of the poor in the district. It cites over eight hundred families about four thousand people, with about two thousand widows, nearly all helpless due to war and hardship.
Excerpt notes young Germans in London pressured to enlist in the Prussian and Saxon forces. Refusal to obey summons results in loss of citizenship rights and forfeiture of inherited property.
Mason James F. Mrtrican, chief of the signal corps of General Lee's army, has been offered a similar post in the imperial army of Austria by Emperor Francis Joseph.
A Texas planters' group forms a joint stock company with $1,000,000 capital to hire agents to recruit laborers from Europe for settlement in Texas. A mother recalls a boy's stubborn quip and a teacher urges quiet as a class mischief unfolds.
An incomplete notice mentions advertising activity and business cards with scattered references to a public nature. It hints at a space equal to a rate and notes a public notice free in nature.
A correspondent asks if cranberry can be grown on dry soil. Advice favors sandy ground and Cape Cod varieties, with planting by cut vines and weed-free beds. Also included are beekeeping tips, oyster soup and steak guidance, dairy care for keeping cream, prune practices, and a note on cattle to support farming profits amid Rinderpest concerns in New York and Brooklyn.
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