15 Mar 1865
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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1865
Page
1
Public notice style item reading as a fragmented advertising rate notice. Mentions yearly advertisers and special notices with a 25 percent rate addition. References to business ads and marriages deaths religious notices and general notices. Includes scattered terms like rates per year and publication identifiers.
A small snippet shows Memie Cahier serving as treasurer at the First National Bank, with the text fragment indicating a banking role or official position within the institution.
A fragmentary 1865 army note from Major General W. H. Hancock cites substitutes for enrolled men, government bounty rules, and recruitment credits in Philadelphia. It references police and enlistment logistics with dated headings and mentions pay starting when enlistment is perfected.
The North American notes Pennsylvania’s coal and oil boom driven by rail access. It describes eastern and western coal development, new mines, and the need for extensive railroad expansion to move fuel to markets, warning that demand will grow with more rolling stock and capital.
The article outlines heightened police vigilance around Napoleon III era royal events. It notes masked crowds, protective measures for the Emperor and Empress, and cautious invitations to prevent intrusion. It mentions armed guards and careful staging at embassies and chateaus to forestall threats during receptions.
A Wagers Magazine sketch notes John J Astor’s rise from modest wealth to immense fortune. It recounts his timely purchases of New York City land, his shrewd strategy investing eight thousand dollars to acquire eighty Canal Street lots, and how Astor’s holdings expanded as the island grew, ensuring income for fifty years without further land buys. It also mentions James Redpath to edit the Charleston Mercury.
The New Enrollment Bil establishes that all persons drafted or enlisted in the military or naval service shall be credited to their state and enrollment sub-districts based on actual residence. It sets rules for credits, substitutions, and musters, imposes loyalty bonds, and restricts recruitment agents. It also reports on Sherman’s military leadership and contains a satirical Nashville note.
A corrobored report describes efforts to aid religious services amid destitution in oil regions, noting plans for evangelicals to sponsor tents or temporary buildings and the Unitarian Congregationalists convening in New York for revival and education initiatives. It also mentions a Greek community church attempt in New York and a UN Unitarius fundraiser in San Francisco.
Taunton Gazette describes a city gentleman who vowed the fort would not fall while Fort Sumter remained captured. On Monday he was shaved by an immense factory’s razor blades, giving him a striking new chin appearance that even close friends must study to recognize.
A correspondent for Observar criticizes a pastor who prayed for forty minutes, arguing there is a difference between praying aligned with time and praying against time or out of time.
A farmer recalls buying a wornout field twelve years ago and turning it with heavy teams and a new plow. The Virgin soil was deeply turned, neighbors doubted success, yet crops flourished. Deep, thorough pulverizing revived the grass and hay land, yielding rich yields after crop rotation and clover.
The Royal Agricultural Society journal reports Laws and Gilbert’s wheat trials. Over twenty years on the same land without manure yielded about 16 bushels per acre, while yearly farmyard manure raised output to 24 bushels and mineral or artificial manures increased it further. The greatest gain comes from combining nitrogenous and mineral inputs.
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