27 May 1863
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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1863
Page
1
Public notice details advertising rates with 78 cents per square inch and 26 cents for each additional line. Discounts offered to yearly advertisers. Special notices priced 25 cents per line. Business cards priced 75 cents per line per year. Marriages and Deaths and other public notices may be free.
The New York Tribune, in its 22nd year, defends Republican principles and unity, praising equal rights and liberty. It calls for support of the Union war effort, education, temperance, and industry, while detailing subscription rates and distribution for daily weekly and semi weekly editions.
The notice promotes Union Hotel in Beaver Pennsylvania noting first class amenities provided by proprietor Clark. It mentions the Oyster Saloon offering oysters by season and ready to supply families with tables set and meals. also lists miscellaneous goods and a local drug store selling sewing supplies and general merchandise.
The document lists grand and petit jurors by district and names, followed by lengthy rules for the 1862 income tax assessment. It details tax rates for US residents, citizens abroad, and farmers, plus deductions for rents, interest, and other items, with guardians and trustees also bound to report income.
A dramatic scene on Chathlete Street near the Post Office shows Dr. Buchanan, labeled a traitor by military authorities, preparing to depart South. A sixteen year old girl, described with romantic imagery, faces a grim fate under rebel rule until her father, an old African, seizes the moment to whisk her away through a back yard and alley to safety. The pursuer fails as the man escapes with his daughter Virginia.
The fragment tells of an iron egg sent by a young prince to a woman who rejects it. When dropped, a hidden spring releases a yolk revealing a golden chicken, then a crown and a diamond wedding ring. The moral ends with a line about the current state of the theory of history.
At a public reception in New Orleans Colonel Grierson spoke of high Union support and his command’s achievements. He praised his officers bravery, criticized Confederate strength, and predicted the rebellion’s downfall and a restored Union as soon as possible.
The piece cites a June 1863 Union loyalty call urging Pennsylvanians to unite behind the government to suppress rebellion. It covers Vallandigham’s court-martial, Burnside’s order, and Confederate sympathies, framing the election as a binary Union versus disunion choice with Democrats depicted as traitor-enablers.
The Wheeling Intelligencer recounts alleged events near Morgantown during the Civil War era. It claims a truce flag was used to seek surrender while forces chose not to defend the town and Jesse Lazear reportedly conveyed the request to Congress.
A former coal oil man recounts experiments where broken sample bottles saturated sawdust repelled borers from plain trees. The odor persists and the pest avoids trunks wrapped in saturated sawdust. Meanwhile other items note rebels retreating, riots damages, and a quip about an orator without judgment.
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