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Newspaper
Beaver County Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1858
Page
1
The notice outlines advertisement rates and payment terms. It states 50 cents per square for a fifteen line insert and 25 cents for each additional insertion. It mentions advance payment when possible and discounts for early advertisers.
An irregular, archaic narration describes an old man by a fire and a weary observer recalling past kinship and theater memories. The text blends melancholy images of aging, faded vitality, and reflective loss as lines drift between dialogue and inner thought.
A garbled OCR fragment mixes family gossip about a marriage and domestic felicity with odd moral aphorisms and a king's riddle. The content mentions a Logan county correspondent, Dunedin style echoes, and scattered references to courtship, temper, and a public notice. The piece is unreadable in places but hints at a domestic scandal and a royal fable.
An old sailor named Captain Briggs, after fifty years at sea, tends a New York Trib orchard project and shares his method for planting apples and pears. He explains wind protection, root handling, and staking to ensure straight growth, stressing patient, hands-on work and careful soil preparation.
A dramatic narrative recalls divers battling near 174 feet to recover cargo from a sunken vessel. The account highlights peril, persistence, and costly equipment as workers and a supervising team push for a successful salvage.
An awkward meeting unfolds between a Han of the Sucker family and a Virginian as they spar over lineage and status. The stranger insists on his first family claim while the Sucker boasts of the second Virginia line, ending in a tense but oddly courteous exchange aboard a moving scene.
A teacher extols the value of effort over innate talent. The featured pupil Frank is praised as the best boy in the school, while readers are urged to embrace the challenge of trying hard to become excellent. The piece reflects pride in achievement and a call to self-improvement.
The article reviews political fallout from the Lecompton controversy, detailing President and Governor Walker positions, Douglas faction opposition, and upcoming Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana elections. It warns of a northern Democratic collapse and a likely GOP, Know Nothing gains in October elections.
The article lists global frictions from 18th century rivalries to modern conflicts, naming France Prussia Russia and other states in disputes. It notes a Rochester exhibit with a mixed-race display and traces lineage to a 1752 individual, Hoah O’Brien, describing his family and travels.
A distorted OCR fragment references Connecticut and Hartford with unclear phrasing. The readable portion hints at a river setting and a longing for freedom, but most text is garbled, lacking clear people, organizations, dates, or events.
The excerpt argues John Bunyan was a mixed blood gypsy and a tinker. It cites English gypsy division, counts ten thousand in Elizabethan times, and notes stereotypes from Leitch Ritchie and James Poe about gypsies and begging.
An Albapyron exhibition presents a strawberry plant said to yield upwards of 400 berries. The report highlights the plant’s prolific fruiting and the event’s focus on local agriculture.
Bayard Taylor reflects on a summer journey to the Arctic from Hammerfest to Spitzbergen. He notes the endless daylight alters time, sleep, and mood, with readers warned of fatigue, disorientation, and the paradoxical safety daylight brings to crime and behavior.
Reports detail contract prices for 1700 horses at 159 dollars each and 300 mules at 175 dollars, with other government buys for 200 more mules totaling 87 000 dollars. Critics allege votes for the Lecompton Constitution were aided by corruption in Washington and Congress.
Eight reverend gentlemen test a parochial school class when a simple urchin offers a riddle about a back biter meaning. The exchange ends with the boy declaring it may be a flea, turning a difficult examination into a playful moment.
From Fort Vancouver a June dispatch details Col. Steptoe's ambush by Spokane Coeur d Alene and Flat Head forces. The assault stemmed from resistance to a Walla Walla Fort Benton road survey, with Steptoe’s men fighting hand to hand for a day and retreating safely to cover. Indians reportedly joined in a preconcerted attack, and Father Joseph of the Coeur d Alene mission warned of dire opposition to transit through their lands.
A Warren Ohio correspondent reports that Bristol Temperance Girls faced arrest for sacking a grocery. fourteen others attended court as witnesses. The defense argued the grocery was a nuisance subject to abatement. the court found it a nuisance and discharged the prisoners. The piece also recounts Daniel Webster’s anecdote about Father Sears and buckskin breeches.
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