05 Apr 1871
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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1871
Page
1
An 11 by 16 inch large lithograph portrait offer is advertised to be made from a photograph provided by Ion. An 1,100 copy run is contracted at considerable expense, marketed as a handsome parlor ornament and framed keepsake sold alongside local ads and notices. The page includes misc notices offering goods and solicitations, with references to local businesses and employment seekers in Zaleski, Ohio.
Notice to stock owners offers low prices to print bills for all stock stories and blanks. Mentions bonds for township officers and various blanks, with scattered ads for a foundry sale and a proposed National Capital weekly, The Capital, to be published in Washington with original content and independent editorial stance.
The next Scioto District Council for Fayette Ross Vinton Jackson Athena Washington and Monroe meets at Pleasant Chapel in Vinton county on Friday April 7 at 2 PM. Rail travelers to McArthur Station will be conveyed to the council. Jos( eph) Nolins sells books and magazines at the Huguier Press office in Bowen’s Building near the courthouse with titles from New York Ledger Mercury Weekly and more.
A gloomy evening brings a peculiar lodger to Adam Bopler’s tavern. The stranger agrees to lodging and breakfast in exchange for room and board, then plans a strange heist with a fifteen foot torch. The incident ends with the lodger leaving before dinner, leaving questions about his intent and a disrupted night. News notes also discuss currant cultivation challenges and tips for successful growth in shaded, mulched plots.
A long excerpt blends advice on boys tools and workshop access with detailed methods of pork preparation and curing. It then shifts to medical notes on poisonous elvish compounds in imported lards and a curious dental diamond polishing receipt, ending with home remedies for plumbing and a curing remedy for a felon. The piece intertwines education, meat processing, and sanitary cautions across multiple topics.
A tale from Saybrook Conn describes a broker’s quarrel with his son Jack over work. The father offers a week to choose a business, then proposes funding via three to four hundred thousand dollars for government bonds, while the son contemplates a risky path ending in a strange family anecdote about an unpurchasable legacy.
A reader questions how to classify produce by botanical and common usage. Debate centers on whether ripened ovaries count as fruit and whether culinary prep changes a fruit into a vegetable, with examples like tomatoes and melons prompting mixed definitions.
Orchard trees require pruning and washing to prevent disease. Prune moll Nata with a knife, prune grape vines. set fertilisers for Remiterrien and Goon go plants. Prepare posts for humble Himber 14 and plant Upright others when soil allows. Underground roots forming canus of nexteraeon should be checked weekly for damage.
advisory note on protecting ornamental shrubs from winter winds. recommends red coloral boughs over straw, as animals do not eat them. warns calves and sheep may damage protection on highways. urges repair or renewal of protective covers, as severe cold and rapid temperature swings threaten buds and flowering plants.
A fragmented 19th century style advisory letter warns about privacy and deception in romantic correspondence. It discusses how personal letters can reveal intimacy, affect relationships, and highlight societal expectations for fidelity and discretion. The text cautions about careless writing and the potential exposure of private matters to a spouse or lover.
Fragmentary tirade argues that harmful words breed strife and violence in society. It laments pride and jealousy, warns against careless rhetoric, and suggests speech shapes culture and conflict across communities.
A dated discussion contrasts women’s allure and intellect with men and social norms. It claims women mature through refinement and beauty, while men’s conduct reveals character, armor, and conflict in society’s gaze and expectations.
A fragment describes early ocean telegraph experiments from Valentia to New York, detailing how signals traveled via copper and iron conductors. The scene depicts a patient observer translating reflected light into written words on a wall, illustrating the slow miracle of a new communication age.
Fragmentary OCR describes people near the end of a tuney or tune with varied behavior and uncertain plans. It mentions people spending, facing choices, and a general sense of confusion about how to proceed. The text is garbled and lacks clear names, places, or dates.
Job work available for card note ends letter heads bill heads envelopes and circulars. Reasonable rates for merchants and business men with printing at this office. Bills posted and circulars distributable on application.
The article states that lettuce heads can be produced in winter within twenty four to forty eight hours by placing rich earth in a small box and sowing using soaked soil. It claims the method yields fully formed heads in the stated time, though one source does not fully vouch for the fact.
The Circleville Democrat reports a long burning hole in Chelios Weths Market area of Pike County. A large pit about fifty feet in circumference has burned for months. Residents fear the blaze signals deeper trouble as authorities monitor the stubborn fire.
A fragmented coal rate notice lists delivery prices to Columbus and nearby towns. Nelsonville and Lick Run coal delivered by car load at 10 20 cents per bushel, Naydenville coal at 9 1/2 cents, Straitsville coal at 10 1/8 cents. Delivery to any city part by car load in specified units.
The Ohio State project created the St Marys reservoir during 1830 to 1841. It measures about 49 420 feet long and 23 760 feet wide with an average depth of 10.14 feet. The reservoir holds roughly 12 650 000 cubic feet of water, ranking as the world’s largest artificial body of water.
Reliable authors state the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has leased the Ohio and Mississippi line. A third rail will soon be paid on the latter. The purchase, per legal opinion, will nullify the injunction Ohio Railroad recently obtained against the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad.
A fragmentary political ode proclaims the grand Democratic thunder from New Hampshire, hoping its reverberations dissolve Radicalism, purify the country’s atmosphere, and illuminate the Constitution with a return to “the best government on earth” under free administration.
Colonial leader Joulsing denounces the shameful treatment of his race by leading Republicans in Columbus. He votes in the Dewverstic primary elections amid protests and calls for change.
Ryan Porney of the Press abandons Grant’s faction on Laomer’s removal from the Committee on Foreign Relations chair. Porney appears to seek safer status but joins a handful of in state renegades who will be told they have forfeited positions with the Democracy.
Printed advertising invites readers to view Justice's dockets at Strong's Drug Store with a call to come and see them, promoting public notices and listings.
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