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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1871
Page
3
A mixed notice highlights Strong's books and stationery offerings and list of patrons. It mentions Thurman Pictures and various products and medicines and cites railroad officials predicting about $155,000 to ready the line for rails. The piece urges local support to complete the railroad along the important Ohio route.
A fragmented advertisement urges readers to visit 3inoxa Drug Store andpony up funds to improve the Gallipolis McArthur Columbia Road while calling for volunteers to pitch in on roadwork from Logan to Gallipolis. It touts a seed firm from Rochester New York and offers a chrome bouquet image and a 16 cent catalog with a premium on purchase.
Community urges local support for road and rail improvements including the Gallipolis McArthur Columbus Railroad. Calls for residents to buy stock, engage in road work next month, and prefer home merchants and manufacturers while subscribing to the paper.
Go to Strong's for Tobacco. On Monday week a Welshman named Eosvemzen Thomas a single man with no relatives in this country was instantly killed in a coal bank near Vinton Par nace by the slate roof falling.
Advocates a cheap railway from Dundas to Gallipolis through Jackson County and New Hampshire. Calls for local subscriptions, urging young men to back the project and own operations, promising permanent work between Logan and Gallipolis. Criticizes Radical papers in Ohio for focusing on a Jackson County Representative election instead of New Hampshire state election news.
Last week the Engineers of the M and C RR worked lines and drove stakes at the old Tunnel excavation in Athens village preparatory to starting work soon. The railroad’s shift from south to north side of town will shorten travel time for Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad passengers.
P T Batnum, famed showman, buys horses via his agent in Vinton County. Question arises why he did not purchase the pet Sack Meigs County Press notes Barnum opposes buying any animal that has been somewhat of a pat.
Ross County detailed disbursements include 90 dollars for county officials fees, 77 dollars to livery stables, 2 510 80 to the county auditor and clerks, 3 235 57 for printing stationery and advertising, 445 for insurance, and 781 40 to the prosecuting attorney, covering the past two years and the past year respectively.
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