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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1870
Page
3
Fragmented time table notes for the Portsmouth Branch and a rail line, with scattered typos and garbled phrases. It mentions trains westbound, branches, and depot departures, plus an unrelated fire notice and school term postponement details. The readable portions include a dwelling house fire near Prittsville and a postponed public school term.
Fragmented readable text reveals a local office offering job printing services includes blanks for police and constables deeds and a notice about a township meeting. Mentions of a clerk providing a copy of a statement and bonds for new township duties. Also adjacent: advertisement for The Hub journal and request to call at the office.
The Wilkesville area is reminded of I. J. Bishop & Son Drug Establishment in Wilkenville. The store now features a fresh stock of drugs patent medicines perfumes notions and related goods. Messrs Biswer and son are trusted to offer honorable and gentlemanly service to customers in town and surrounding area.
A. H. Down of Down & Son visits the city to stock a broad spring line of dry goods clothing boots and shoes at low prices. Rosenbolds Atamach Bitters advertised as a remedy. G P Rowell & Co advertising agency stock available. C J Bisaxoncrar plans to move to Athens to open a photograph and art gallery and will leave McArthur soon. Pictures jewelry and gold pens to be sold very low before departure.
In McArthur the regular Republican ticket seeks seats on the village council as residents report six aspiring councilmen and a debate on election returns. The town watches a measles outbreak with about a hundred cases and four child deaths, while families mourn.
1870 itemized catalog of notions and fine goods lists shirts, handkerchiefs, buttons, and perfumeries with a critique of local trades. The piece notes Sukthes-Mohnir and Chiatelain, a growing frontier town, mentions real estate appraisal at $125 for a quarter acre, and reports on local politics including Tate council, McArthur, and a political slateFusionista.
Extensive plans describe connecting the Chesapeake and Ohio system with Atlantic lines and the Pacific railroad network. The aim is to unify water and rail transport from the Great West and Southwest to Europe via coastal routes and major producing regions.
The note outlines bond issues with multiple denominations, coupon detachability, and transferability on company books. It notes a 167-year base date, semiannual interest in gold, and aims to fund a road to the Ohio River with an $18 million target, promising steady support for investors and a strong market presence in the US and Europe.
Fisk and Hatch offer pamphlets with full particulars statistics and retail maps and other details available on application to provide prospective buyers with complete information at request.
A fragment notes a shop ad urging readers to choose Siseon's for medicines and goods, followed by a political fragment about a southern traveler seeking colored labor in Washington. The latter states that a group promised to accompany him but Radicals withheld permission until after the June election.
A Jackson Ohio correspondent dated April 10 1870 reports that Black residents voted in force on the prior Monday changing the contest. The account notes Father Shaw once affiliated with the Cincinnati Gazette attempted to vote but rejected the Black candidate ticket, pledging to support Democrats instead.
Residents of Zaleski and vicinity are offered a rare chance to buy a wide range of dress goods calicoes and other fine items at low prices as Wit & Co presents a season sale of nearly all qualities now available in town.
An industrious sober honest White Barber in politics opposed to Mongrelam can find ready employment in this town. Shop room tools furniture and all necessities provided to run a first-class shop. Apply to or address Joan Jonss or the editor of this paper McArthur Ohio. Will exchanges please notice the above.
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