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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1870
Page
1
The issue notes a calm in Europe with two great powers near war, but no public reports of operations due to restrictions on correspondents. Russell of the London Times is arrested near Metz and likely to be released on condition he returns to England. Readers hope restrictions may ease to allow war coverage.
Two English officers observing military movements at the front were arrested and sent back under guard. The Radical party leaders have perverted government policy by disfranchising whites and enfranchising blacks, with plans to elect black officials in Ohio. Franklin County reports a black delegate to the Radical State Convention in Columbus. Vinton County and elsewhere groan under a badly run government, with heavy taxes, bondholder exemptions, and land grabs. The Athens Journal notes railroad enterprise and political confrontations, including a Jackson County Radical officers’ push and a critique of public office abuses and spittoon violence in the county courthouse.
The passage notes receiving a copy of the Woman's Journal, a weekly Chicago Boston publication devoted to women's education, industry, legal and political equality, and suffrage, priced at 83 per year or 25 per copy. It discusses local commentary on the "fool killer" and its targets at the Jackson Standard office.
Job printing advertised with posters cards and bills printed in a handsome cheap style at the drive in place. Claims Kellogy improved New Style Newbury blank and cant pros presses. Promises high speed from 100 to 1,800 impressions per hour and a fresh assortment of job type with the newest, cheapest work available. Come and see the new proofs and specimens.
An office invites readers to view Printed Justice's Dockets and to bring in items, promising cash for them. A coy promotional line offers Nature's Hair Restorative free from drugs to restore hair, framed as an unrelated advertisement.
The Inco Crizey newspaper at 116 Nasedu Street New York markets blanks for sale to attorneys justice officials and others including printed Justices Dockets. Edited by Jonas Mercwent the paper promotes Irish nationality and biographical essays while denouncing English and Anglo American writers. Subscriptions run 83 per year 1 50 for all months and 1 for four months.
A new attachment called Loslies Magic RaIher promises to simplify ruffling and puffing on sewing machines. Invented by a boy after months of study, the device sews to a band producing neater results than hand methods. Sold by mail for 8154, with a one week trial and refund if unsatisfactory. Also advertised Hor’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer endorsed by medical authority.
For Ayer's Medicines, go to G. W. Sisson's. Tuany cows! What cures Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for a cough, Ayer's Pills for a purgative, and Ayer's Sarsaparilla for complaints needing an alterative medicine.
Fragmented verse recalls a homestead childhood and shared dreams. Imagery of night, memory, and home returns as the speaker longs for a past time with a loved one. A refrain hints at separation and reunion under an old song’s shadow.
A local note warns of a worm attacking orchards in the Brouse and Long properties, with guidance to watch for its webbed drops when disturbed. A humorous Irish well-digging joke follows, then a lengthy piece urging farmers to endure taxes and political critique, ending with advice on preventing cabbage fly infestation with ashes lime or soap and water.
A Burn Appeal piece celebrates Southern women and divine order, denouncing “strong minded” reformers. It praises traditional marriage and moral codes while mocking green spectacles, free love rhetoric, and election day cider drinking.
A fragmented OCR line mentions "7 wae ae of France has ahs" and "een millions of speci" with unclear context and missing details.
Coleridge describes four reader types. The hour glass reader absorbs little and leaves nothing. The sponge absorbs all and returns it unchanged or sullied. The jelly bag retains only themes and refuse. The diamond miner reader discards the worthless and keeps the diamonds, encouraging us to seek riches in all we read.
The text urges women to keep peace at home and cultivate good temper to reap happiness. It then quotes Senator Sprague predicting that black voters in Rhode Island will disgust peers and shift the state toward a Democratic majority next year, a pattern he says will extend to other states as well.
A Chillicothe Advertiser report claims radical leaders in the county plan to colonize Black residents to influence voting in the fall. Democrats are urged to monitor suspected roguery, with a central poll book listing each Negro and voting place to guard against the scheme.
France rejects Prussia’s plan to neutralize the Baltic region while Strasbourg braces for salt and civic preparations. The municipal election in France is slated for August, amid political tensions and local administrative activity.
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