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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1869
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment presents a romantic and devotional lyric from 1809. It cites angels, mothers love, and distant lovers, with imagery of moons, wings, and a child. The legible lines hint at a println style verse about fidelity and yearning, but the surrounding text is unreadable.
A narrator visits an invented London beggar academy run by Rooney alias Professor Toonay. The facility features relics of beggar life, certificates signed by Rooney, and devices simulating wounds and poverty. The scene includes a beggar dog act and a lecture hall theater of emulation, blurring fact and fraud in a secretive school for begging.
The article extols John T. Alexander of Morgan County as a plain, prosperous farmer who built a 90,000 acre operation with 1400 to 2000 acres fattened by cattle, shipping east to Chicago. It lauds his energy, integrity, and wealth while urging youth to imitate his success and shift focus from stores and offices to farming.
Reports from the Hoplen Daily Advertieer describe a late night shooting at Dr Alvah Holles residence at No 1261 Washington streets in Toston. Major Thomas White, a Mississippi-born lawyer, fired a pistol at Holles and Hobbs. Mrs Hobbs was wounded and died soon after, with White charged and jailed as coroner plans a grand jury investigation.
A sprawling collection of curiosities and notices from various cities and countries. Items include infrastructure notes about Chicago sewer projects and water wheels, society gossip on marriages and scandals, financial jitters, weather and volcanic activity, crime reports, and brief foreign dispatches. The jumble preserves names, places, dates, and events in a dense mosaic.
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