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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1872
Page
3
Fragmentary notes recount a chaotic county column with hints of legislative tallies, barters, and local business ads. Names such as Tan A G Tuvaman and Staunton Vindicator appear amid crooked prose and weathered civic topics, reflecting a 19th century paper’s jumble of notices.
Moulding for picture frames is kept by C J Billinghurst who also sells picture glass and screw-liver parts and makes frames to order. February issue of Perens Movican Mommy is now in hand. The publication is billed as the best musical issue in the country with plane songs instrumental pieces and more. Published by J L D Petore 599 Broadway New York. Price 80 cents per issue or $8 a year.
Hoxmcron Gierill of the Mr. and Mrs. TR. sustained a right middle finger injury after an incident at Cutler Station while Mr. Hill attempted to couple a sleeping car to his train. Also listed are unclaimed letters at the Pont Office in McArthur for John Boal Lydia Brown Thomas Davis Mary A Drake Charles Clark John Tams Mary McVay Daniel Simpson and others.
The Jackson Standard notes six smallpox cases in the county. Three Davis children who recently lost their father at Davis house near Irwin Station. William Davis at Lewis home near Cross Roads. and Mrs Lewis, sister of Davis, with a Lewis child.
Weekly sessions of the Christian Church continued through the past week with full attendance at morning and evening services. Seven individuals joined the church, reflecting growing interest and dedication to the community’s religious efforts.
Buyers offered sovda of tiny Lind seeds not specified for sale. Interested parties are advised to call for details.
Visitors note the opening of a restaurant run by G I Witty in the space once Nelson Richmond used as an IT hardware shop. The place offers meat dishes, groceries, confectioneries, and other eating items with a new supply of goods arriving. The Blackburn murder case at Chillicothe saw the motion for a new trial denied by Judge W H Samford, with the prisoner sentenced to the penitentiary. appeal to the Supreme Court planned.
A January to February 3 1872 roll lists students from Monoroefite Arthur Schools. The piece notes a monthly publication of names, with additions for those who raise their grade to the standard of ten. Numerous names appear in the readable excerpt, though many lines are obscured or garbled.
An 1870s advertising piece extols the Burlington Route from Indianapolis to Omaha and the West. It promotes travel to Iowa Nebraska Kansas California and the Territories via a rail line, touting safety speed and lower fares. It also advertises musical content in Whitneys Monthly Guest and praises Ayer & Co medicines with agent travel endorsements.
Arren the completion of the Gal lipolia McArthur and Columbus Railroad will extend and increase trade along the line. The farmers will receive a great war advantage of the improvement and a home market will open.
An ad touts Stales Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewers claiming gray hair can be restored to natural color, stimulate new growth, and revive lifeless hair. It markets as the best hair dressing, promising healthy, soft, glossy locks, priced at 1.00 and sold by RP Hull & Co Nasua N UL. Proprietors in the Tre Coumiey area Tone Pinte kn with Sexcietc.
Fragmentary OCR excerpt shows a shop or wholesale ledger with names like McArthur Retail Market and Dunlory Dry Godde, listing flour, molasses, spices, meat cuts, wax, tallow, wheat, and German syrup. Several personal names and advertisements intermingle with product lines, but many phrases are garbled. The item reads as a mixed retail notice or catalog page with prices and supplier references rather than a coherent article.
The article discusses rising typhoid cases this winter and links them to potentially contaminated water. It urges multiple artesian wells as a preventive measure and notes physicians increasingly doubt malaria as the sole cause. Also recounts jail escape antics and local remarks on prison life.
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