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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1868
Page
2
A letter from a sixth Maine veteran denounces the Radical Republicans and asserts soldiers will not be ruled by a degraded white race. The piece cites Union of Madrid Maine and includes replies from Vinton Record. Also notes Mrs Brows’s Dayton murder case and calls for bond payments in greenbacks as public opinion shifts.
The notice urges taxpayers the law imposes penalties after the 20th on unpaid taxes. The Record labels bondholders as those who supplied the dollars, questioning if that protects their dollars in greenbacks now. Barrett's Vegetable Hair Restorative at Strong's, and Merry's Museum new issue announced at 245 Washington Street Boston, $1.50 yearly with club discounts. Mec eum expected to win youth readership.
The article recalls leap year customs from the past, noting Indies wore a special color and a man courting a woman had to marry or buy her a petticoat. It comments that husbands were undervalued then, but modern times show improved regard for both ladies and gentlemen with ladies still guiding social rites.
A fragment list portrays caricatured antis Republican arguments. It cites buying Africans for rum and a knife, blaming abolition for national ills, and describes the Constitution as a covenant of death. It lists war, debt, taxation, cotton losses, moral corruption, despotism, and social vices as charges.
A fractured Louisiana convention scene unfolds as delegates quarrel over funding and pay. The revolt-like mood spreads amid accusations of waste and partisan aims, with calls for federal stamps to keep the assembly alive and the “nigger Constitution” looming as a feared outcome.
A mixed slice of 19th century content discusses Tax on Guaap and a second magazine’s standing, then moves to political notes. It highlights editorials on Tricks of President-Making, a historical romance about the fall of Italian States, and Van Evrie’s new articles on human variety with a colored model. It references Grant for the Presidency as the dry goods candidate, NC Conservative State Convention in Raleigh, and Colorado Legislature’s admission resolutions. The piece shuttles to a long, fragmented critique of nerves, nerves, and nerve culture, citing Dr Turner's Neuralgia Pills and an argument on the value and danger of excessive nerve power, ending with a note on Browne’s Apology for the Nerves as either untimely or injudicious.
Somenopy’s brief letter to the Vinton Record titled Nasby in Town questions meetings at the Court House last week. The writer claims Nasby was not in town and criticizes the Abolitionist label and the Ohio Senate election. Also mentions local merchants and prices at Gill & Richmond’s Hardware and Henry Richman’s clothing sales with reflections on bondholders and the Record.
Fragmented notes report Cincinnati flour barrels priced nine to twelve fifty, a Presbyterian church in Ohio suspends a member for joining the Masons but the Presbytery restores him. Local schools reopen with no teacher in one department, while town meetings discuss street repairs and taxation.
The Fenians continue to harass British officials amid ongoing unrest. The text lists figures for land and farm assets with unclear terms and spellings, noting 12 625 894 sores of Improved forms and related counts, averaging 114 per farm.
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