15 Mar 1871
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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1871
Page
1
The Democratic Enquirer reports the Delaware State Convention to nominate a state ticket. Attendees include W Bower and M Arthur. The event spans March 15 1874 with focus on party platform and candidate selection.
A brief note announces a Vine lithograph portrait that will be presented to a recipient. The item signals an upcoming display or gift event with emphasis on the portrait’s significance and presentation plan.
At considerable expense we contracted for 1 100 large lithograph portraits of our esteemed U S Senator Mon Auten G Tavasan from a photograph furnished by J I Purwan editor of the Chillicothe Advertiser, suitable for framing and a handsome parlor ornament. Worth 2 each.
Old and New Subscriber notice announces April 15 1871 deadline for subscription advance payments and portrait rewards. Delaware county and Athens figures appear, with state officers named including Gideon Stewart senator and Solomon Howard commissioner, plus press expansion plans and temperance platform adoption. The piece cites campaigning for portraits and new press funding alongside comments on local elections and a vivid portrayal of Dr Helmbold’s renowned carriage team and luxury lifestyle.
A fragmentary column surveys varied items from a bygone paper. It notes a House vote on income tax suspension with laughter, confirms Alexander Stephens’ fragile health, hints at a marriage near a corner in funerals, and recounts odd items about a New Haven genius with hot poker, a Knoxville ordinance against women of color in groggeries, a dismembered soldier in San Francisco, a drag race in Montgomery, New York brides adopting monogram lockets, Greeley and hay, and a dog and cat fight in a Cincinnati theatre.
Two Montréal gentlemen, spirituously festive, tried to dance a fig in church to the organ, and were cruelly ejected. A railroad train broke loose at New Orleans, plowed through a warehouse and dwelling, telescoping a whole sleeping family. An Arkansas planter prefers Chinese cotton pickers to negroes, paying $15 monthly and providing rice and molasses.
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