28 Mar 1867
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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1867
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment lists subscription terms and identifies a publisher Bowen as editor and proprietor. The text is incomplete but indicates publication volume and period style. No clear event or person context beyond names.
A clipped verse page blends contemplative poetry about longing for home with stray notes on history. It includes a brief reflection on poetry’s cadence, a nostalgic refrain about returning from foreign lands, a fragment about the first cotton mill at Beverly Massachusetts, and a science note that the mean sea level across the Atlantic and Pacific now appears equal.
A local notice announces H. C. Moore physician and surgeon in Allensville. In absence of two years the public is informed of his continued practice and the expected return date.
A Washington Irving style tale recounts a haunted vessel found adrift near the Gulf of Florida. Ghostly mariners haunt the ship during a perilous voyage to South America, ending with a wreck on rocks and unanswered questions about underwriters and salvage. The second fragment rails against Republican fiscal policy, contrasting greenbacks with bonds and urging withdrawal of greenbacks to curb interest costs.
A Tuesday evening gathering in Alleghany Pennsylvania church saw two women in the same pew turn hostile over accusations of improper intimacy involving their spouses. The argument escalated, disturbing services and leading to a vigorous hand to hand confrontation before they were separated and expelled.
Tamaqua Journal reports a group of St Clair travelers, described as married men with other women, were robbed while en route to Mubong. Robbers stripped occupants to undergarments, leaving only buffalo robes. The men were forced to turn back, with speculation about wives aiding in the moral swing and retaliation by the offended spouses.
A dated fragment recounts a timepiece of moral thrift in a Madison Wis visit with a publisher Franklin, a price dispute over a book, and a later tale of a newlywed couple paying for luxury in a hotel. It notes a Black Bank discovery in Schuylkill county and iron trade implications.
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