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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1870
Page
3
Timetables show trains east and west with various stops including Portsmouth and Loveland. Lines note daily runs and exemptions, plus a section advertising legal blanks and goods from The House of Winn & Co in Philadelphia New York markets and stressing cash purchases to save wholesale profits.
Judge Wm Johnson known as Booby travels to Washington to press for Judge Leavitt’s United States District Court seat. He aims to replace the retiring judge, while municipal elections reflect strong Democratic gains and report on Black voters influencing results.
The leading dry goods house Dan Winn and Bros announces a new Spring and Summer assortment in Eastern markets. Aaron Witt, their buyer, reports low prices across all grades and styles as fresh stock arrives later this week. The firm promises finest goods at the lowest cash figures and urges customers to visit to learn extraordinary low prices.
The public is urged to visit W. E Perron and Sons for a spring and summer assortment with low cash prices. J. A. Petron is buying for Monae ia, sourcing goods from the East as gold declines. A resignation of Hon. WA Towne as judge is noted and a new election will follow. Also notice the May issue of Young Sportsman, praised as a leading juvenile publication available for 35 cents.
A racist political letter from April 24 1870 defends a correspondent against alleged lies about Luther Showers voting while criticizing opponents. It includes bias, threats, and references to a post office list of names and an advertisement for Mrs S B Puow. It ends with a medical advertisement for Hoofland’s Bitters and Tonic.
A fragmented 1870 newspaper fragment advertises The Southern States journal and weekly Register, with notes on subscription rates and political alignment around Stephen A. Douglas. Includes medical ad Rosenbims Stomach Bitters and a list of post office letters in Zalester Ohio with several names, plus a trade-in offer for old books and rope.
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