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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1872
Page
3
The Enquirer lists varied items from trades and personalities to local happenings. It mentions printers, dramatic performances, new companies organizing operations, weather shifts, fishing season opening, street sanitation, and upcoming conventions with scattered names and places across Ohio and nearby regions.
A young lady seeks work to learn typesetting and general printing office duties. Willing to train in the marshalling and setting of type and related tasks at this office.
A garbled broadcast lists various items and names, mentioning cheap offerings and a mix of unclear phrases. It reads like a distressed advertisement or flyer with uncertain references to people and places, lacking coherent context or dates.
Townsfolk are invited to a grand display at the Dry Goods Emporium of A Kelton featuring fine Fancy Goods, shoes, and novelties. A depot hotel stop promises comfortable beds and courteous service for travelers to Chillicothe, with Will & Co. offering a full stock of dry goods and novelties in Zaleski.
An notice praises Martins Dry Goods House of T A Martin Mc Son the Old Garner for fine assortment and highlights their superior stock. The Cushman Troupe gave concerts at School House Hall to large audiences and earned high praise for Li Cushman J D Montgomery and CH Burke with praised vocal and musical talents.
George Will on Main Street advertises a large assortment of groceries fruits and vegetables at low prices. He claims to stock items hard to find elsewhere and urges customers to visit for a wide range of goods.
Sisson's and others win the contract for a mile of Gallipolis Me. Arthur & Columbus Ry work along Curuchna Karnos farm in Swan Township with tools on site. McArthur lodge meets on Tuesday reviewing resolutions and appointments. At Cincinnati last week Liberal Republican Convention saw many Vinton county residents hopeful for national change.
Any person wishing to purchase a good post-hala boron should call at this office, and see the host.
In an unrelated case from Xenia Greene county Mrs A Leid wife of Dr Reid of Cedarville sues James Townsley druggist for 6000 damages over liquor sold to her husband. More than seventy witnesses are listed with Dr Reid among the principal witnesses for the defendant. The couple has separated.
J. Taanen-lon of the Winton district will accept thanks for the Statistics of Population Ninth Census 1870 Tables 1-8. It lists McArthur Elle Swan Wilkesville Clinton Swan Jackson townships and Vinton townships populations 1860 and 1850 with notes on absent races and local changes. Removal and new drug room announced in Will’s New Building Main Street with broad offerings and prescriptions.
Advertises 190,000 land units along a rail line from St Louis to Vinita Territory with long credit and low prices. Promotes Dr Bonohee’s Gow Mat Syrup and urges advertising efficacy. Claims Burlington Route connects Omaha Lincoln St Joseph Kansas City and offers safe fast travel with Pullman cars and air brakes. All who seek information are urged to inquire at Walnut Street Saint Louis and related drug stores.
A fragmented note mentions a live map showing the Great West and railroad connections. It instructs readers to contact Gondral-Paxnonger Agent, B, & Mo, B, 1. 0. Burling, Burlington, Iowa, to obtain the map and any other knowledge.
The Ohio Legislature adjourned after passing a bill to appoint two Mine Inspectors at 2900 dollars each and a Board of Examiners at a daily rate to run a coal mining department. The move is criticized as wasteful, aimed at creating offices for a few Republican partisans, with taxpayers bearing the cost.
Minister Schenck visits hospital schools and speaks with young patients. Officials say focusing on real welfare beats speculative mining scams.
A period ad touts Radway's Sarsaparillan Regenerator and Ready Relief as universal cures. It claims flesh and weight gain, relief from neuralgia, rheumatism, asthma, cancer, and digestive ills, promising rapid action and universal effectiveness while urging purchase from local merchants.
A letter from Charles Alden details fruit drying and preservation costs and yields. It states a bushel of apples weighs fifty points for drying, costs to prepare about thirty cents, yields seven pounds of dried apples or a pigmented product, and sells around twenty cents per pound after drying. Tomatoes yield three pounds per bushel. two dried cans equal one quart. evaporated tomato sells for seventy five cents per pound. Peaches yield seven pounds per bushel with skins removed. dried apples are superior to common dried fruit.
MM. M. Green of the Columbus and Hocking Valley Road toured Delaware, Marion, Upper Sandusky, Carey, Findlay, and Fostoria, meeting Bowling Green representatives and planning Toledo talks to secure cooperation. In Missouri, a mob murdered three men near Gunn City, including a county judge. masked assailants with guns threatened more killings. A Washington correspondent notes a presidential pardon for La Trait has discouraged officials from breaking up the “hella,” risking a revival of gambling.
A critical opinion declares the income tax prying, offensive, and unequal, burdening small earners while not felt by the rich. It notes the Senate favors repeal by a large margin, nearly three to one.
A Wisconsin man cultivates trees that bear fruit without seeds or care. He notes the trees are prolific and low maintenance, suggesting unusual horticultural luck as a local curiosity.
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