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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1869
Page
2
The piece argues that even with a 25 billion annual commerce total, taxes of 700 million drain wealth and leave little per capita for living. It critiques consumption funded by prior wealth, warns of wage stagnation, and links debt to slavery, then shifts to fiscal waste in Congress and calls for curbing incidental costs.
The piece argues Radical victories in Ohio and Pennsylvania are not decisive. It suggests Democrats still hold strength and that a small loss could flip control. It notes New York Tribune’s opposition to Radical gains and mentions a $4,000,000 capital being negotiated in the East.
A column ridicules the proposed move of the capital to St Louis and mocks Grant era politics. It jokes about postage stamps, bonds, and Grant’s in‑laws, then muses on Chinese emigration and war on rats. The tone is satirical and political, with local business ads interspersed.
The piece rails against high prices and praises the state legislature for passing the Fifteenth Amendment and adjournment. It lampoons the body for neglecting ordinary people's interests while hinting at racial prejudice and the plight of those deemed outsiders.
The notice proclaims Dan Will Brothers offers the largest finest cheapest lot of dry and fancy goods in the market. Anne Witt selected the assortment from top manufacturers and jobbers in the East. Dress goods praised for price quality and style with shelves full counters covered and boxes unopened. States clerks pay fairness and female clerks skill in tasks including counterfeit detection and account management. Mentions political editorials and commentary on voting behavior and impeachment talk with references to Johnson Grant and gold panic.
One General W. T. Crank arrives in Washington with discouraging news for the Republican governor race in Texas. He warns of anxious prospects, as Democrats and conservatives mobilize, and notes fear over the black vote. He claims Northern carpetbaggers cheat Southerners and urges early Republican focus on the negro element to guide the election, even proposing regiments to guard the polls.
Pery Low reports Santa and Pearce secured a stock of hardware at low costs and plan to pass the savings to customers with reduced prices. The move aims to attract shoppers seeking bargains in the local market.
Recent Post Office Department ruling permits sending letters placed in stamped envelopes outside the mail if the envelope is properly sealed and directed with the date, and if the postage is prepaid. Route agents must receive letters written after the mail closes and all way letters prepaid.
A garbled column lists varied tidbits from 19th century gossip: seven cars in California, steam fire engines in Wisconsin, Avondale funds over 200000 dollars, Prussian rations, Cheyenne murder threats, ex Secretary Wells sleeps hours, New York dog killings, Western Union daily receipts, sculptor Clark Mills buys Washington estate for 20000, tariff talk on Atlantic cable, lumberman challenges log rolling for 1500 a side, ex Governor Low to China, Ulysses panic at Maryland Institute fair, Brooklyn Eagle on Grant’s cabinet, a yeast peddler drowned, Sherman’s Georgia route rebuilt, Treasury interest payments, a girl to be beheaded at Goerlitz, France’s single steam fire engine, Boston Post season’s end, grains via Erie canal, New Orleans water low, Napoleon quits smoking, corn price higher than wheat in parts, Iturbide as Spanish throne candidate, Connecticut strawberry second crop, health opinions, Stephens health woes, Grant junketing in Philadelphia with bishop’s daughter, immigrant arrivals over 1000 daily, Manhattan Club 700 members, insurance damages in New York, feath ers price curiosity, and England pays a son of King of Abyssinia 3000 yearly.
The successors to Strong and Gib offer a large lot of Tardsware Tinware and cook and parlor stores with a full hardware line at greatly reduced prices.
In our market on Saturday yogas sold at 11 dollars per 100 The grosa equates to 13.75 net. Hog prices rose during the war then fell to 9 dollars net last year. More hogs and sheep are likely to be pushed, pork may keep up and mutton will rise next spring. Joseph Mare hindill of Richland township dropped dead while dressing himself last Sunday morning. What can be done with little money outlines clothing shortages for fall and winter. Twenty-two persons fail to visit L. Des Martin’s establishment, which now offers fall and winter goods at low prices. A small sum buys a bundle of goods. take money, produce, and car to Martins before the finest items are gone.
The whisky and tobacco taxes yield more revenue this year. A Washington newspaper will be edited solely by colored men. Delegates of the dear people have begun arriving in Washington. Japanese emigrants live in San Francisco and Northern New Hampshire. A gold discovery stirs interest. A man and his wife hold swimming exhibitions in London.
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