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Newspaper
Elyria Courier
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1850
Page
1
Publication details for a weekly Elyria newspaper note subscription prices and advertising rates. Subscriptions: $1.79 prepaid for six months, $2.00 after the year, $2.00?. advertising one dollar per square per insertion, 25 cents for each subsequent insertion, three month minimum. Rates listed per column and year.
A fragmented poem contemplates a mortal stream as final passage. It traces a sequence from a prattling infant to a youth who sinks beneath moonless waters, then a scream, and a figure envisioning the end. The speaker calls Death the last pang and imagines crossing to a home beyond the waves.
The Ohio State Peace Society formed at a May 1850 convention in Columbus adopts a constitution. Officers named include a President nine Vice Presidents and secretaries, with ex officio executive power to the President and secretary. Auxiliaries may join, annual meetings set for May, and amendments require a majority.
The President and officers of the meeting included Wm Dawes as President and a slate of vice presidents and secretaries from prominent local names. Delegates for the State at large were proposed including Wm Dawes, Charles Elliott, Rev. Randolph Poster, Elisha Bates, and Rev. John Rankin among others. The session adjourned after remarks by professors and auditors.
Whig convention resolutions condemn expansion of slavery and advocate a non-slaveholding republic. The piece references President Taylor, congressional governance, and territorial policy. It notes the Courier Office move, critiques the Locofocos, and previews political contests led by Judge Johnston vs Gov. Ford, with commentary on Seabury Ford and regional figures.
John Nl. Pexon and EB. G. Boynton Lsq have received the appointment of Deputy Marabal to take the county census. They are favorably known throughout the county and will begin duties immediately. The county is divided into two districts with Bly. Paxon in the eastern and Boynton in the western division.
Farmers must notify the committee by July 1 to enter farms for the next agricultural fair. The Avis road project draws $300,000 in domestic subscriptions to support a Cleveland to Sandusky route, with total cost near $1,000,000. The Locos finance plan and constitutional banking questions loom in the political mix as miners and residents discuss growth and trials. A court case related to the Wentworth murders draws attention alongside town life reports and a rail meeting tonight seeking civic turnout.
The letter from Edmond Brooks in California describes work finished at Stphan's store and two small buildings built since. He plans a shop for gold washers, noting profitability despite many makers. He explains washers cost about 20 dollars, take six days to make, and materials cost 12 dollars. Quicksilver machines cost 300 to 200, require four men, and wash more dirt daily.
The column reviews Burranasy or Heppy Tel e towards the End of Lifes By William Montford and a miscellany of 1850 titles. It notes a familiar colloquial style, praises the preface urging Christian faith balanced by science, and highlights sales by Parker Co and others. It mentions periodicals for children and a treatise on consumption by Wat Cornell L. A. Boston. It also reports convention discussions on capital punishment and parliamentary proceedings, with remarks by Col Dawkins and Mr Quigley amid a Columbus convention context.
An 1848 style parliamentary report notes a Mobile Tribune anecdote about a bird defeating a snake, then pursuing a feeding, alongside ongoing battles over California admission and slavery in Congress. The piece mentions speakers like Clay, Davis, and Dupont, with references to a Wilmot Proviso and a potential new convention. It also covers Senate votes on the Compromise bill and the exclusion of slavery in new territories.
North of Main street grocer Mr. Tram Rogers bought a Connecticut River shad and found an Ohio Star paper from Ravenna inside the fish. The wrapper dated December 12, 1849, the die is cast into decay. the tale hints at a fatal food-linked death and odd court-room questions arise in a garbled report.
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