15 Oct 1844
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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1844
Page
1
The notice lists payable amounts and installment options for ads. It notes two dollars payable in June or two dollars and forty cents, with arrearages and publication options. Rates include three insertions for one dollar per square and twenty five cents for each additional insertion, with various time-based pricing.
Ellen Canning marries the temperate but dissolute Harry Marston. After a promising reform, Marston relapses into drink, cripples their son in a tavern attack, and Ellen dies of consumption while mourning. Marston reforms briefly, then returns to whiskey. the child dies, Ellen dies, and Marston contemplates fate with sorrow and guilt.
An account by Mr. Cestixe on Ceylon cinnamon describes a narrow coastal belt near Colomo where ideal conditions, climate, soil, and pure quartz sand create a unique cinnamon garden. The cinnamon tree is cut young for bark, which dries into fragrant quills, while the wood serves only as fuel.
Arch'd McAllister reports on potato pests in Salem during September 1844. He notes small white insects puncturing skins, causing browning, vesication, abscess formation, and green rot, with widespread damage estimated across fields and mentions comparisons to British and Russian reports. He urges investigation and cites Shaddus W. Harris and broader agricultural concerns.
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