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Newspaper
Lima Argus
Location
Lima, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1847
Page
4
A garbled national verse laments woman’s love and poverty while a later dispatch reports a brutal massacre in Kotmandge, Nepaul. It notes the Queen’s involvement in the killings of prime minister and cabinet, with 200 executions, and Nepaul’s Buddhist faith and Tartarean populace.
The passage urges constant work as the remedy for mental heaviness and fear. It extols pressing forward with intellect and effort to dispel gloom, reveal sunshine, and gain freedom and progress. Work is presented as the sole path to vitality, hope, and human happiness.
In reference to Mr Calhoun’s speech the excerpt mocks political maneuvering and the Texas question, with jumbled remarks about Mexico, Texas and peace. It lists Yonkee proverbs taught by his mother and ends with a garbled inquiry about a future state and public life.
From Constantinople dated November reports a massacre of Nestorian Christians in Kurdistan by Bed Khan Ber. He split his forces into bands and sacked 36 villages, killing inhabitants and torturing women and children. Two bishops were among the impaled. The Porte vows action, but embassies feel powerless amid alleged intrigues. Bed Khan sent 300 Christian heads to Mosul as a threat.
The Augusta Age notes Maine's election results with a Democratic majority in both houses. Two Democrats won in Berwick and Clinton, while East Livermore remained without choice. total Democrats now control seven seats plus a statewide Senate majority of five, ensuring Dana's governorship and Dem control of state offices.
A historical advertisement warns consumption can be cured and promotes Dr Duncan's Expectorant Remedy as the only safe, plant based medicine. It cites testimonials from Ohio and Cincinnati users, urges readers to buy from official agents, and warns against counterfeit mixtures.
An advertisement announces a new tinning business in Lima offering tin, copper, sheet iron ware, stoves, and hollowware at reduced cash prices. Repairs available on short notice, ware described as best materials and warranted not to leak. Location: two doors north of J. W. King’s Old Cash Store. February 9, 1847.
Fragmentary ad style notice with misspelled items seeks wheat clover seed timothy seed and oats. Crude wartime era phrasing references the Kore War and politics, with garbled farm and seed requests and a stray political call.
An 1817 notice from Linn and Panter in Lima promotes Dr Grahan FOUNC HAIR BALM, touting durability and better bargains than rivals. It claims the product preserves growth and restoration, with exchanges for various goods, and lists building materials, livestock, and provisions as possible trade items. It frames the balm as a luxury and a versatile commodity offered at the public square corner in Lima, dated February 13, 1517.
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