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Newspaper
Maumee Express
Location
Maumee, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1837
Page
1
A garbled 19th century page lists numerous Maumee City merchants and professionals with addresses on Erie, Water, and Canal streets, including Reed and Hosmer, Justus Dwight, Hunt & Converse, Forsyth & Hazard, and Noble. Interspersed are fragmented quotes and short dialogue about banking, love, and a Wellington reference.
A fragment from Maumee Express prints a poem about a stormy day and a speaker lamenting tattered breeches. The narrator recalls a kite, wind, and rain during a washing day, ending with a vow to mourn the breeches forever and a changing world.
A long extract describes a dramatic steamboat race between the Franklin and the Philips near Louisville. The pursuit, near Warsaw and Rising Sun, features crews, pine knots, fires, and near-collision maneuvers with passengers alarmed. The Franklin gains, then the Philips braves the chase, ending with cheers and a gun salute as the Franklin wins.
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