26 Apr 1859
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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1859
Page
1
Fragment of Pomeroy Ohio newspaper page listing advertisers and notices. Includes attorneys and professionals such as Plants, Carlton, Dove, Knowles, and Waller, with mentions of rates, subscription terms, and public notice language.
Poem fragment reflecting nostalgia for Ponca and childhood. Vivid, sprawling imagery recalls landscapes, seasons, and halls of memory. The speaker contrasts distant places with spring and summer scenes, invoking old friends, winds, and the ache of days gone by.
A newly married couple from Virginia travels by rail to Parkersburg, aided by Captain Beau. They glimpse first class comfort, meet a sleepy porter and a joking newsboy, and endure a gas scare in the Swan House hotel before ending the night in quiet humor.
A Galveston paper prints a fierce card by W R Henry of a piratical Texas outfit denouncing Gen Twiggs over attempted capture of runaway enslaved people. He argues a U S forces arrest would require due process and threatens bloodshed if Texans must surrender. The piece contrasts abolitionist sentiment with a farmer’s call for orderly farming and memory of childhood.
Fragmentary 19th century Ohio legislative text outlines duties of county commissioners to index or transcribe public records, authorizes five cents per case and ten cents per thousand words, and confirms prior contracts. Other sections create an additional judge for Butler, Preble, and Darke counties and revise publication rules for general laws in newspapers. The mixed content includes acts on public records indexing, addition of a common pleas judge, and publication requirements with dates in 1859 and 1899.
Emery P. Barnes of Pharsalis writes to the Gennessee Farmers about planting corn and potatoes together, noting a May 25 sowing, a wet season, and a successful potato yield as good or better than separate crops, promising to repeat if results hold. He cites labor savings and asks for others to report outcomes through the Barmer.
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