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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1858
Page
4
A collage of vintage quips and humorous lines from a Drury Lane shop window notice. Jests about apprentices, fashion, pie jokes, and banter between English and Irish characters mingle with old market banter and domestic humor.
Louisville Courier reports a confessed参与 by Joho aaslave Tha SMpay of Berry Cundiff in the murder of Miss Mary Shaler. Four others named Mrs Murphy and her daughter James McGavock Win Pickrell plus Pickrell’s brother implicated. Motive tied to money and blocked marriage. lynching threats and mob tension described.
A reader recollects a ballad about a mother who perished shielding her infant during a storm on Green Mountain, Vermont. The tale ends with the babe surviving and growing to become Speaker of the Ohio House, prompting reflections on a mother's sacrifice and guidance for those far from home.
Obscure 19th century ad pages feature a book titled Young Marriage Guide by M D Young and various notices including a medical association report. The text mentions marriage guidance, female health, and charitable or professional society materials with warnings and solicitations for subscriptions.
A detailed promotion extols Ayer’s Ague Cure as a universal treatment for malarial diseases. It claims to neutralize the blood poison, stimulate excretory organs, expel the infection, and prevent relapses. The advertisement lists numerous ailments linked to malaria and asserts the remedy’s safety and efficacy, with callouts of Dr. J. C. Ayers & Co. as makers and Reed as a local agent.
The notices describe actions in Meigs County Ohio involving Palmira Wolf v Robert Campbell and Matilda Pinnell v Robert Campbell. They seek judgments for sums of money plus interest, with attachments issued and responses due by the late December deadline. The filings name creditors, dates, and the attorney T. A. Plants.
Obert Campbell of Meigs County Ohio will take notice that John P Wolf filed a petition in the Court of Common Pleas Meigs County Ohio alleging Robert Campbell owes 129 dollars 32 cents plus 682 dollars 40 cents in wheat value plus interest from July 1858. An attachment order issued. Campbell must appear by the Saturday after December 28 next. Barbara Wolf also sues Campbell claiming 589 dollars 97 cents due with interest. attachment issued. response due by December 28. Michael R Wolf sues Campbell for 129 dollars 32 cents with interest from July 1868. attachment issued. appearance due by third Saturday after December 28. Additional notices reference similar actions and required appearances for trial.
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