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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1857
Page
2
A 19th century editorial opposes slave power and urges local maple sugar production to keep wealth in Meigs County. It contrasts Southern despotism with Northern reform, notes probate court happenings, and muses on economic links between sugar supply and regional prosperity. The piece blends commentary on slavery, court proceedings, and agricultural policy.
A regional letter advocates using common salt as a fertilizer on grain land to boost yields. Cites six bushels per acre increasing crops by fifty percent and hay value, urges salt producers to fund trials, notes timing after spring rains, and argues salt helps drought resilience. Mentions New Orleans and state political notes and other dispatches.
Terrific storm and flood devastate rail lines across Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan. Bridges on Milwaukee and Galena lines swept away. Rock Island DuPage and Bureau river bridges destroyed. Engines cars and crews missing feared drowned. Illinois and LaSalle rivers rise twenty eight feet. Fox and St Joseph rivers flood. canal boats sunk. several steamboats reported lost.
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