23 Feb 1858
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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1858
Page
1
In a boarding school tale Kate falls ill under mysterious fluttering of a fever as Emma and others rally. A young doctor senses tension and hidden schemes as classmates scheme for social escape and a covert visit in a cautious, period drama voice.
An aging physician observes two young women as they pose in a dim parlor playing music while he schemes vanity and flirtation. He jokes about charging a bill, though the elder aunt-like guardian retrieves the funds, prompting reflections on economy and virtue amid flirtatious mischief.
A fragmented reminiscence from Windham and Silver Street speaks of a bygone Saturday night ritual. Vivid imagery recalls bellows, a sleeping household, lovers and workers departing as the moon and ivy surround a church, while memories of youth, music, and a yearning for immortality drift through the narrator’s recollections of days along the old town.
A New Albany case ruled a teacher may detain a child after class to complete lessons. The father who demanded his child be released was ruled wrong to take the child against the master's will. The defendant was fined $20 and costs.
Pass Win Rorso a thirty year old man living near Elmira New York pretends to be single and entices a teacher with fifty dollars under promise of marriage. He allegedly fled with a woman of ill repute the night before the planned wedding and the teacher tragically died by strychnine after the deception. The piece critiques urban recreation and religious spaces while musing on leisure, progress, and language.
Henry Snaight of Ashtabula County Ohio dies January 10 at 97. Born in Warwick Kent Co England 1760 he enlisted at 14, served in the Revolutionary War, later fought in the War of 1812, and voted in every presidential election from Washington to Fremont. He lived in Massachusetts New York before settling in Ohio. News includes scattered local prose and a curious Western gin tale.
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