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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1857
Page
1
The Telegraph Weekly edition lists tram subscriptions and payment terms, notices of discontinuation for nonpayment, forwarding rules, and legal statements on newspaper continuation. It includes business cards and ads for mills, hotels, and services with prices and contact details.
A lengthy narrative blends a moral meditation on memory with a frontier tale. It recounts a Muskingum river settlement near Marietta in 1790, the Choate and Bullard families, a hunter named Joseph Waugh, Indian attacks, and visions of a blockhouse siege. The piece also interleaves political discourse on emancipation and Missouri’s slavery debate, citing speeches by Brown and Clover and editorials from St. Louis papers. It closes reflecting on union loyalty and reform versus entrenched institutions.
The George Law arrived at 6 PM with 81 100 000 in specie from Aspinwall and Callao. Passengers include Messrs Drexel Gwin and Broderick, with notes on Walker at Rivas and San Juan Del Sur. Reports from Valparaiso, Callao, and Australia cover revolutions in Peru, tensions in Bolivia, and British actions in the Persian Gulf area. The Europa arrival adds Canton news and British-Chinese events, while Liverpool markets show steady commodities.
The document lists numerous public offices and names across county and city roles. Entries include representatives in Congress Chauncey G Hawley Alfred Thorneon court officers judge clerks and county officials such as surveyor treasurer marshal and trustees with several names like Rodney Dowlings V Rinith and Amos Nuntiam credited among others.
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