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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1859
Page
4
A garbled, archaic styled text presents a surreal meditation on love and memory. The speaker wanders amid flowers and vows, pondering fate, time, and the world as the scene shifts through dreamlike images and elusive names.
A collage of humor and social sketches from the bar and street, including reflections on money, manners, and mischief. Anecdotes feature witty remarks from doctors and editors, a tale of a centenarian Christmas party, and a slave auction joke about half ownership.
A comical scene in South Kerry shows a middle aged man scolding a juvenile for boot polishing mischief while reading city politics, ending with a humorous charge of forty two cents and a sixpence. The piece blends whimsy with commentary on dress and health, plus unrelated notes on India rubber footwear and local ads about stores and services.
In Meigs County Ohio a mortgage case concerns John W. Stackpole and McGrew Co involving promissory notes dated March 26 1868 and a mortgage on Lot 84 and parts of Lot 230 in Pomeroy to secure the notes. The West Columbia Mining and Manufacturing Company is named as holder of part of the debt and the suit seeks lien clarification and foreclosure with sale of the mortgaged premises. The petition also names C Shacklett William Payne and others, and references prior judgments and additional mortgages.
A garbled 19th century page advertises a marriage guide by Dr. Wil. Young and Dr. J. C. Ayers universal remedies. It promotes Young’s Great Marriage Guide, with engravings, priced twelve to five cents, mailed from Spruce Street Philadelphia. Also touts Ayer’s Ague Cure and Roback’s Blood Purifier with broad claims for malaria, headaches, neuralgia, bilious fever, and other ailments, alongside caution against counterfeits and distributor names.
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