15 Mar 1853
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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1853
Page
1
A torn piece includes a proposal for a subscription price cut and a lyrical family gathering poem. The text alternates between a postal or telegraph line about a liberal price reduction and a reverent family reunion ode. It laments absent loved ones and cherishes memory around a shared hearth.
The Ohio General Assembly passes acts authorizing the governor to procure Curwen's Revised Statutes of Ohio in multiple volumes, with pricing up to three dollars fifty cents per copy, and sets conditions for delivery, library placement, and funding through the general appropriation law. The measures include authority for sheriffs and court officials to conduct real property sales in spring terms of 1863, with related procedural notes and officer attestations.
Long legal provisions outline township and county powers to view and open watercourses or ditches, appoint commissioners, and assess costs. It details notices, appeals, and enforcement, with penalties for noncompliance and a framework for compensation to trustees and officials.
The Chillcothe Gazette reports J. H. Keith & Co. secured a permanent loan of 1,600 acres of top coal land in Vinton County, twenty-five miles from Chillicothe and near the railway. They aim to supply coal to the city next winter, suitable for furnaces and smiths without coking.
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