16 Mar 1858
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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1858
Page
1
A clipped nineteenth century notice spills irregular ads for local businesses in Pomero y including a brick building project, dry goods, mill content, and services. The page mixes retail plans with a moral tale about unpaid bills and a doctor’s sleigh ride anecdote.
A jumble of late 19th century gossip, crime, and politics. It recounts a dubious marriage and looming death linked to a Baltimore and Ohio marker, a mother and lover killed by a husband’s sons, and a fiery Chesapeake tale. It also notes Horace Greeley’s Fayette County promise, a legal threat to a Dublin printer, and the Washburne brothers profiled with voting tallies.
The piece mocks fashionable preachers and notes in the Navy Department Wabash dismissal. It mentions Commodore Paulding seeking guidance on arms from General Walker’s capture and questions government handling of Walker’s property. A comic yarn about a Dye and a “Help” shipboard exchange closes the fragment.
Captain Hartington records a colossal marine creature seen by the Castilian off Abeswater as it drifted near Sloop Island. The beast, estimated over 200 feet long, dark with white spots, loomed from the water twice and disturbed the sea, causing crew to doubt volcanic activity before confirming a serpent-like nature. Officers Hartington Davee and Whiteler signed the report.
The Washington leper and Lecompton debate are invoked in strong advocacy for Kansas political status under a constitution. Critics warn the administration will push the measure through Congress, while opponents claim urgent resistance and a sharp, public backlash. A separate aside extols modest, tasteful dress over ostentation as a moral imperative.
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