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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1858
Page
4
A fragment from a period piece features aphorisms on upright minds, critiques of reform, and playful jests about whiskers and moustaches. It includes religious reflections on home as a sanctuary, praise of knowledge, economy, and labor, and light anecdotes about Irish voices and Peabody.
A minster sermon on judgment is interrupted by a colored girl with a white baby who jokes about stopping the child from "sturbin" the crowd. Rev Eleazer Williams dies at Hogansport New York from dropsy after rumors of royal birth. Local notices also describe coal mine curiosities and early Methodist church records with a lottery and a negro sexton.
A garbled history piece lists exaggerated claims of hair healing and medical feats, naming various figures and places in a dense OCR jumble. It mentions remedies, authorities, and a sprawling cast of names, hinting at a sensational medical column or rumor-filled feature from a past issue.
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