28 Sep 1858
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Newspaper
Meigs County Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1858
Page
1
The notice details subscription terms and payment rules for the Meigs County Telegraph, outlining continued service when subscribers fail to object, and allows discontinuation upon request. It lists local attorneys, physicians, merchants, and tradesmen with brief identifiers and business locations in Pomeroy and surrounding areas.
Fragmentary 19th century style poem reflecting on lost love and memory. The speaker questions the beloved's absence after a year, contrasting sorrow with tender religious imagery and hope for reunion in a divine hour.
In a rural village a pompous bully, Jack Burke, targets Mary Livingston at a planned picnic. Dr William Granby intervenes, defeats Burke with swift, precise blows, and drives him from town, earning village respect and inspiring a push for physical training among youths.
Fragment from Meigs Meigs County coverage reviews North Carolina ratification debate on the slave importation clause. Delegates discuss twenty year ban, tax alternatives, and the moral stakes, with citations from South Carolina and Georgia as examples, while arguing for gradual abolition and national humanity.
A garbled report describes an editor in a shop incident and an inquest verdict about a death by arsenic ingestion. It notes a widow and child and mentions an inquest finding the deceased caused his own death. The language reflects a mourning tone and legal inquiry into the fatal event.
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