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Newspaper
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1862
Page
1
A reflective piece recalls a prosperous era when new neighbors moved in and built a modest home, followed by tragedy as a drunkard’s wife died and the husband vanished after a fire. It critiques abolitionism and ends in moral exhortations on Christian duty, temperance, and social virtue.
A long issue reviews the plight of spinner mills with 830 plants totaling 172,457 workers. Only 64,393 in full work, 16,572 out for the day, 55,307 two days, 28,832 three days weekly, and 8,063 idle. It warns of worsening winter hardship and rising destitution among factory laborers.
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