24 Dec 1864
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Times
Location
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1864
Page
1
Two routans a FRAR revariably TEEN an advance. Subscribers who do not notify to suspend are charged to continue. If papers are discontinued the publishers collect all arrears. Postmasters are liable for unsent periodicals. Courts have ruled nonpayment or removal as evidence of intent to evade.
Society meetings announced for Aurora Lutyn No meets monthly at City Hall. Names listed include Corry Ene, Vasari, Revonder FoR Gy, and others. Monthly prayers and rites held, with officers and locations noted for the Praternity gathering at the City My location.
Fragmented OCR lists church names and times with stray words and street names. The readable items mention a pastor, Sabbath morning service, and several street corners including Comet and Fourth, with various partial titles and notes.
An archaic poem by Mrs R S Nichols laments the passing of summer and its joys. Nature tones of mountain pines, fragrant burns, and silvery birds fade as winter nears. The speaker mourns glories, colors, and lively days now gone, urging remembrance of summer's gentle spirits.
A reflective meditation on dreaming and memory, contrasting past happiness with future hope. The prose moves from delicate visions of love and youthful longing to calls for imagination as a refuge, ending with a fragmented note about a public court case involving Ex Treasurer Breslin.
The piece blends a mock gospel indictment favoring Union and anti rebellion with sharp critique of Eastern influence on the Western press. It rails at New England abolitionism, accuses eastern money of steering Western policy, and condemns political corruption, rhetoric, and “despot” meddling while urging a robust Western character. It also reports the arrest of J ro Zimmerman in Chicago for robbing mails, detailing a $14,000 drafts scheme connected to a trunk find.
Fragmented recount of a dog named Rover fleeing danger after a violent incident. Mixed text shows a conflict, escape, and Rover’s street dash as authorities or figures react, with unclear sequence and several garbled phrases.
The article discusses the human pulse as a health index, noting a normal rate of about seventy per minute and an expected life of around seventy years. It presents a speculative claim that accelerated pulse caused by alcohol or food increases may shorten life to about forty or forty five years, using large numeric examples to illustrate mortality linked to pulse rate. It then briefly mentions a Montana Territory election result with Colonel Sam Mei Lean winning a large majority over Banderreno htican.
The report criticizes fiscal choices and urges a fifty million tax increase amid rising expenditures and limited revenue. It notes notes and bond issues faltering, warns of depreciation, and presents a controversial vision of government loans as part of the broader national debt strategy. The analysis critiques the President's bankrupt law proposal as impractical and risky, urging Congress to resist it.
A compact meditation on restraint and compassion. The piece cites St Vincent de Paul and Jeremy Taylor, urging patience and sympathy to reach the troubled and vicious, and suggesting gentleness can soften hardened hearts and open paths to reform. Includes a humorous, though garbled, aside on social manners and a jab at modern hoop-skirt fashion.
A joke about a New Hampshire judge who keeps Jamaica rum in his private office. His son Sam misses church on Sundays, tests the claim, and returns home drunk. The punch line: the church is temporarily closed with a label stating no service today.
A fragmentary aged newspaper piece spoofing Shakespeare with faux French diction, juxtaposed with a humorous misread note about a chaplain during a camp siege. It blends mock dramatization of Macbeth and a dated military humor anecdote about mail delivery to soldiers.
A Victorian era letter extols horse care practices to keep legs and feet sound with minimal nails in shoes, box living, two hours daily exercise, and no rack chain. The excerpt also notes meat preservation tips using stone jars and lard, plus a remark on the rise of office holders under federal government and higher salaries since Lincoln’s inauguration.
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