Market Streets Office Scene in Portsmouth Ohio
An item describes a location on Market Streets between Second and Third Streets over Kautzieben's Drug Store in Portsmouth Ohio.
29 Dec 1860
Page 1
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Times
Location
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1860
Page
1
An item describes a location on Market Streets between Second and Third Streets over Kautzieben's Drug Store in Portsmouth Ohio.
A battlefield lull near the fortifications sees soldiers from Severn, Clyde, and Shannon sing Annie Laurie as guns pause and blood-red sunsets glow beyond the sea. The scene contrasts with ongoing shelling and a Crimean theater of war. References to abolitionism and secession debate follow in extended commentary.
A tavern visitor jokes about a mile long raft and a twin tavern, crossing a wood raft as he walks upstream. He debunks a fake medical claim and quips about walking exactly a mile in twenty minutes, ending with a boastful barb about his own pace and timing.
Mason fraternal groups meet monthly at the Masonic Building corner of Third and Washington Streets. Mount Vernon Chapter No 23. Solomon Connert Lodge No 5. Calvary Encampment No 13. Odd Fellows and other societies also gather at City Hall and local halls on specified weeknights with officers listed.
Obscure directory page lists multiple pastors and churches with Sabbath services and evening meetings. It references various streets and congregations, including Christ Church, Workington Street, and Washington end avenues, with exact service times and clerical names.
A fragmentary account describes a Florida government contract with New York mechanics. Jupe, an employer’s slave, questions why workers toil, noting seasonal slack and desire to feed a family. White folk and labor tensions surface amid a murky dialogue on race and labor.
A column discusses natural cures for colds with rest and fluids and warns against overindulgence in remedies, noting fever follows a cold. It recounts Tar Lirree Hoy and Tar Bran as a French nobleman’s bear Marco guarding a child in a harsh winter, forming a lasting friendship until the boy’s death.
Justice Waite in St Louis found a dollar bill with a note recording a marriage between Geo H Cox of Oshkosh Wisconsin and Celia Rice dated October 4 1839. The note jokes about fees for certificates and ads and signs off with a church pastor name.
A clipped, archaic-sounding record recalls a village scene of freemen and a confrontation over a border dispute. Names and details are garbled, but the piece hints at communal tension, a request for aid, and a sequence of local figures linked to a long memory of conflict.
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