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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1867
Page
1
The Steubenville Weekly Herald lists publication details and advertising rates. It outlines daily and weekly editions, subscription prices, delivery, and office location, plus a schedule of rates for display and classified ads, including marriage notices and obituaries, with terms for payment and distance ads.
Poem speaks of weariness and the wish to rest after toil. The speaker requests burial in a tranquil, nature-filled landscape, listing rivers, meadows, trees, and birds as witnesses. The refrain emphasizes ending fatigue with peaceful, reverent repose among creation.
Correspondent reports a crowded meeting in Spring Garden Street where Col. William S. Thomas condemns Congress for removing Stanton and labels Johnson’s policies as dangerous. The piece mixes local business insights, commentary on Kentucky and Tennessee politics, and a satirical take on party loyalties and race, with broad references to Grant and political figures of the era.
A long notice extols the American Watch Company of Waltham Mass and its watches as cheaper, more accurate, durable, and easier to repair than foreign makes. Endorsing letters from Penn Railroad and General Superintendent Edward H. Williams praise reliability and long wear. The ad lists several brands, cautions against imitations, and promotes care literature. plus separate notices for Swayne’s Ointment and Bell’s Specific Pills and Helmbold’s Extract.
An advertiser claims a simple remedy cured a long lung ailment and consumption and offers to mail a free prescription and preparation instructions to fellow sufferers. Aimed at remedy seekers, the notice promises cure for consumption asthma bronchitis coughs colds and throat and lung issues. Also promotes various beauty and medical products with bold claims and sales pitches.
The Ohio contest sharpens as Democrats push past old uprisings. Vallandigham accuses opponents of Bourbon-like inaction while the Cincinnati Gazette rejects erasing war crimes and swapping guilt, arguing the Republicans must own the rebellion’s costs.
The text presents Democratic views on impartial suffrage, opposing taxation without representation and affirming that all political power rests with the people. It argues the Constitution was framed by Democrats, urges equal voting rights free of racial restriction, and calls for presenting this principle to the states for adoption nationwide.
Jackson ville Oregon reports a visit to a mysterious Sunken Lake in the Cascade Mountains about seventy five miles northwest of Jacksonville. The lake is described as twelve miles long and ten miles wide with walls dropping straight to water whose depth is unknown. Locals note air currents do not reach it and rifles fired at a forty five degree angle show seconds before impact.
Syonky July Pso7 reports Clark the banditti leader and his 21 year old brother were executed on Tuesday morning. The younger brother accepted his reprieve only to die on the scaffold as their last farewell words faded. A savage scene showed two brothers at the dawn of manhood, the sun lit morning turning grim as the lever dropped.
Austrian lodges previously closed in 1794 attempt to regain ability to operate. Vienna masons reportedly pursuing authorization to reconstitute the former lodge in the capital.
Governor Merton denounces Democrats for caused war and rebel crimes, blames them for taxes, losses, and Andersonville deaths. He savages Judge Thurman and the Democratic platform, defends Republicans, and urges impartial suffrage for colored Ohioans, arguing self defense and equal rights require the ballot. He warns soldiers against Democratic deceit and contrasts Kentucky and Ohio politics.
A Washington Circus report says the President planned to remove General Howard for a colored ally and told J M Langston he could be appointed if he consulted colored leaders. Grant advised against Langston taking the role, noting Howard’s good record and uncertain satisfaction if Langston replaced him.
The McCool of St Louis versus Jones of Cincinnati boxing match drew 2000 spectators despite unrest. The ring used ground stakes and ropes. multiple rounds ended with Jones bleeding and eventually fracturing his frontal bone. Jones remains in critical condition. McCoole reportedly faced another potential fight with Jim Elliott as drunken revelry roared through the city.
Col Forney tours Europe where a German banker hails the U S for crushing rebellion and paying debt, praising the Union’s resolve against assassination and its wartime economy. In Pirrishkan, Aug 31, Robert Black the famed counterfeiter has been found guilty.
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