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Newspaper
Steubenville Weekly Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1850
Page
1
A long moral tale set in early 19th century Steubenville narrates Amelia Danvers and Edward Hastings lovers, Edward’s descent into drink influenced by a mother’s warning, leading to marriage, relapse, decline, Amelia’s death, and Edward’s ruin by intemperance, ending with a cautionary benediction on abstinence.
An invited guest recalls a dining room incident where a dull knife sparks temper. The host flings the knife downstairs, prompting the guest to swiftly chase the ham after it and quip I thought you were dining down stairs. The tale ends with a clever exchange.
At a Lehigh county iron mine water is drawn by mule power. One mule refused to work unless ridden, so attendants mounted an artificial monkey on the mule. The animal now works steadily and satisfactorily, saving a worker’s hand.
The quote extols a government free of pomp and aristocratic favors, likening its blessings to dews from heaven. It emphasizes a simple, universal system that protects liberties and distributes benefits openly, unseen until their quiet, refreshing impact is felt.
AZ Young eel now Sir Robert is unanimously returned to Parliament in his late father's seat without appearing at hustings. The move underscores a smooth transition of power and broad support within the constituency.
A late message from Fillmore emphasizes restraint and constitutional supremacy. It argues for a steady, temperate approach that upholds the executive branch while avoiding bias, aiming to maintain public order and lawful governance.
A fragmentary letter defending Webster on boundary issues is cited, with praise and censure. The writer contrasts Webster with the New York Tribune view, condemning accusations of treason to freedom and slavery, and questions whether he will prove a stronger Free Soil advocate than some colleagues. The piece ends with a call to observe future developments.
Arizona and Ohio oppose in ranking with more than any other state and Cincinnati hosting four medical colleges including dental surgery programs.
Panic among Free-Soilers as returns from southeastern counties show Darby leading Bowlin in the race for Congress. Bowlin had 1847 votes to 426 for Cook in eight counties yet to be heard, with Darby poised to surpass Bowlin by about 139 votes and likely win.
A reporter recalls a dramatic reaction from a young woman upon hearing that her lover had died. She pleaded for the fallen man’s gold watch, asking for any token to remember him by, revealing a poignant moment of mourning and longing.
The summer in Charleston has been the hottest ever known with thirty days averaging 90 degrees and frequently reaching 92 and 94 degrees. The city remains quite healthy despite the extreme heat.
The note extols moral improvement through personal virtue and warns against vice, claiming dimity as a stronger moral deterrent than calico or rattan, urging self-discipline to avoid prison.
The Plough, the Loom, and the An vil editor offers a recipe as infallible for ring worm cure. Heat a shovel to bright red and cover with Indian corn grains, press them with a cold flat iron, rub the ring worm, and after one or two applications it will be killed as dead as Julius Caesar.
Grex writes to the New York Tribune praising Gen. Scott as a noble veteran and upright American. Scott will take up headquarters in the city in the house formerly used by Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State. The War Department has seen admirable administration and Cabinet support, marking his return from Mexico with unprecedented attention.
A special dispatch reports an attempted abduction of four Georgia slaves led by abolitionist Wm. L. Chaplin near Montgomery County Maryland. A bloody clash left two slaves wounded. Chaplin and another man are jailed. Conflicting reports tie Chaplin to abolition papers but offer no conclusive proof amid citywide tension.
On Western Row, two men met Saturday evening. One carried a market basket and asked for the cholera report to day. The reply was ten, prompting the exclamation I will go back and get some cucumbers.
Cleaning guidance advises using cold water and hard soap to wash paint without removing it. Carpets are pounded in strong cold soap suds then rinsed. Bedsteads require a complete scrub and dry before reassembly, with seams treated using corrosive sublimate in alcohol or sulfur mixed with camphor.
The Pitts Post reports a spike in cholera deaths with more deaths in one day than seen since the outbreak began. Seven deaths occurred on Penna Avenue Monday night and Tuesday morning, four on the hill, and Dr Green of Third Street died yesterday morning. Twelve cases were recorded in one day. Despite the bad tally, physicians and citizens expect the disease to abate and disappear within a week.
The Fon Du Lac Republican hints subscribers about spring arriving with sunny skies and sweet breezes. It notes thawing ice and phantom visions, with playful allusions to romance and a reminder that delinquent subscribers may soon be paying.
An Irishman fishing in Rico Joxe catches a large turtle and places it in a servant girl’s room to surprise her. At breakfast the maid exclaims she has the devil, and the master learns the creature is a bull bed bug blamed for eating the children for two months.
Governor Quitman of Mississippi is indicted in Louisiana for involvement in the Cuban Expedition. He questions whether a requisition to deliver him to Louisiana for trial can be honored, citing constitutional scruples that may delay a decision for some time.
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