A DRAUGHTS CONTEST FOR LOVE IN PENNSYLVANIA
In Marietta, Pennsylvania, John Graham wins Anna by beating Anna's father Woodruff at draughts after months of practice. The old man tests him, then praises perseverance, urging patience as the key to skill and success in love and life.
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John Gratram
Bank of the Susquehanna
Marietta
Pennsylvania
Anna
John Graham
John
Graham
Marr
Old Woodruff
Woodruff
Jupiter
Ip Ak
Pet
Woods
Ruff
A Printer Debt Sermon on Honesty and Wheat Prospects
A fiery sermon pleads for paying printers and debts, warning debtors of ruin and disease. It extols honesty, recounts a sick man who forgave enemies and paid a printer before death. The piece also notes Ohio wheat crop prospects, predicting a strong harvest and ample supply for 1841.
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Dow, Jr
York
Ohio
Oneja
State of
Fragmented Dispatches Reflect Turbulent Times Across States
A jumble of notes references events from Bucks County to Scioto and Cincinnati. It mentions haying in Pennsylvania, the Eastern shore, prisoner captors of Osceola, and a fatal self-inflicted brass cannon accident. Also notes moral exhortations, printers’ accounts, and two suicides linked to Warren and Lebanon counties.
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T. 8 Arthur
Missunig
Sylvania
Boro
Bucks County
Rle
Scioto Gaz
Osceola
Schuylkill
Dides
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Lodges of
Odd Fellows
J. Scott
Warren County
Johnson
Lebanon