Edited and Published Weekly by A. M. Gest
The notice outlines subscription terms for the weekly publication edited by A. M. Gest. Rates: two dollars per year in advance, or two dollars fifty cents within sixty days, three dollars after one year. No paper is discontinued until arrears are paid. failing to order discontinuance at end of subscription renews the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
New-York
United States
New Orleans
Congress
Notes on Texas and Houston life in the 1830s
The piece surveys Houston's diverse population, flour and clothing price inflation through tariff effects, social vice from drinking to gambling, land and head rights speculation, soldier discharges, and riots. It recalls a first sermon in Houston and reflects on autumn in nature and mortality with moral and religious commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Houston
Support Your Mechanics and Local Industry in Rome
The article argues every community must back its mechanics as a sign of wealth and progress. It warns neglect leads to decay, urges merchants to favor local work, and stresses mutual exchange to keep wealth and production within the town of Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Elevating Agriculture and a Tragic Farm Accident
The Cincinnati Gazette reflects on improving farming’s status through education, urging town and family support for agriculture as the core of industry. A fatal trampling incident near Rossville Muskingum County killed youth Howard, a widow’s son, after mechanical thrashing gear entangled him. In Iowa, at a Blue Ruin town ball, an observer recounts a violent accident where fifty attended and six ladies witnessed a gruesome injury as a man’s arm was severed and his head crushed, with only two breaths remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossville
Muskingum County
Howard
Iowa
Blue Ruin
Zanesville Gaz
The Hopeful Heir and Other Notices
A father presses his son Thomas toward an arranged marriage to Susan Tompkins and the son mourns. The column also notes a new Lunatic Asylum at Columbus, predicted to open in November and urged paper preparation under recent law. Additional items mention tobacco and cigar risks, a quick Sheffield wire needle machine, and a quip about trans-Atlantic ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Tompkins
Thomas
Susan
United States
Columbus
Jonathan Corpone
Cockerham
The Pirate and the Dove Enlighten a Convicted Sailor
Audubon relates that a former pirate found repentance at a Florida key wells site as the plaintive Zenaida dove’s cry moved him to abandon his crew. He fled his vessel, sought mercy, and returned to his family, living in peace among friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
Florida
Singular Affair Delights Peru Forester Readers
The Peru Indiana Forester reports a local well dig near 2d street uncovered a tree relics at 15 feet then found a root deeper suggesting a Tamarack pine buried in earth. Naturalist questions arise about how such a tree remained entombed beneath the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Henton
2D Street
Peru
Indiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. M. Gest
Valley Forge
Hunt
Ardent Spirits
Cleveland
Oswego
Buffalo
Detroit
Milwaukie
Chicago
Akron
Job
David
Honrath
Manna
The
Cincinnati Gazette
Solon Robinson
Crear Suokine
Cheltenham
Neepte Macaine
Sheffield
England
the Pirate and
the Dove
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!