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Newspaper
Ashtabula Telegraph
Location
Ashtabula, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1879
Page
3
Town items recount temperance events and market chatter, talk of a pigeon shoot on the Pound, wool trade, and open minor spring markets. Reports on new hotels, repairs at Conneaut harbor, trimming of Division street trees, and local entertainments plus public notices and funeral details.
An advertisement touts A New Horse Book by Sy B. J. Kendall offering an index of diseases with symptoms causes and treatments a drug table with dosages and antidotes a teeth age engraving and assorted receipts. The item is priced at 25 pts.
The measure, set to take effect July 1, enforces penalties for any person not living in the county who seeks charity by roaming or lingering. Tramps entering dwellings or curtilage and failing to depart when ordered, or who threaten harm, may be imprisoned in the penitentiary. Officers may apprehend suspects and present them to the justice of the peace for examination. The act excludes females and the blind.
Commencement ceremonies at G. R. 1. on Thursday June 10 featured the senior class address by Rev. S. W. Dickinson, music, and a valedictory. Alumni and B I B Society reunions followed with a supper and large attendance, while Gazelle correspondents organized a Jefferson meeting resulting in future gatherings and authoring efforts.
Community updates include pension news for L. Miller, business notes on O. W. Evans boiler, candidates for county offices, and multiple shop and grocery promotions at Riddell and Webb. Social mentions cover recruiting, a 4th of July celebration prep, a mill incident, a bee hive curiosity, and local advertising for household goods and medicines.
In Kingsville the young Indies and misses connected with the Presbyterian Society prepare Root's Flower Queen for public presentation at Pym’s on Friday evening. Reports mention Mrs. Dr. Webster and others aiding as the community exchanges notes on local farming, fruit crops, and social events while rumors circulate about local pastors and sermons.
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