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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1897
Page
4
The selection of Dave Nash as chairman of the late Republican executive committee passes with Republican approval. Planes headquarters open in Columbus as party machinery mobilizes, while other notes discuss political maneuvers, anti monopoly sentiment, and the era’s crop and silver debates.
The piece argues the Columbus platform misstates the Constitution name of metals and misinterprets the relation of gold and silver in coinage. It contends gold, not silver, is the preferred standard and cites Hamilton and constitutional provisions to challenge the platform’s stance.
In a garbled August 10 entry from 1247 a note records an event at a Virginia venue with a brief mention of comfort measures and a plan to meet or attend with others. The text is fragmented and names or precise actions are unclear.
The piece discusses Secretary Gage’s focus on the Dingley tariff, its administration under Howell, and Treasury officials’ confidence in fewer contradictions. It notes Secretary Sherman’s strong stance influencing Anglo American talks on pelagic sealing, hawks a looming arbitration in Behring Sea, and warns Republicans to watch tariff rhetoric while urging vigilance against profiteering and free trade opposition.
Report states Maryland Republicans fully back Gorman against Heled and Boo Gorman, aiming to repeat last year’s victory and secure a Senate seat. Also notes a fatal horse accident and a buggy crash at the fairgrounds, a clerk’s resignation, and a new book titled Darkness and Daylight by Helen Campbell and Lerman Abbott.
Fragmentary obituary notes a person named Charence nis Data E near Aan Panild of Mathie with uncertain dates and cause. The readable lines mention a death, a burial context, and nearby names but lack clear placement or verification.
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