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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1880

Page

2

Baltimore Stock Yard complex rising near Claremont site

The Baltimore Stock Yard Company of Baltimore County is developing Claremont near the city’s southwest suburbs for a large cattle yard complex. Plans include tracks, a bulkhead wall, pens, stables, barns, hay barracks, an extensive hotel, and a new yard operation to rival Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis facilities. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will use the yards as its livestock depot, boosting cattle shipments to the port city.

Baltimore Sun Baltimore Stock Yard Company Baltimore County Claremont Clarmont Carroll Spence Gwyman’s J. L. Keek Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Baltimore Keck Cincinnati Stock Yard Company R.S. Cunningham James Morrison Oliver Perrin C. W. West Briggs, Smith & Co Weber & Co Fort, Saddler & Co Abraham Furst Atlantic Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

Defeated by a Laugh in the Abolitionist Whigs tale

The story recalls Rev. Geo. Bradburn a Nantucket advocate for repealing a law barring interracial marriage. A dry Whig quip by a silent speaker derailed his repeal push, provoking a House laugh that helped defeat the measure while Bradburn had long fought for change.

Templeton Geo. Bradburn Massachusetts Nantucket Bradburn

Tea-kettle scald cured in three days by Eclectric Oil

OrpHA M Hopar of Battle Creek reports a severe hand burn from boiling water. She used Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil and says pain eased and blisters were prevented, with a full cure in three days. A Hungarian court accepted a baptism based infant defense, acquitting a forty year old woman.

Orpha M.hopar Battle Creek Mich Thomas Presburg Hungary H. F. McCarthy Ottawa Ontario

Dr King's New Discovery Promises Free Trial Sample

An advertisement touts Dr King's New Discovery for throat lung ailments claiming it cures consumption coughs colds asthma bronchitis and hay fever where other remedies fail. It offers a free trial bottle and a regular size of 1.00, with F B Waterman & Co. in Athens as the seller.

F. BK. Waterman & Co Athens

The Dark Side of Things and a Parade of Oddities

A miscellany of vignettes from Ward 138 and beyond, contrasting a gloomy neighbor with cheerful snippets. A Scotsman church incident and reflections on courage, youth, and daily life follow, including humorous tales and a note on evolving transport and invention.

Bob Jemimy Philadelphia New York Galveston

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