18 Aug 1864
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1864
Page
2
The ticket lists S W Pickering for Auditor, Daniel Drake for Recorder, G M McDougal for Commissioner, Joan Mitchell for Surveyor, and Elmer Rowell as Infirmary Director in Union County.
The column lists notice of Athens Cemetery lots dedication on Thursday August 25 at 10 o clock and invites visitors to inspect grounds. It reports rain benefits to parched fields and a Willow Creek flood event with fence and crop damage. It also notes charitable plans by Dr. Sparrow and family to donate proceeds to a township bounty fund, plus new music from A C Peters & Bro. and local school openings with named teachers.
The Athens University fall session begins next Monday with new faculty including Prof. Gibbons in Natural Sciences and Prof. E P Tappan renowned in Mathematics. Resolutions praise Prof. W H Scott for leaving Union Schools to join the Preparatory Department, and express best wishes for his new role.
Athens August 16 1864 Mr Vantaw reports receipt of money for soldiers from the Toth Regiment Jacksonville Florida including L Oliver 88 Anne Eliza Lee 80 Joseph Murphy 50 Clement Hooper 10 Charlotte Weir 20 John Ware hime 16 George Warehime 50 Abn Meek 80 Euphemia Pough 45 Wi Lindley 45 Sarah Lathey 155 Ann Roberts 80 John Fagan 47 Jacob Warehime 15 L A Adair 60 Ann Roberts 60 EH Moore.
The Statesman piece summarizes Ohio University under Dr. Wilson and Dr. McGulley, notes suspensions due to financial strain, and accuses a compromised Board of Trustees of placing unqualified members. It details resignations of Professors Blair and Arthur and recounts a problematic pastor and tutor appointment at Athens in the 1860s.
A faculty-led dispute at Ohio University erupts over a plan to bar uncertified teachers and a leaked network of personnel moves. The President clashes with Dr Blair and Prof Arthur amid accusations of patronage, favoritism, and clerical influence extending into the college.
A letter from Athens dated August 13 1864 defends a speaker against multiple misstatements in a published article. The author attacks Felton Weiss Guthrie and Pelton while asserting his honesty and urging rigorous inquiry into alleged plagiarism and scholastic disputes. He vows continued prayers for his critics.
A promotional notice touts Hornvoway's Ointment as the safest, easiest remedy for wounds bruises and eruptions. It claims thorough testing in the Crimean and Italian campaigns and offers boxes or pots for 35 cents.
A period market listing shows prices for apples dried loaf of potatoes butter hams beans cheese sugar candles and more. Items include flour tallow flax seed wheat mackerel lard oats molasses beef pork chickens onions beets coal wax and various farm goods with unit prices and quantities.
Prices hold steady with light demand mostly local. Grains show mixed quotes: superfine at 850 875, extra at 300 900, red wheat 185, white 195 200, corn 118 120, oats 75 80, pork meas 40 the shoulder 60 others. Seed flax 20, coffee 49, sugar 22 26, molasses 132 105. Butter 89 42, cheese 18 19, lard 207 same. Prime Timothy hay 25 to 27 per ton.
In New York on August 15 money rates held at 6 to 7 percent, gold opened at 254 and rose to 256 before closing at 2065. Government stocks showed irregular and unsettled trading.
Augusta style notice by THOS W SPARROW thanks debtors and patrons as furniture sale approaches in Athens. He mentions leaving for Buffalo New York on Monday the 29th mat and expresses gratitude for kindness. The advertisement lists numerous local names and residents including Mrs Violla Cotton, Miss McElroy, Mr Miller and others.
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