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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1868

Page

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State Seeks Fuel Supply for One Year

The Secretary of State invites sealed proposals for supplying the State of Ohio with fuel for one year. Bid envelopes must be received by Monday September next at 12 noon. Proposals must be delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State in Columbus.

John Dickerson Hockingport Athens County Ohio Marietta Monday Creek York Township WM. S. Wilson Sherif District Court of the United States Ohbio Rol Nye Gbegister Varietta O. Totice Register’s Office Post Office Oho R. L. Ngee, Tmenetster F. A. Wheeler Secretary OF State Columbus Oslo Leo Onto Blale General Assembly John Russell Pas Board of Examiners Athens Arthes Fie Enee Simertink Businew Siz Tnenter

Grant and Sherman parade sparks in St. Joseph crowd

Tens of thousands gathered as Grant and Sherman rode to the Pacific House amid cannon fire, cheers, and torches. Sherman praised crowd control while Grant declined a speech, and the piece condemns rebel elements and attacks Follett’s Democratic candidacy for Congress.

Sofidry Grant Sherman Cundiff Pacific House Slemman Harbine Wiih General Grant St. Joseph Union Sheridan

Odd Zanesville Item Rumors From The Courier

The Zanesville Courier reports a radish pulled up in Zanesville left a forty foot hole for a well. A rat captured last Wednesday weighed nine pounds eight ounces after death. Its stomach contained seven paste brushes, two bodies, brass roller mouths, a Washington hand press, two primers, two Morgan Herald copies from July 20, 1840, and a slipper once belonging to the editor.

Zanesville Washington Morgan Herald Couriers

Demographic Sketch of Yarmouth Maine Residents

To Yarmouth Maine a town of twenty five hundred inhabitants there are slatey perecos above slebts years of age and one hundred and twenty nine above seventy.

Yarmouth Maine

Orville Grant Wealth Claim Contradicted by St Louis Democrat

The St Louis Democrat disputes claims that Orville Grant was wealthy, noting a wartime leather speculation loss of 20 000 after urging workers to enlist. It portrays him as a staunch Republican who would oppose even General Grant if Copperhead backed him.

Sen UA & Vo N. B New York EASTM N & Kendall Lanover Street Boston Mass Aeenat Orville Grant St. Louis Oxville Grant General Grant Copperhead

Grant Encounters Copperhead Democrat on Fourth Street

The St. Louis Democrat reports General Grant being accosted by a Copperhead Democrat on Fourth Street. The man praises Grant yet accuses him of war-time divisions, arguing War Democrats oppose Rebellion and will vote as they fought to preserve the government. The exchange ends with the Copperhead walking away.

Moore Follett Union Ramparte Sumpter United States South Carolina Pollete Vallandigham Mr. Follett Mr. Moore Lincoln Grant Blair Boys In Blue Wade Hampton Fort Pillow Forrest Raphael Semmes St. Louis Democrat Fourth Street Cope Perhead Tacoma Systema

Appeal to Southern youth foretells harsh war aims

The Memphis Appeal urges young men to defend the South by invoking divine duty and promising swift conflict with the North. It speaks of rekindling golden days, rivers of fire, and a future where the South achieves independence, resisting Northern power at all costs.

Cyrus Blager Lodi Said Blaser Coolville Road Pleasant Valley William Angel Alexander Township Patrick Mulligan Gibson Alfred Morrison Said Morrison Morrison John RB. McCune McCune J. M. Welch Pleasant Hillroad Bald Road George Rice Pike South Memphis Ohio

Witness Refuses to Answer On Wage Question

In court a witness, asked to give a precise answer to one question, refuses to discuss Pend wages. He denies aiding his lawyer and states he drives a bores. The exchange shows the witness declining to answer on oath about his occupation.

Unclear Fragmentary Historical Note on Missouri Bottom

Fragmentary OCR text describes a presumed founder or leader of a community in Missouri bottom. references growth or firearms and extended unbroken access or line, but content is garbled and names, dates, places are unreadable. The item preserves the sense of a historical note with limited readable facts.

Missouri Bottom

Mysterious Phrase From Voter Question Stirs Debate

A fragment from a reported incident shows a speaker asking which side would vote in a government matter and a response that hints at a playful or evasive exchange. The text appears to be a garbled OCR fragment from a historic document.

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