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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1880
Page
5
The Messenger reports on nascent Southern emigration of African Americans, Ohio insane asylums populations, and General Grant writing on the Nicaragua Canal. It notes voters and legislative wrangles, a jail mutiny in Columbus, and shifts in cheese and Chinese labor dynamics alongside college political forecasts and local curiosities.
The Chillicothe Register notes a twenty thousand dollar Children’s House planned near the gut after a Ross County fall election vote. The piece argues the project will meet humane needs, completing county efforts to care for friendless children. General Grant is cited defending the term carpetbagger and expanding federal rights across states.
Reports from townships show steady payments to the Children’s Home fund with Ames at 815.25 of 1030 and Trimble at 316.34 of 350. Bern at 500 of 575, Dover 257.75 of 444, Alexander 265.80 of 756, Lodi 376 of 900. More tables promised. Gen. R K Scott murdered drug clerk Warren Drury in Napoleon on Christmas morning after Drury refused shelter to Scott’s runaway son. Drury’s upcoming Pittsburgh marriage was noted.
Auction prices set for the balance stock of holiday goods at the Grand Depot with unheard of bargains promised across departments. Charles P. Shutt completes another sleigh offered to the first caller at his carriage factory at a remarkably low price.
Lime cement and plaster offered for sale at Athens Gas Works with liberal discounts to builders and dealers. Terms available by address inquiry.
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