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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1888
Page
2
The Marietta centennial is set for late May while Ohio’s centennial events will occur in September and October. The Marietta Register recalls early settlers planning westward about a century ago.
William Finchum hanged in Harrisonburg for his brother’s murder. St Louis Jockey Club to offer 75000 dollars in spring stakes. Austrian Adolph Baumler attempted murder in Chicago, then killed himself. Nevada rancher tarred cattle to endure blizzards. Evansville officer Joe Ziegler shot fellow officer Abe Smock in misfortune. Tennessee dance kill shot Gus Byrd killed Charles Heard. Pittsburg furnace workers face 12.5 percent wage cut and possible strike. Prison labor ends in Pennsylvania causing 350 convicts to beg for work. Elderly Enfield bachelor Thomas Murphy lives alone at ninety nine. Minn. boy Willie Baxter dies and resurrects briefly before death. Mapleton woman Mary Bosley found frozen to death. Philadelphia man Join North kills infant with blow after drinking. Redwood California man Frank W McKee dies after marrying Oakland heiress Frankie H Brown. Prohibition accentuates partisan lines in liquor debate. Southern manufacturing growth foreshadows protectionist trend. Petitions seek two cent rail fare. Undertaker advertises two new hearses for white and colored mourners. Wool price debate contrasts home vs foreign competition. Moon rings mocked as senatorial caucus rings. Gold and silver ore found near Winchester. Alabama property value doubles in a decade. Tariff on iron sparks alarm.
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