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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1874
Page
3
Local items report General Day visiting Athens, crops improving, and plans for temperance meetings. Notes on coal, weather, drought relief, and a fatal railway accident. Ads mention watches, livery, and local merchants with notices on health and public concerns.
In Ath ens S O July 18 74 the Central Executive Committee of Temperance Workers endorse an anti license address to voters of Athena County urging No License on August 1. The message argues licensing worsens social harms, threatens Adair Law, and demands unified citizen effort with women’s support to keep liquor out of law and public opinion.
The July 15 1874 Cincinnati market shows light cattle and hog receipts with quiet trade and prices: cattle common 2 to 6 cents, medium to fair 7 to 4e, good to prime 4 44 to 8 e. Hogs common 5 60 to 6 00, light to medium heavy 6 20 to 6 35, extra 6 41 to 6 60. Sheep 8 to 4 cents, lambs 4 5 to 5 cents. Baltimore on July 10 1874 reports cattle at 4 75 to 5 75, hogs firm 7 75 to 8 50, sheep 4 00 to 4 25.
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