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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1875
Page
4
The passage lauds General Hayes for extraordinary popular enthusiasm at delegated conventions. It notes Taft supporters in Cincinnati press for leadership while praising Hayes personal magnetism and dual executive tenure. It argues Ohio’s solid Republican vote guarantees Hayes a large victory.
The New York Tribune denounces the GOP with words accusing audacity greed and incompetence while praising opponents in a rare critical stance. Indian delegations from the Black Hills head home from Washington after talks aiming at amicable settlement. Sitting Bull receives a rifle from the President as a token of bravery and friendship.
Illustration of strike folly shows Schuylkill county losing an estimated $10,000,000 from five months of mining suspension, with workers missing $5,000,000 in wages. The piece criticizes labor mobs as headed by many but with no brains and warns against further persistence in the undertaking.
Gen. Pat Sheridan marries Miss Irene Rucker of Chicago on last Thursday evening. The bride is educated, speaks multiple languages, is a musician and artist, and expected to be a brilliant society leader. Massachusetts Bunker Hill parade on the 17th promises a vast display with 10,000 military personnel and many civil organizations already committed. Boston invites all state and national groups to participate.
A correspondent from the Ohio State Journal recalls a Columbus editorial convention last week and notes the playful jab at editors by the buttonhole bouquet brigade formed by young ladies of Miss Alexander's room at the High School building.
Miz Beach wraps up the Beecher case as the jury nears verdict promising to publish the trial outcome in the next issue. The note hints at the trial’s timetable and the newspaper’s plan to disclose when results will be known. The piece also mentions Moody and Sankey crowds in London and editorial excursions influencing circulation.
Reports from Columbus detail Hayes’s 75 000 vote majority and rising Democratic dissatisfaction. Totals note 80 Cincinnati deaths in the week and a Sandusky locomotive explosion that killed engineer Thomas Larkin. Further items include a Muskingum River drowning, a Delawar e street accident, and a fatal fall through a pavement stone.
E Henry Carter takes over the Ants Hotel on Fifth Street East of Main in Cincinnati Ohio. The establishment advertises first class accommodations with a four-decanet house reduction of one dollar per day as of September 4.
The snippet lists stop times and routes from Parkersburg to Cincinnati with several towns including Coolville Guysville Zaleski Chillicothe Greenfield Loveland and East Cincinnati Limited Express and Fast Line services. It records morning and afternoon departures and arrivals with several time points.
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