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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1874
Page
4
Davencery, the murderer, has been refused a new trial and will be hanged at Lancaster on Friday, July 31. The notice follows adjournment and mixed notes on politics, currency, and local events amid a vivid 19th century urban scene.
A two day convention adjourned after discussion on proposals including a new direct vote district method for President and Vice President elections. The draft outlines district ballots, state at large votes, and congressional power to regulate elections and establish tribunals. It sets districts aligned with Representatives and details tie and multi candidate rules.
Special Correspondence details China’s cash system with round metal coins strung in tens, values from one tenth to one fourteenth of a cent, laborers pay and prices, plus a side show using wax figures. It also notes the Lantern Festival processions with giant paper dragons, drums, gongs, and firecrackers.
The temperance convention held in Springfield on Wednesday and Thursday drew four hundred delegates and many visitors from across the state. The two day sessions showed strong unanimity with firm resistance to male membership, while plans for fasting prayer and a canvass of temperance work and county mass meetings were outlined.
The notice describes a bustling Athens shopping scene with mixers of tea, linen, alpace, and cotton goods. It highlights Pickering & Song agents in Athens selling tea cheaply and guaranteeing quality, plus reductions at Zenners on summer clothing and a push to stock Bozmans cigars, boots, and lace curtains. It also notes Selig & Co. white goods and domestic drugstore prestige, with medical notices and a testimonial for Dr. Pierce’s medicines and Wishart’s tar cordial.
An advertisement claims a new preparation cures fever and ague without quinine or poisons. It asserts blood and organ purification prevents return of chills seasonally, even after years. Sold by Donnan & Pickering in Athens Ohio and by G G Green in Woodbury New Jersey.
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