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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1878

Page

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Senate Bills Roll On With Tax and Prison Reforms

The March sessions detail bills codifying tax laws, punishing abortion ads, allowing women to sue for legacies, and authorizing sale of real estate by guardians of imbeciles. Debates cover local laws, tax collection, and a proposed holiday while prisons face management issues and a guard is fatally injured.

Senate House Messrs Cincinnati Savings Bank Hall of the House Finance Committee

Tornado destroys Episcopal church in Atlanta City Ga

A tornado hit Atlanta City on Sunday morning at 11 o clock injuring eighteen congregation members. The officiating minister urged parishioners to take shelter under seats as the building collapsed into ruins, burying worshippers under debris.

Atlanta City Episcopal Church

New Warden and Deputy Warden Elected at State Penitentiary

J B McWhorter of Cincinnati chosen as Warden and Jesse Campbell of Steubenville elected Deputy Warden by the Board of Penitentiary Directors. A full slate of new officials followed. The regime questions whether moral suasion can replace punishment to maintain discipline among inmates. Predictions about gold and national credit are set to be tested by events.

J.B. McWhorter Cincinnati Board of Penitentiary Directors Jesse Campbell Steubenville

Premium on silver dollar nearly vanished this week

The gap between gold and silver dollar values has narrowed to a fraction of a cent, erasing fears among anti-silver advocates that the old silver dollar would reappear among U S coins.

Tar Eastern

Messenger price gap noted by papers

The Athens Messenger says the regular and invariable price is about $1.50 less than printing and mailing costs. The Marietta Register explains the publisher takes 150 cents per subscriber from advertising and job work receipts.

Messenger Athens Messenger Marietta Register

Sherman pays Congressmen in silver mockingly praised

The Marietta Register notes a facetious remark about paying Congressmen in silver and predicts Van Vorhes would be weighed down by about 400 pounds. It points out his constituents largely support him in bearing the silver burden.

Sherman van Vorhes Marietta

Satirical Take on Adirondack Murray Echoes in Atlantic Monthly

Cuas. Dupley Warner presents Fight with a Trout in the Atlantic Monthly for March, a sharp satire mocking Adirondack Murray and his imitators, delivered with notable wit and comparative relish. The piece stands as a bright, biting critique that lands with comic force.

Cuas. Dupley Warner Atlantic Monthly

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