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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1876
Page
5
Coverage notes posturing over Hayes versus the Democrats, Belknap impeachment plans, and Bristow payroll cuts. Reports from Black Hills about Crook’s expedition. Ohio greenback meeting, new penitentiary directors, and new teaching certificates with expanded U S History requirement.
The bill before the Legislature proposes a six member Township Board of Education replacing the local director, preserves school precincts, and creates a County Superintendent elected by a district committee. It funds salaries by a district tax with a three year term. The piece condemns partisan economies as manipulation, arguing Democratic cuts to federal and state spending are revenge rather than genuine savings, urging prudent, fair governance.
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