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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1877
Page
3
Beecher warns Sunday about anti Chinese sentiment in California. He argues nations repeat past cruelty toward minorities and urges抵 tolerance, condemning cowardly violence and urging genuine Christianity. The piece also recounts a Piute and Shoshone card game tale from Austin Nevada.
During the first year of the war a Vermont farmer uses his own currency to buy goods. In a first visit he receives 75 cents in coins from a merchant who calls it worthless. Weeks later he spends 75 cents plus 25 pumpkin seeds, and again the merchant must wait for a dollar’s value before exchanging.
The 1877 Newspaper Directory from S. M. Pettingill & Co. catalogs 795 dailies and 6,606 weeklies across North America plus dozens of other editions. It details publisher names, political or professional leanings, and regional counts by state or territory. The 375 page volume costs $1.00 per copy.
In Hoaglin township workers uncovered a well believed to be five centuries old in a mill-race excavation led by Adly Calhoun. An oak tree was removed and a brick-lined shaft, about fifteen by eight inches and seven and a half inches thick, filled the rest of the entry. The find hints at a long vanished advanced civilization prior to Columbus. A separate item notes Drexel Mongan & Co offering six percent loans to fund army pay from July 1 until a formal appropriation.
A Victorian fragment describing Barhin Gulf divers who harvest fresh water from submarine springs using a bag and stone anchor. The piece mentions potential sources in Oman and a second vignette about a despondent man killed by a fall, dubbed “A Victim of Beautiful Snow,” with a planned funeral and a bold epitaph.
A vivid scene from Burlington Hawkeye recalls a rowdy juvenile episode. Meanwhile reports detail Confederate era style crimes with crooked logs and whiskey in the Southern States causing government trouble. Five revenue officers shot in Lee County Virginia and Georgia raids on illicit distillers spark unrest as federal logs face threats.
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