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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1876
Page
8
The Stoutland Rustic reports a vast pigeon roost near Dr Dodson’s in Auglaize county. Hundreds are killed nightly by locals, while the flock roams two miles square, making a thunderous noise and filling trees with heavy nests as millions of birds feed and roost.
Prymus Johnson a Black preacher and his infant were shot dead eight miles above Monroe Louisiana on the morning of the 10th. At the same time Longwood, another Black man from the same house, was killed. White men committed the killings, provoked by the victims being Republicans. The dispatch ties this violence to Democratic canvassing in the solid South.
A Chicago minister teased a clerical friend about preaching that night while the other groaned of a headache. The banter drew laughs as they joked they might avoid using their heads if the sermons were dull, then shared a hearty ribbing.
Special notice touts Castoria as a pleasant substitute for castor oil with no nausea or griping. It claims Castiveness benefits sour stomach wind colic worms and disordered bowels, plus Centaur Liniment for burns sprains rheumatism and other ailments with two kinds named White Centaur for family use and the Yellow for horses and animals. It cites a trial period from Nov 4 to Aug 4, 1874.
The document details multiple tracts in Waterloo township Athens county Ohio. It references the east half of Fraction 18 and additional parcels including a 5131 acre tract, a 13 acre parcel, a fifty acre tract, a fifty six acre tract and a 36 acre parcel with bearings and measurements from the Ohio Company's Purchase.
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