Thanksgiving and concerts and local market notes
Thanksgiving next Thursday and a concert next Tuesday evening are noted along with coal at seven cents per bushel and sixty cents per ton at Nelsonville. The piece mentions Lou Lyon's craft rooster, wedding cards with monograms, and local people visiting, with remarks on weather and travel. Local court updates, church confirmations, school exams, and county election totals are included.
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Nelsonville
Lou Lyon
Athens Amateur Dramatic Association to Reorganize
A large batch of stage scenery and props was received at town hall after the collapse of Chillicothe's Amateur Thespian Association. They were bought well below cost thanks to Harry Magrew who organized a dollar subscription among citizens. The Athens group is urged to reform to revive local public entertainments from last season.
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Thespian Association
Chillicothe
Harry Magrew
Warren House
Athens Amateur Dramatic Association
Four-Year-Old Mabel A Grones Dies After Diphtheria
Mabel A Grones, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Grones, died Friday morning after a brief diphtheria illness. Funeral was held Sunday at the Presbyterian Church with large attendance. The Grones express warm thanks to friends for assistance and sympathy.
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Mabel A
Jacob Grones
Presbyterian Church
Roads in Athens County Stalling Local Business
Local business activity fell last week as roads around Athens remained nearly impassable. A Fayette area merchant compared the mudbound routes to entering another planet, highlighting the travel woes between Fayette and surrounding counties.
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Athens
Fayette
Authorized agent touts illustrated Great Centennial Exhibition book
Mr. J. J. Moore of Athens announces his role as the authorized agent for a richly illustrated historical and descriptive work on the Great Centennial Exhibition. More details will follow next week, and readers are urged to subscribe as a keepsake of the era.
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J. J. Moore
Athens
Bishop Rosecrans Dedicates St Pauls Church in Columbus
Bishop Rosecrans of Columbus dedicates St Pauls Church in this city with a Solemn High Mass. Rev Father Hartnedy presides as bishop administers confirmation to 144 persons after Mass and many receive First Communion at 10 o clock. Clergy preach and music praised. The Bishop and clergy attend additional confirmations in Lodi Monday.
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Rosecrans
Columbus
St. Paul's
Father Hartnedy
Lodi
Concert at City Hall for Episcopal Church benefit
A concert at City Hall next Tuesday evening the 28th will feature leading local singers with international talent. Proceeds go to the Episcopal Church in Athens. It promises a first class entertainment and is expected to attract a large audience. Tickets available at Kurtz and Norris.
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City Hall
Episcopal Church
Athens
Kurtz & Norris
Doctor Praised for Diptheria Cure and Market Prices Listed
The author expresses gratitude to Dr. H. M. Lash for effectively treating a child with diphtheria and notes the doctor's success with similar cases. Roach Bros. provide local market rates for items including butter, eggs, lard, dressed chickens, cranberries, apples, potatoes, corn, oats, buckwheat, flour, and dressed hogs.
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H. M. Lash
Roach Bros
Boy Amputated After Fall From Moving Train
On the evening of the 11th inst Marion Fuller of Byers Station attempted to transfer from one car to another but slipped and fell. The wheel passed over his right leg, crushing it and forcing amputation just below the knee.
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Marion Fuller
Byers Station
Merchants Dress Windows In Anticipation Of Busy Trade
The week’s dull weather sees local merchants sprucing storefronts and adding attractive touches in preparation for a hoped for uptick in trade as seasonal shopping is predicted to pick up after the moody spell.
Crippen Couple Leaves for Florida from Ath ens
Mr and Mrs Albert H Crippen after a lengthy stay in Ath ens departed yesterday for their home in Orange County Florida They carry the cordial wishes of many friends for their continued prosperity in the flowery peninsula.
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Albert H. Crippen
Athens
Orange County
Florida
Ducks Attract Hunters Attention In Local Waters
Wild ducks appeared in limited numbers in the Hocking River area over the past week attracting local sportsmen. The birds are too vigilant and spry to be easily hunted or used for diversion by hunters.
Para Mat hia Lodge No 25 meeting notice
A stated communication of Para Mat hia Lodge No 25 F and A M will be held November 28 for election of officers full attendance requested. C McLean secretary concert next Tuesday the 28th at City Hall.
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Paramathia Lodge No. 25
C. McLean
South Carolina Electors Canvas Reaffirms Republican Ticket
The Saturday canvass in South Carolina shows the complete election of the Republican electoral ticket despite Republican votes barred by intimidation by White Line ruffians. The lowest Hayes Elector leads the highest Tilden Elector by 280 votes.
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South Carolina
Hayes
Tilden
Wreck of Furniture Wagon Kills Several in German Wedding Party
A wagon carrying 36 passengers en route to a German wedding left Cincinnati late Saturday night and rolled from a bridge, plunging 25 feet to rocks below. Multiple occupants were fatally injured.
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Cincinnati
Reagan era dispatch reports Republican optimism in Florida
A dispatch from Tallahassee to Secretary Chandler by W. E. Chandler says there is no cause for uneasiness among Republicans, the prospect for success could not be better, and that previously expressed confidence in the result remains.
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Chandler
W. E. Chandler
Tallahassee
Fla
Democratic Frauds in the Congressional Canvass debated
The piece argues Democrats used open fraud to win several congressional seats, citing Cincinnati Ohio Missouri Maryland and districts in Washington DC. It contends Walsh Frost and others secured votes by illicit means and claims the Republican chances in the next House depend on exposing these irregularities.
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Tilden
Hook
Crook
Congress
House
Cincinnati
McMahon
Dayton
Banning
Walsh
Maryland
Washington City
District of Columbia
House of Representatives
McComas
Frost
Missouri
Metcalfe
St. Louis
Global Powers Prepare for War Amid Tense Negotiations
Russia England and Turkey mobilize on a vast scale to confront Bulgaria and Romania. Turkey builds an army of 200000 for Bulgaria and strengthens Vidin fortress while dispatching 1200 wagons from Constantinople. England plans foreign service forces and Woolwich Arsenal to churn 2,000,000 cartridges weekly. If war begins, activity would sharpen, signaling scarce faith in talks.
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Russia
England
Turkey
Bulgaria
Roumania
Viddin
Danube
Constantinople
Woolwich
Tallahatchie Leader Claims Local Victory Over Radicals
In a boastful paragraph from the Tallahatchie News dated November 11, Charleston Mississippi, the piece proclaims Tallahatchie County leads in the state with a Black majority and declares that only one Radical vote was cast there, proclaiming "We met the enemy and he is ours."
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Charleston
Miss
Tallahatchie News
Louisiana
Uncertain House Majority As Returns Still Too Close
Changes reported across several Congressional Districts during the week leave the political complexion of the next House in doubt. Neither side can claim a majority until all final returns are in.
Indian Islands Devastated By Unprecedented Flood and Death
Telegraphic report from Calcutta describes a catastrophic flood along the Megna estuary. Islands Such as Hatti ah Sundeep Dakhin Shahabozhare and Bakergunge were submerged, with up to twenty feet of water, vast loss of life, drowning cattle, destroyed boats, and widespread distress amid fears of cholera, though localized in Nookyolly.
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India
Calcutta
Hate Tiah
Sundeep
Dakin Shahabozhare
Bakergunge
Nookholly
Chittagong
Megna
Dakhin Shahabozhare
Hattiah
Chillange
Nookyolly
Northern voters urged to oppose Southern disfranchisement tactics
A New York Tribune paragraph argues that Southern abuse of Black and white Republican voters disenfranchises many in Mississippi and Alabama. It warns that nullifying the XIVth Amendment reduces representation and empowers violent polling, urging Northern voters to defend others’ rights or risk losing influence in Congress and for Electors.
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New York Tribune
Mississippi
Alabama
Congress
Colored voters dispute over intimidation at New Orleans election
New Orleans dispatches say daily crowds of colored voters from disputed parishes throng the Custom-house claiming they were forced to vote the Democratic ticket under threats. In contrast, few of the same voters appear before the Northern Democratic delegation to declare they voted under no constraint. Analysts will decide which account is more credible.
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Tilden
Gov. Hayes
Athens
Gundry
Cincinnati Gazette
Monroe
Adams
Speaker Grosvenor
Hardihood
Hayes
New Orleans
Fair election and party responsibility in Southern states
The passage argues that without terrorism and fraud the South would not appear as doubtful, noting South Carolina seven votes Louisiana eight, Florida four. It claims North Carolina ten and Mississippi eight would not be Democratic, and that New York would not be Democratic nor Ohio with a fair, untainted election.
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South Carolina
Louisiana
Florida
North Carolina
Mississippi
New York
Ohio
Democrats Urge Patience as Louisiana Returning Board Deliberates
A speech urges Democrats and papers to suspend cries of fraud while the Louisiana Returning Board counts. It emphasizes trust in the committee of leading Democrats to witness the process and awaits the board’s completion before public criticism.
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Louisiana Returning Board
Scarlet tickets used to intimidate colored voters in Louisiana
A historical account notes that Democrats used scarlet tickets to mark and intimidate colored voters in rural Louisiana precincts who did not vote scarlet, exposing them to persecution by various schemes devised by Democrats.
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Louisiana
Tweed vows to ruin Tilden after return from voyage
The Rebublican canvass faces a weather delay as Boss Tweed hints at exposing Tilden with damaging secrets. He compares himself to Brutus and predicts political ruin for Tilden, while noting a Washington order restricting communication until the government responds.
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Tammany
Boss Tweed
Tilden
Boss
St. Thomas
New York Tribune
Cuba
Spain
Peach
Sweeney
Hall
Brutus
Caesar
Sammy
Washington
New York
Diplomatic Conference to Seek Peace Over Turkish Revolts
A conference of diplomats is expected to assemble in Constantinople to discuss the questions threatening war between Turkey and its revolted provinces with Russia as ally. The proceedings will be watched with intense interest by people on both continents as they hope to avert a bloody protracted war that could involve England and others.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Russia
England
Returning Board in Louisiana Votes Delayed For Fair Count
Indications suggest the Louisiana Returning Board will extend over a week or more as discussions delay canvassing. Republicans seek a fair, impartial, and equitable tally above speed, prioritizing accuracy over rapidity.
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Louisiana Returning Board
Association of Colleges for Ohio Meets in Delaware
The next session will be held in Delaware on the evening of December 26 and continue the next day. President Payne of Ohio Wesleyan University will give the welcome address, followed by the inaugural address of President I W Andrews of Marietta and current head of the association.
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Association of Colleges For Ohio
Delaware
Pres. Payne
Ohio Wesleyan University
Pres. I. W. Andrews
Marietta
Association
Parishes Tilden Ad Votes Menaced by Coercion Claims
The passage argues that coercive pressure on colored voters in Louisiana parishes to sign affidavits of voting for Tilden mirrors tactics used to force votes for the reconstruction of the railroad era. It asserts the coercion is intrinsic to suppression or misrepresentation of will.
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Louisiana
Crowd Flee After Collapse at Sacramento Opera House
A floor collapse in the Sacramento Opera House on Friday caused a panic with about one thousand spectators present. Seven people died instantly and roughly one hundred sustained varying injuries as they fell to the floor.
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Sacramento
Cal
Furay Joins Columbus Sunday Herald Editorial Staff
The Columbus Sunday Herald announces the addition of W S Furay to its editorial corps. Furay brings a national reputation from his years as a correspondent with the Cincinnati Gazette.
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Columbus Sunday Herald
W.S. Furay
Cincinnati Gazette
Secretary Cameron Rules Out New Troop Deployment
Secretary Cameron stated on Monday that no extra troops would be sent to Washington city and that the existing presence held no significant importance.
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Cameron
Washington City
Married notice fragment with names and dates
Fragmentary OCR shows a marriage notice with unclear names and dates, mentioning Alexander and Le ye and a cart at a gander pier, all insufficient for full details.
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Alexander
Gander
Misa
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