A Pedestrian Championship Result and Federal News
The piece notes O Leary defeats Weston in a world pedestrian title in Chicago. It also reports the impending Congress with 24 House seats split 9 Democrats and 15 Republicans, and Senator Ferry becomes ex officio Vice President after Wilson’s death. Widespread smallpox news reaches Washington as a caution.
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Chicago
O’leary
Weston
Thomas W. Ferry
Michigan
Senate
United States
Wilson
Great Religious Revival Expected in Brooklyn This Winter
Success attended the labors of Moody and Sankey as Brooklyn residents incline to repent. The article predicts one of the greatest religious revivals of the nineteenth century this winter.
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Moody
Sankey
Brooklyn
The Enquirer Quotes Hope for Democratic Majority
The McArthur Enquirer reports a party hope that if no presidential choice is made next year the Democrats hold a majority of states in Congress and will elect their candidate. The piece closes with a wry line about catching larks if the sky falls.
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THE
McArthur Enquirer
Congress
Logan Sentinel
Ohio
New York
Financial views favor tiebacks over greenbacks
The Burlington Hawkeye notes that tiebacks are in higher demand and more circulating than greenbacks. They are consistently buoyant and always perform well, quoted above Par or at a premium, making them the preferred financial option.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Marble vein found in Washington Territory region
A geological survey reports a large vein of dark green variegated marble called Serpentine or Brocko of the Italians. The stone is soft and easily worked with high polish potential, found abundantly along the Columbia River in Stevenson county.
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Washington Territory
Columbia River
Stevenson County
Hayes in A Comfortable Frame About Presidency
Gov Hayes says to a Philadelphia friend he is content with the past and not minded about the future. He adds that one should act well in the present as George E Pugh once noted there is no political hereafter.
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Gov. Hayes
Philadelphia
George E. Pugh
Appoints E T Hall as State Law Codification Clerk
Our friend E T Hall has been named clerk to the commission codifying Ohio laws. The selection is praised as fitting for the important post. Hall is described as thoroughly qualified, clever, genial, and a Democrat.
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E. T. Hall
Hall
Ohio
Editorial Note on Death Notice Mocking
A Cincinnati Gazette error in its obituary for Vice President Wilson mixed in copy from another article causing a farcical leak. The writer condemns the gag as undignified and inappropriate humor.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Wilson
Death of Vice President Wilson in Washington City
The notice reports the death of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin? No, it describes the death of Vice President Wilson in Washington City after a second apoplectic attack. It recounts his birth in 1812, rise from poverty, political career in Massachusetts and national service, his stance against slavery, anti slavery work, Civil War leadership, and long Senate terms.
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Wilson
Massachusetts
Washington City
Senate
Messenger
Senator Ferry
Maine
Hamlin
Mr. Wilson
West Farmington
N. H
Farmington
Natick
Mass
New Hampshire
Larrison
Whittier
Washington
Texas
Free Soil Party
Boston Republican
State Senate
Free Soil
Pittsburg
Congress
Edward Everett
National Senate
District of Columbia
Territories
Sumner
Brooks
South Carolina
Hammond
South
Athens papers spar over circulation boasts in local debate
In Athens county town rivalry flares as editors quarrel over claims of largest circulation. A quoted Athens Messenger note reports a “splendid hotel” planned in Delaware by Cincinnati interests, with other papers noting uncertainty about the source of the item.
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Athens
Athens County
Pomeroy Telegraph
Athens Messenger
Delaware
Cincinnati
Delaware Gazette
Army Enlistees and Officers Totals Reported
The United States Army now numbers 1540 officers and 24031 enlisted men, signaling current manpower strength.
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Army of the United
D. Zenner & Co. Promotes Cheap Goods and Honest Dealings
The article urges buyers to judge merchants by stock quality and square dealing. It praises D. Zenner & Co of Athens, led by John Friday and Leopold Friday, for strong winter stock and attentive service, claiming the firm offers superior style and quantity unmatched in Ohio.
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Athens
D. Zenner & Co
John Friday
Ohio
Leopold Friday
Putnam Tailoress Fends Off Suit With Scissors
A Putnam tailoress stabbed Joseph King in the side with scissors after he pressed for company. Zenner & Co. advertise deep discounts of at least twenty five percent on ready made and made to order clothing, with goods overseen by an experienced superintendent for higher durability.
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Putnam
Joseph King
Zenner & Co
Stock salt for sale and boot thief tale at Selig’s
The undersigned offers 150 barrels of first class stock salt for sale by the single barrel at 1.25 or in 10 barrel lots at 1.00. Enquire at Herrold's Mill or Salt Works. Yesterday a man carried thirteen pairs of boots shown as bought at Selig's One Price Store for 25.50 and called a happy old bachelor.
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Herrold’s
Selig
Executor notices final settlement for Sedore estate
Edmund Kelly executor of the Sedore estate files for final settlement in the Athens County Probate Court. The hearing is set for December 17 1875 before Probate Judge Leonidas Jewett. Notice period runs from November 25 to December 16, 1875.
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William Clarke
Ruth Heaton
Dewitt Maton
Wood County
West Virginia
J. B. L. Clarke
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Fanny Clarke
Gilmore Township
County of
Jackson
Wiliam
William
Jacob Salkeld
Troy Township
Robert Hall
Salkeld
J. B. L Clarke
L. Clarke
J.B .L Clarke
Silkeld
Dewitt Heaton
King
Heaton
J.B. A. Clarke
Clarke
Muth Heaton
Vewltt Heaton
Desiteiguer & Jeweet
Edmund Kelly
Sedore
Leonidas Jewetyt
B.C. Pickering
Joshua Grimes
Leonidasblewrty
Nelsonville
Oxford
Widow Green
Said Road
Trimble Township
Brown and Ives
Trimble
Dover
Dover Township
Oxford Road
Snow Fork Hill
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Ohio House of Representatives
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Portland
Harlem
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New York Herald
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Great One Price Store
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