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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1877
Page
3
The article outlines the Free Banking Act passed by the Legislature and awaiting voter approval. It details prohibitions on bank issued paper money, capital and reserve requirements, dividend limits, loan rules, and shareholder liability. It stresses nonpartisan support and urges informed, impartial voting.
Secretary Sherman writes to J S Robinson urging the Republican State Central Committee to win Ohio. He argues Southern policy benefits, notes strong sentiment for the President, calls for an overwhelming victory to secure party principles, and expresses earnest sympathy while confined by duties.
Cable dispatch from Emboma Congo river West Coast reports Henry M Stanley arrived August 8 with 115 men after a brutal journey across Central Africa. He endured hostile cannibal tribes, dense forests, cataracts, and starvation while navigating the Lualaba to Nyangwe and beyond.
A Michigan wife finds her drunk husband a danger, subjects him to blisters and head shaving, and insists on a doctor. He recovers, pledging not to blister him again, while a later remark about Ultra on Hoyne avenue provides a comic aside from the Chicago Tribune.
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