28 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1886
Page
1
Dr C C Farquhar physician and specialist will be at Narren House Athens Ohio on Tuesday and Wednesday November 2 and 3. Terms cash prices reasonable. Bring your job work to the Messenger office.
M. P. Murphy relocates his anlron and cigar stand from prior rooms to the former Dr. Derr space, outfitting it in fine style and promising better service for customers. The publisher offers the “Sons of Veterans March,” a well printed piece priced at twenty five cents, with a 10 cent introductory copy offer from W. S. Knox of Minerva, Stark County, Ohio.
Local notices describe visits of Mr. David Zenner Miss Cornelia Layman Major J M Goodspeed and families to Athens and Canfield friends Mrs Dr H M Lash and Mrs A H Whittlesey accompanying. Also mentions Mr and Mrs Herbert Dickle and their child visiting Athens. Knights of Pythias plan a fair in Nelsonville with prizes including a diamond set gold badge. Plus rail excursion to Chicago and Fat Stock Show details. Auction sale of short horn cattle in Lancaster with noted breeders. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad promotes blood purification and strength.
The piece attacks Democratic strategy in Ohio, pledging that Warner would follow caucus decrees toward free wool and a tariff bill via a Ways and Means panel if Carlisle is Speaker. It accuses the Democratic press of lies, urges Republicans to turnout, and praises Noah Thomas as a suitable superintendent for the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans' Home in Xenia over a “Copperhead” candidate.
Ohio Republicans rally in Athens and surrounding counties urging a repeat of last October's large majority. The call warns Democrats may exploit apathy and urges immediate voter outreach. Reports cover local incidents, oil activity, deaths, and political organizing across multiple towns and cities.
Commentary urges Republicans to vote next Tuesday and organize for election day readiness while noting arbitration gains by the National Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen and praising Governor Foraker. It cites Ohio taxation and Democratic mismanagement accusations, and mocks sending Geronimo to prison in a satirical note.
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