Subscriptions for Ath ens County Children’s Home total $123
A list of donors from Troy township shows varied contributions toward establishing a Children’s Home in Ath ens County Ohio. Amounts range from $1 to $100 with many names and towns cited. The tally notes a current total of $123.50 and hints at more pledges to come. The piece then shifts to a political argument criticizing Democratic policy and federal debt growth postwar.
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Troy Township
Athens County
Shepherd Humphrey
Shepherd
Emily
Thomas Richardson
Thomas
Lute
Harvey
Martha
Wm. Beebe
Richard Hughs
M. J
E. W. Johnson
F. W. Tipton
Harrison County
A. B. White
Melissa Smith
C. E. Mowery
Eliza J. Smith
Jacob Smith
Charlotte Humphrey
D. H. Frost
E. H
C. H. McKim
G. W. Harmon
Luther Frost
James Coggshell
Reuben Foster
Sarah Daugherty
Hannah Dutton
Mary Safreed
Turner
H. S
R. Smith
James Waterman
Harriet Pratt
D.C. Richardson
W. A. Smith
T. W. Jones
Mary A. Nixon
James Dean
Clermont Smith
Frank Kinny
Emery Barrows
James M
Wm. G. Boyd
J. M. Parker
Ruth
C. R. Curtis
Mary A. Ford
Fannie Densmore
Hannah E. Griffin
Jennie Griffin
Emma Griffin
A. Parker
Joanna Goodrich
Fannie E. Cooley
Elijah Patten
Wesley A. Bingman
E. Humphrey
W. Lewis
J. M. Tidd
John Mitchell
Waldo Humphrey
Mary J. Richardson
J. E. Hartnell
Lafayette Mitchell
H. V. Cooley
Campbell Palmer
Richard Nixon
Ethalinda Parker
C. V. Ruth
W. F. Wetherby
Hulda Brindley
Wm. T. Anderson
Aaron and Catharine Green
C. W. Waterman
Secret engagement of actress tied to admiral ends
An Olive Logan letter reveals Miss Neilson was engaged to Rear Admiral Glyn, a court figure who led the Prince of Wales to India. She planned marriage after her daughter’s marriage and prior to divorce concerns, fearing a bigamy suit in England. The piece notes her wealth and public life, with context on her American divorce and expenditures.
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Glyn
Prince of Wales
India
Sind
Neilson
London
Regent Street
Lee
America
England
Geo, Lewis, Esq
Olive Logan
Philadelphia Times
Sounding Niagara Depths Reported By Engineers
A party of United States engineers sounded the Niagara river below the falls in a small boat. They measured eighty three feet near shore and found depths increasing downstream to 210 feet near the lower bridge. The scene featured roaring water and strong currents as the river narrowed at the Swift Drift.
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Niagara
United States
Niagara River
Falls
Society Young Men Invest Summer Revenues in Bouquets and Ice Cream
Society notes describe young men who invested their summer earnings in bouquets ice cream and lawn ties now reflecting on their frugal beginnings and social expectations as fall approaches.
Milk and Lime Water as Digestive Aid
Physicians increasingly prescribe milk and lime water for dyspepsia and stomach weakness. The Journal of Materia Medica notes benefits at any age, with a simple prep: four tablespoons of lime water per goblet of milk. Lime water is made by slacking lime in water until a creamy consistency, then using the clarified liquid.
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Journal of Materia Medica
Snakes Eggs in the Air Tale in Alabama House
A Montgomery family fell ill and a voodoo doctor claimed snakes eggs filled the air and water around the home. He offered to destroy them for 100 dollars, showed toy eggs as proof, performed a magical gesture, and the family paid.
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Montgomery
Ala
North
Poem on the silver moon uncovered in Assyria digs
Archaeologists uncover a tile inscription of a moon themed poem in Assyria. A large battered club and fragment of a human skull lay nearby, leaving readers to draw their own conclusions about the find.
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Assyria
Social jest at party sparks auction remark on wedding prize
A fashionable young lady jokes to Gilhoo ly about being sold to the highest bidder claiming jewelry valued at $3,000. A prize of forty acres of land is offered to the couple who marry in front of Eve eee mane at the Michigan States Tits is going to be a ear to ee.
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Gilhooly
Eve Eee Mane
Michigan States
Democratic salary grabbers and a home table tale
The piece accuses numerous Democrats of pocketing back pay in 1873 including Lyman Trumbull Samuel J Randall Fernando Wood Daniel Voorhees and other party leaders. It then shifts to a separate claim about keeping a husband home with beer and cigars, offering that a tactful wife can make home cheerful.
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United States
House
Lyman Trumbull
Illinois
Samuel J. Randall
Cincinnati
Fernando Wood
Committee On Ways and Means
Daniel Voorhees
Indiana
Senator Stevenson
Kentucky
Senator Davis
West Virginia
Senator Kelly
Oregon
Cronin
George M. Adams
House of Representatives
Ben. Butler
Democratic Party
Massachusetts
Garfield
Treasury
Worded fragment prompts unclear title
Readable text is too fragmentary to identify a coherent story or event. The source lacks sufficient names places dates or actions to form a factual card. No clear headline or summary can be derived from the given OCR excerpt.
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Mer Eage
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Heaven
Detroit Free Press
Andersonville
Catchem
Corsican Independent
Texas
Chicago Times
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Guysville
Athans County
York
Senda
Merchant Tailoring House
Buounnemeyer
Enneking & Bunnemeyer
Athens
Ohio
NEW Drug Firm
F. E. Waterman & CO
J. W. Brown
Norton
Rolisphim N
Athens, O
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Marion, Wayne Co
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Thomas Eclectric
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