Reverend Harrison Holds Dacatur Meetings Seventeen Hundred Conversions
In Dacatur Indiana Reverend Thomas Harrison the boy preacher reports seventeen hundred conversions as he conducts meetings. A New England railroad conductor was found guilty of manslaughter for failing to follow orders leading to a fatal collision killing three. Recovery difficulties from the Braidwood Illinois miners disaster prompt plans to close the mine and erect a commemorative monument. Dr Killian of Washington Indiana promotes lime treatment for whooping cough claiming three to five days cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey. Thomas Harrison
Dacatur
Indiana
New England
Braidwood
Ilinois
Killian
Washington
Mormon Missionaries Grow in Tennessee Converts Expected
Ninety missionaries are active in the Southern States with Tennessee yielding stronger uptake. Converts may number in the hundreds by year’s end if current trends continue. The piece notes concern over polygamy in doctrine and cites Pittsburgh Leader’s mockery of Langtry’s looks amid sensational reportage.
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Tennessee
Bank Extension Act Coin Certificates Legal Tender Claim
The Commercial Gazette notes section 12 of the Bank Extension Act authorizes coin certificates and makes them receivable for taxes duties and all public dues placing them on the same footing as greenbacks as legal tender. It asserts no exemption from taxation exists but presumes they are not taxable any more than greenbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Gazette
Reverend Edward Crowley Seeks Leg legal relief for cruelty sentence
Rev Edward Crowley once in charge of Shepherds Fold New York seeks to have his cruelty sentence revoked and the $250 fine refunded. The article condemns the man as unprincipled and urges no mercy from officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Crowley
Shepherd’s Fold
New York
Nine Million Children Outside Sunday School Influence
A statement notes nine million U S children currently outside Sunday School culture and influences. Churches lack facilities to reach them, leading to religious illiteracy as they grow up. Meanwhile funds are raised for distant missions and clothing tropical heathens who supposedly do not want clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ohio Wool-growers condemn tariff cut and plan alliance
At a Columbus meeting last Friday Ohio Wool-growers resolutions condemned Congress for wool tariff reduction and urged uniting with growers in other states to form a United States Wool-growers’ Association. W. N. Cowden named on the organizing committee. A report claimed Eastern manufacturers benefited from the tariff while wool producers faced discrimination. Protection on wool ranged 2 to 25 percent versus 30 to 100 percent on other articles. The committee urged concerted action to protect growers’ interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Wool-growers
Columbus
Congress
United States Wool-growers’ Association
W. N. Cowden
State Association
Tariff Commission
Western pork packing numbers rise in thirty-fourth annual report
The thirty-fourth annual report of pork packing in the West by the Cincinnati Price Current shows winter packing at 6,152,212 hogs, up 384,452 from last year, with average net weight 213.62 pounds. Lard yield falls 11.01 pounds per hog. Pork output up 111,000 barrels. Western stocks on March 1 rise 33,500 barrels of pork and 93,000,000 pounds of meats, but lard stocks fall 21,700 tierces. For summer, traders expect about 2 percent more packing, with the Price Current hinting at 10 percent and perhaps 25 percent. Total West packing for the year: 9,342,999 hogs versus 10,551,449 prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Cincinnati
CAMBRIDGE TOWNSHIP ELECTION RESULTS AND OFFICERS
The Cambridge townships report lists officials and vote tallies for First through Fourth Precincts, including Justice of the Peace Elza Turner, trustees like W B Cosgrave, clerk C L Madison, treasurer Stephen Potts, and assessors in multiple wards with detailed vote counts. The document also notes majorities by township, and adds results from Wills, Spencer, Millwood, Liberty, Adams, Jackson, Knox, Valley, Jefferson, and other townships, showing party lines and elected officers across a broad county election.
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Elza Turner
Hugh Broom
W B Cosgrave
A J Clark
George H Boetcher
Samuel Morrison
Elijah Ferbrache
A H Tingle
Cl Madison
Stephen Potts
Milton Turner
R J Campbell
T . Stanley
M FE Gallup
James Moreland
H C Mottie
Ward B
C L Madison
Alexander Frazier
Lemuel Bonnell
T C Stanley
M E Gallup
H C Mattie
Justice of the Peace
Hugh Brown
WB Cosgrave
A. H Tingle
P T Suitt
James Stewart
WA Rainey
W M Scott
J O Mellyar
Elijah Ferbracher
L Madison
GW Montgomery
Saul Sutton
If Creighton
Washington Corporation
A L Luzadder
A M Baxter
J A Tyson
O F Lowry
Wm Smith
B Roseman
Pearl
Chambers
J W Marshall
Harry Holmes
Wm Mcblary
Alex Fulton
James Elder
Millwood Township
E Patterson
Spencer
E Perigo
Robert Boyd
J R Hall
W Ho Hartley
WestClair
W H Athey
J B Hartley
Corporation Council
R Hunt
T M Johnson
Tomans
W J
Wm Cowden
Jis P Linse
Jas Dyer
James A Hawthorne
James Young
A Sessor
A H Duff
BF Sehryock
John Marlow
J Ro Patterson
Ohio Briefs Include Courts, Rail, and Crime Notes
The Muskingum County Infirmary refuses shelter to tramps. U S Consul at St Galle reports 10350 francs for Ohio flood sufferers. The Locke bill for a new St Clairsville courthouse was tabled in the Legislature. Tony White of St Clairsville may tour with a Cincinnati circus earning 100 a week. Ohio wool buyers plan an April Columbus meeting to form an association. Connorton Valley railroad nears Coshocton. Zanesville extension may be abandoned. Rev G F Moore to Auburn Seminary chair in Oriental Languages. Ohio militia encampment at Columbus to include 82 infantry companies and 17 batteries. Cincinnati capitalists eye North Carolina mining timber ventures in a company worth 500000. New York Herald Flood Commission report shows no further aid needed at Shawneetown after 20800. Helmick music dealer of Cincinnati assigns to Bettinger. Lou Houk, the three-card Monte killer, held in Delaware awaiting trial for Lohman murder. Church standings show Methodist Episcopal leading with 183,573 members, Catholic 370,000, others listed. Bellaire passes dog running at large ordinance. muzzles May 1 to October 1, or fines. Railroad weather signals on Cleveland to Columbus line warn daily weather twenty four hours ahead.
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Locke
St Clairsville
Tony White
Cincinnati
Wool Buyers and Dealers of
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Wool Buyers and Dealers’ Association
Connorton
Zanesville
G. F. Moore
Auburn Theological Seminary
Boston
North Carolina
New York Herald
Shawneetown
Frederick W. Helmick
Elm Street
Albert Bettinger
Lou Houk
Los Angeles
California
Delaware Ohio
Norris
Paul Lohman
Toledo
Methodist Episcopal
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Baptists
Bellaire Council
Cleveland
Akron
Columbus Road
Death of Brooklyn Alderman Sparks Mourning Rituals
Officials mourn the Brooklyn alderman whose death prompts a solemn display of gloves, a ritual gesture signaling grief and community loss. The piece hints doctors and remedies, noting a bottle of Dr Bull s Cough Syrup could have saved his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Dr. Bull
Prohibition Ledger From Guernsey County Aims at Liquor Tax
A W C T U summary notes criminal costs, jail expenses, and taxes tied to liquor in Guernsey county. It lists totals for 1382 and year ending 1881, with three fourths of crimes credited to liquor. Saloons and beer kegs figures in Cambridge highlight tax disparities and calls for prohibition.
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Beckett
Barr
Guernsey County
New Y
Cambridge
Favorite Remedy advertised by Dr Kennedy of Rondout N Y
Dr Kennedy of Rondout New York urges buyers to remember his Favorite Remedy as the best cure for urinary difficulties kidney complaints and female ailments priced at one dollar a bottle and sold by all druggists.
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Kennedy
Rondout
N. Y
Doctor Kennedy
Dalton
Mass
Peter Lawler
Bae
Mieil
Magnetic Medicine CO
Detroit Mich
Cambridge
No Political Bosses Allowed In Divine Economy
Rev James Chambers of Calvary Presbyterian Church Harlem argues there is no provision for political bosses in divine order. He cites scripture about ruling spirit over city rule and warns passions and bad humors act as tyrannical bosses. The piece then advertises Parker's Ginger Tonic from Hiscox Co New York, praising its health claims and price.
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James Chambers
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Harlem
S.P. Lewis
Eighth Street Baptist Church
St. Louis
Parker
Hiscox & CO
New York
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Cambridge Herald
J.P. Mahaffey
T.W. Ogier Mahaffey & Ogier
Main St
East Court Square
Minnesota
England
Supreme Court of Illinois
Pullman Palace Car Company
Pittsburgh
Cambridge Township
James Creswell
A J Hutchison
C P Simons
J L Bruner
Harry Moore
James Cresswell
E R McCollum
Herring
W E Boden
Third Precinct
Ward D
Fourth Precinct
Ward A
S A Craig
John M Ogier
W H H Mellyar
Wm Lawrence
Nelson McCreary
J S$ Amstot
Spencer Township
Wm Stranathan
John Smock
Thos Paisley
J M Bracken
J B Allison
Wm Jeffries
Wilson Wells
Wm Cowgill
JS Parker
JS Fordyce
J B Clark
Westley Brown
Rot McCullough
Oscar Adair
Win Combs
Hugh Dyer
Those Stiles
Robert McConnell
Henry McCleary
Melancthon Allen
Jacob Brower
Hans Wytie
Steubenville
Muskingum County
U. S
St Galle
Switzerland
Ohio River
Womens’ Christian Temperance Union
H.C. Wilkinson & Co
Fulton Street
N.Y
Prospectus
Cincinnati Enquirer
Bossista
Enquirer
Daily Enquirer
Sun
Neous
Secord
John McLean
Wheeling Avenue
Biggist
Buirper
W.atlee Burpee & CO
Philadelphia
Aleasant
J. Dubois & Son
Exereit
Croly
George Croly
Harper's, Weekly
Rome
Nero
Masada
Stanley Mathews
P.O
Harter & CO
Springfield
Star Spangled Banner
Lbesides
Iman
Banner Publishing CO
Hlrnsdale, N. Hy
Massachusetts
John Spencer
Arber
Oscar McKem
West End
Eagle Hotel
Hutchison’s Block
Srioces
Thalheimer
Baltimore
Cheap Cash Store
Napier
Pody
Brussels
Axminster
W Iton
Ife
Kina
Meiilyar’s
Cheap Cash & Produce Store
CHYTO
Ntill Ahead
Oliver
Feld
Oliver Plow
INTE
Cochran & Orme
Hirschberg
Hirchberg
One Price Clothing House
Othinson & Meters, Merchant Tailors
Main Street
Rabel Ale’ Aie
Ama Ia
Spence Bros. & CO
Parker's
Eee
San Anti Po
Heaview Oo
Fube
Side Building
Chicago
Ill
Guenther
Deven Guenther
Pittsbur
Kohn Brothers
Shawnee
Corning & Straitsville
Knabe
Chickering
Weber
Behning
Behr Bros
Kurtzma Emerson
Estey, Mason and Hamlin
Packard Orchestral
Miller Sterling
H.D. Munson & Sons
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