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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1875
Page
2
Fragmentary notes show tar for jail fence costing 282.50 and 436 feet of gas pipe for the jail and sheriff’s house at 9889 for fixtures. Claims include stationery for office seekers, 800 paid for a cess pool, 303.47 due on a turntable bridge, and 547 for additional jail work plus 800 for outside work. A 1874 pest incident prompted a $100 payment for removal.
A Republican plea urges thorough county organization to mobilize votes in the fall election. Critics condemn many Democratic candidates as incompetent and corrupt, calling for a ticket of proven integrity to defeat ring tactics, pipe-laying, and log falling.
A fragment from a political article accuses the Democrats of dodging blame for a church state bargain and sale involving the Catholic Church and the party. It asserts the party cannot deny the charge and warns of damage to free institutions and the party’s standing.
A historic scolding of the Democratic Party accuses it of selling influence to propagate Catholic dogma through control of common schools. The piece argues schools are sacred and denounces politics that use education as a market, urging repentance and restraint from religious meddling in public schooling.
A Texas civil rights case ends with a jury verdict of guilty and a substantial fine. The report mentions sentences and portrays the courtroom proceedings amid local tensions and outcomes. The document also notes varied local news items including grasshopper migrations affecting agriculture and crop prospects in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky.
Dr Algernon Sydney Curtis of New York fought Salvador Cortreal a Havana tobacco merchant in Mariano with no witnesses. Five shots were fired. Curtis was wounded in the hip. Cortreal, believing Curtis dead, killed himself with a revolver. Curtis survived and remains under police surveillance.
PortsMourn reports a population of 13 000 while Logan organizes a MILITARY unit. The Reform School at Lancaster holds over four hundred inmates. Marietta papers note various cases and events including Governor Nove's watch theft at the Republican State Convention. A child drowns in the Muskingum River in Zanesville after bathing near North Fourth Street.
The Sportsmen’s Association of Ohio and the National Sportsman’s Association convened in Cleveland. The national pigeon shooting tournament begins today and runs four days with eighteen thousand birds entered.
Washington correspondent reports friends say Commodore Patterson, father of Mrs Porter, faced trouble from his young daughter and Midshipman Porter in a story after-dated by reminiscence. The note suggests Admiral and Mrs Porter should be lenient toward young love.
Fragmentary letters discuss officers families aboard ships and naval discipline, noting a commission to restrict bringing kin on voyage. The text shifts to testimonial letters praising Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Sage's Catarrh Remedy, claiming profound health benefits and cautioning against mercury or iodine-based purifiers.
The article explains kidney complaints as serious conditions with acute pain and potential death if kidneys fail to filter poisons from the blood. It stresses maintaining kidney and blood health to prevent systemic illness and widespread suffering.
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