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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1876
Page
2
Readers are warned that a crowded field of 17 Democratic recorder candidates lacks party backing and may be staged by county treasury rings. The piece claims delegates and favors will be traded to install favored insiders at the upcoming convention and cautions vigilance among delegates against manipulated nominations.
In Cincinnati during the Centennial year the Republican convention nominated temporary chairman Tao M. Powbroy and heard speeches by Gen Awe Frep Dove Lass and others. Balloting was not yet under way with Hayes potential as second choice if Huare’s bid falters. The Democratic county convention plans four county offices with 28 candidates announced. reports claim a party ring controls the ticket and subscription drives inflate circulation. The Ware family attracts attention with only two county office candidates.
The piece rails at killings by a sheriff's posse targeting Black men, calling the incident an inhuman butchery and denouncing Democratic and Southern chivalry politics. It cites indictments, mentions a Memphis bounty case, and notes editor changes and other scattered items from the era.
Ex-Speaker Blaine fainted while entering a church near his home on June 11. He suffered head pain and dizziness, was placed on steps, then remained unconscious for hours. Physicians attributed the episode to sun and heat stroke amid recent overwork and stress. Blaine improved by June 14 and sent a telegram from Washington noting convalescence and gratitude to supporters.
A peddler hawks shawls for 75 but stores sell them at 9. A string of local tragedies and oddities follows including deaths by typhoid fever and suicide, a dozen elderly residents in the infirmary, hog cholera losses, a fatal railroad buggy accident, and a log accident injuring Dr Henderson. A political bribery inquiry recounts Swift’s donations to Democratic campaigns.
A long running clash between the United States Centennial Commissioners and the Centennial Board of Finance centers on whether the Commissioner can force the Board to pay salaries and whether the Commissioner can appoint a police force. The Board insists it controls the funds with bonds backing its officers, and recent legal opinions support the Board. The Evening Telegraph plans an eight column review with opinions from noted lawyers.
The Pennsylvania Railroad achieves a four day cross continent goal, hailed as a landmark in rail history. Projectors Jarrett and Palmer chose the Pennsylvania route after expert advice, highlighting safety, speed, and comfort with eight new dining cars and specially built 130 day cars for Centennial travel.
The piece reflects ailing Ker’s fragile state at Wilk lars Hotel with friends anxious over removal to Rives. It critiques medical quackery, endorses Dr Pierce remedies, notes advertising’s role, and cites testimonials by Atha B. Crooks and others praising Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription as superior alcohol free medicines.
Symptoms include loss of appetite, stomach discomfort, acidity, heartburn, morning tongue coating white, distension, rumbling pain, constipation with intermittent diarrhea, pale urine, foul breath or bitter taste, and palpitations. Also present are headaches, faint sense of taste or smell, and general weakness with poor sleep and troubling dreams.
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