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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1885
Page
3
The column surveys a jumble of topics including clergy salaries versus national spending, Rev Thomas Alamson’s evangelistic claims, Lincoln era politics, pension fund details, bank and railroad speculation, the Mahdi episode, Central American politics, and social tensions in the postbellum United States with anecdotes on temperance, agriculture, and dubious mind healing trends.
Fragments recount Beecher sermons, a niece and estate intrigue, Plymouth Church sensations, Isere statue reception, and a New York World led pedestal fund. The piece notes police drives against gamblers, a watchful public, and civic pride amid sensational weekly events in Broaderim.
The article outlines Brazil's push toward gradual emancipation with compensation, detailing the Emperor's address, tax increases to fund liberation, and bonds to aid planters. It notes protections for slaves and aims to boost agriculture and industry, signaling a new era of prosperity. The second item recounts a comic robbery where two elderly women lose their gold teeth to a thief during a circus procession, highlighting a curious local incident.
A St Louis dispatch reports Cook's Lonist Agency in London sent a long note urging James F. Brady to verify if C Arthur Preller was murdered and his body placed in a trunk. It notes a $20,000 life policy on Preller and policies on Simone, with relatives pressuring for payout, Maxwell arrested smiling, and insurers awaiting fuller facts.
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