09 Dec 1874
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Newspaper
Cumberland Daily Times
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1874
Page
1
The commentary finds Grant's paper smoother than prior state documents yet criticizes its intolerant tone. It accuses him of aiding fraud and forgery in relation to the South especially Louisiana while noting his stubborn indifference to reason. The piece argues the country cannot rely on either man.
The poem urges male Literary Society members to imitate Orion facing Taurus, showing courage against malice and jealousy. It extols manly virtue, warns envy, and crowns a virgin’s honor as life’s true thrill, dated Frostburg December 7, 1874.
A two night event by Mr. Byrnes’s school at Eckhart showcased dialogues, calisthenics, and songs by students to raise money for a recently purchased school organ. The room was decoratively festooned and well attended with orderly conduct and praised performances by all. Mr Byrnes thanked the scholars and teachers for their excellent work and support.
The Eckhart Minstrels staged an entertainment Friday to raise funds for the upcoming school exhibition expenses. A spectator praises the effort thanking the trustees and Mr Hammond and company for their excellent music. Basil T. Garlitz Jr. announces candidacy for sheriff at the next fall election. The School Board meets today and tomorrow for regular business.
Short communications on various subjects appear under this head. The correspondent is responsible for the statements made.
At a Cumberland Hose Company meeting the death of Wm Kh McCalley is mourned. Resolutions express heartfelt sympathy, order mourning badges for thirty days, and a copy of the resolutions to be published in the Daily News and Times.
An obituary tribute for Mayor Save me yer of New York extols his vigor and blunt leadership while noting a briefer modern ad tale about Orange Judd and the American Agriculturist that led to a publishing success. The fragment ends with a local bidding note for Gow Gavnon & Duval’s building supplies.
The Pittsburgh Zeegraph reports a broad lock out at eight hundred puddling furnaces with most mills shutting and large layoffs. J Painter & Sons and Allegheny mills halt sections, while Birmingham and Clinton Millvale mills stay running to feed hardware trade. About 350 workers affected in Allegheny mills with 208 packers and helpers discharged at Painter.
Four desperadoes robbed the Tennessee bank at half past one yesterday afternoon in Corinth Mississippi. They demanded the president’s keys, attacked him with knives, and took five thousand dollars in currency and valuables worth more than that. A posse pursues.
New Orleans officials plan a caucus amid rumors of further trouble in Louisiana. Lieut. Governor Pesan has arrived to convene the meeting. A return board session is slated for tomorrow, with a committee meeting Thursday to discuss the matter.
The Rothechilds bank in Paris advanced thirty million reals to the Spanish government. A Detroit street car incident described a man and a child with a cryptic scene, while a vendor at 80 Baltimore Street promotes cloths and ready-made clothing. The text mix includes literary fragments and a merchant pitch amid unrelated notes.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a sad man, snow season, nets, and a person named oe the je. It references a large attendance and a wrinkle caine pot aeetanuseeniptes with sac formation and a dispenser.
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