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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1885
Page
2
Pension Bureau probe reveals tripled expenses before reform
Washington inquiry into pension bureau irregularities shows pre reform annual costs around $500,000. Under Col Dudley’s tenure expenses rose to about $2,900,000 with no tangible成果 identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pension Bureau
Col. Dudley
Albany youth controls paper yet shuns cabinet honors
Dan Manning of Albany rose from eight years old entering the Albany Argus printing office to a controlling interest in the same newspaper. Though favorable for a cabinet post under President-elect Cleveland, he has never held office and is thought likely to decline the prestigious offer. Journalists are typically reluctant to take political positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Manning
Albany
Cleveland
Albany Argus Printing Office
Hocking Valley strike ends in lowered mine pay
Tar Sandusky Local notes the termination of the Hocking Valley strike with miners returning to work at 44 or 40 cents per ton rather than 60 or 50. He laments the subsistence crisis and condemns monopolistic mine owners for causing suffering and lasting a blot on the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tar Sandusky
Hocking Valley
Hockin Alley
Miners Suffer as Coal Price Cut Sparks Arbitration Debate
Editorial argues the Hocking Valley Syndicate exploited a strike by pushing coal down to 50 cents per ton, after miners rejected 60 to 70 cent offers. It condemns corporate arrogance, warns of future cuts, and calls for arbitration to curb wealth concentrated power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley Syndicate
Toledo
Toledo Blade Editor Needs Cooling After Blood On Brain
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reports the Toledo Blade editor suffers a throbbing head and mentions cooling applications. A sensational line about pulverizing rum power appears in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Toledo Blade
Corner-stone to Washington monument laid in 1848
The corner-stone to the Washington monument was laid in 1848 when the country had 19,000 free people and about 300,000 slaves. The speaker reflects on the vast changes from then to now.
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Washington Monument
Dunsin Warp Defends Self Amid Cabinet Charge
Gath accuses General Dunsin Warp of misrepresentation in a letter to the Enquirer while The Toledo Blade pledges strong support for prohibition. Nasby’s road letters fit his persona as critics debate influence and timing. John RK. McLean admits authorship of an Enquirer article valued at 50 000 by Bill Lee in a libel suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunsin Warp
Gath
the Enquirer
Cleveland
Toledo
Nasby
John RK. McLean
The
Enquirer
Bill Lee
Kohler pipeline bill faced Senate vote defeat
As Standard Oil supporters thought victory certain, the Kohler pipeline bill came up in the Senate and was forced to a vote. Opponents answered with vituperative terms, and the bill was defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Senate
Foran Emerges as Geddes' Potential Governor Opponent
A Toledo Poster report from Cleveland notes that Foran, the current popular congressman and labor advocate, is named to take Geddes' place. The piece emphasizes Foran's ties to the Payne element, his youth and popularity, and his noted political ability in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gropes
Toledo
Cleveland
Geddes
Foran
Post
Tax fruits of the Hocking Valley strike
The Philadelphia Star argues the strike has caused poverty and irrecoverable wage losses for miners, burned mines and harmed coal mine owners and railroads. It urges arbitration by law or mutual agreement to submit the disputes for a final, binding decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
The
Philadelphia Star
Adjoining Counties Fees in Northwestern Ohio 1884
A careful compilation from the Auditor of State lists county office receipts for 1884. Records show fees for Recorders in Paulding Putnam Van Wert Williams and others, plus Sheriff Clerks Probate Judges Treasurers Auditors and assorted county offices across Allen Fulton Williams Wood Mercer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Auditor of State
Paulding
Putnam
She Devance
van Wert
Soi
Williams
Poe I
Cremecsionniese Sheriffs
Allen
Bene
Eeelding Augisize
Putnaf Kdettemen
Coty Iin
Paulding Williams Ie Wood
Capes
Patoam
Sndivisites Fulton
Henry
Wood Mercer
Auditors
Aten Pantomertis le Paulding
Asnipvihet Ve
Polton
Zee Williame
Acceiomeae Pbegiadnass Coty
Bose Woo Cercciseesesses
State of Ohio
Third Judicial Circuit
Logal County
Wood County
Marion County
Wyandot County
Crawford County
Fulton County
Williams County
Henry County
Putnam County
Union County
Seneca County
Hancock County
Hardin County
Defiance County
Paulding County
Auglaize
Mercer County
Allen County
A. M. Thomas Beer
J.J. Moore
Henry W. Seney
Price Prices and Packed Goods Promised at Facts!
Switzer and Kewnaer advertise low prices and varied goods urging shoppers not to neglect constipation or risk serious health issues, tout Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy. They also promote the Pluto Furnace by Defiance Machine Works for economical hot air heating for homes, stores, or churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvs Switzer & Kewnaer
Defiance Machine Works
Colby & Scott
Two Texas Ladies Discussing Schoolboys Drawings
Two Texas ladies chat about their children. One asks how her boy is progressing at school and the other says his son Bil drew a cat up a tree by himself using a rope. The exchange hints at rural humor and child artistry in a casual society column.
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Texas
Bil
Boston Gazette
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K. W. Haymaker
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Defiarce County
George J. Bu
Weed
Coun- Isaac Gunsenhauser
Trelvissee
Colby & Scott’s
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Clinton
Iowa
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Niagara
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Cash Grocers
Dicus
Defianice
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Second Duke of Williams
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Edymion
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E. F. Aldrich
Nig Trade
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