Governor Foster’s final message to the General Assembly
Governor Foster delivers his fourth and last annual message praising fiscal restraint and debt reduction. He warns against rising local indebtedness, touts penitentiary profits, outlines public works policy, and urges reforms in insane asylums, reformatories, children's homes, and prison labor. He notes National Guard strength and state claims against the U.S. government, and calls for careful management of public institutions and corrective prison reform. The address discusses debt, taxation, and governance across multiple state departments.
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Columnes
Foster
General Assembly
General Revenue Fund
Wise
da Wilk
Ete
Villa
Adjutant General
Ohio National Guard
National Guard
W. O. Telford
United States
Congress
Toledo
Girls’ Industrial Home
Ives
Jude
Board of Managers
Ice
Amcocnto
Philadelphia Ledger
Convict Labor and State Prison Reform Debates
An 1883 Ohio report discusses convict labor, its price relation to honest labor, and the need for state management to avoid contractor exploitation. It covers prison reform, Board of State Charities work, mine and oil inspector findings, and the push for amended judicial structure and temperance impact.
Home Garden and Farm Advice in 20th Century Papers
A digest of domestic farming tips and household guidance from the era. Horse protection with rubber blankets, Dominique chickens for hardy breeding, strawberry soil needs, rye cover crop in Ohio gardens, quince cultivation via mulching and manuring, quince borer control, apple roly poly recipe, and a ditch rescue method for cows using a headchain.
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Troy Times
Poultry Monthly
Ohio
Cleveland Leader
N. Y
Prohibition Support and War Claims Reported by Governor
In a state proclamation Governor Charles Foster notes strong support for the Scott liquor law and its financial relief. He cites 323,000 votes for prohibition, praises the law’s impact, and urges orderly trial before changes. He also discusses unsettled war claims and recommends a commission to settle and fund payable states claims with U.S. reimbursement.
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General Assembly
Adjutant General
Cmssion
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Charles Foster
Diseases of the Horse Teeth and Their Treatment
The article explains horse dental diseases differ from humans and outlines treatments. It covers dentition fever, appetite loss, and ulcers from tushes. overgrown grinders causing ulcers. overgrowth penetrating bars. irregular grinder surfaces leading to unsoundness. and rare but possible caries, detailing causes and prevention. It ends noting extraction for odd teeth.
Cost of Fences and the Fence Question
The article discusses farm fencing costs in the United Kingdom and compares them to US practices. Prof Scott estimates over five dollars invested per acre with seventy-five cents annual maintenance in the UK affecting 45 million acres, totaling about 250 million dollars invested and 33.75 million dollars yearly upkeep. It notes fences might be reduced but offers no replacement solution and reflects on the fence role in the US.
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Ohio
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Court of Common Pas
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Court of Final Jurisdiction
Legislative Department
Common Pleas
United States
Scott
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Y. Sur
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