Tariff doubts and old Freemasonry records emerge in Stark County
The Stark County Democrat discusses tariff arguments for wool and protection, cites Randall’s table on Ohio fleece wool 1840–1861, notes that high tariffs did not raise wool prices, highlights the discovery of St Johns lodge records as the oldest Masonic lodge book in America, and mentions prominent figures like Benjamin Franklin and James Hamilton.
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Stark County
Denecrat
Polk
Randall
Ohio
Masons
Philadelphia
America
Massachusetts
St. John’s Lodge
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Library of the Historical Society
Geo. T. Ing
Boston
William Allen
Provinces
Humphrey Murray
James Hamilton
Thomas Hopkinson
William Plumstead
Joseph Shippen
Philip Lyng
We Have Tested Ely's Cream Balm Says Editorial
The editor of the Jowd Methodist in 1884 endorses Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh after testing its merits. He notes ministers suffer head and throat troubles and claims the product cures many catarrh cases with a thorough course of treatment. It is not a liquid or snuff and is applied to the nostrils with a finger. 2t
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H. H. Falrall
D. D
Jowd Methodist
Ely
He Kept His Word and Then Died on Return Home
A Wisconsin express worker left on health grounds for Florida, sent oranges to Wisconsin via Adams Express with a letter to request a frank. In Cincinnati, the American Express clerk saw the sender’s name on a transfer, realized the letter’s author had just died, and found the man’s coffin en route to Missouri.
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Express
Wisconsin
Florida
Land of Flowers
Adams Express Company
Amercan
Adams
Cincinnati
American Express
Missouri
Cin. Enquirer
Candles and Superstitions Through History Discussed
The article traces candle superstition from ancient times to early Christianity, noting ceremonies at birth marriage and death. It cites beliefs such as a winding sheet of tallow foretelling death, sparks signaling letters, and flames indicating spirits, alongside natural lighting barriers and weather cues.
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Irth
St Louis
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Tom Thumb
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Lew Driranedsove-Eemecrai
Thumb
Aixe
Barnum
Great Clearing Sale
RAT— J. L
J. B. Hudson
Summit Street
J. L
Toledo
Bryan Plow
W. Heller & Coover
Heller & Coover
Farmo Lannacurethy
Henry County
F. Shoner
Alea
New Room
Moyarholts Bros
Napoleon and
Queens & Glassware
Ana
Perry Street
Cary
Meyerholtz & Bro
Napoleon
Cho
Leigh
Geo
B. Curdes
Nat of Engi
Breen Naslow
Thiesen, Wildred & Co
Vateria
Jacumry
Norden
H. F. Norden & CO
Hahn & Meyer
Machine Works & Foundry
C. F. Beard
Mecinectitel
Ena
M. Heller & CO
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