Maine Law Fund Drive Dateline 1953 Ohio
The State Temperance Executive Committee of Ohio seeks at least 16000, possibly 32000 with a statewide canvass before the October election to elect a Maine Law Legislature. An assessment of 20000 statewide based on population allocates funds to counties and a general fund for lecturers and tracts. Notable speakers Neal Dow and others will visit. counties paying first receive earlier visits.
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Friends of the
Maine Law
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Monroe
Montgomery
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Morrow
Noble
Ottaws
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Perry
Portas
Preble
Ug Gurrnsey
Alsat
van Bert
Winton Ty
Neal Dow
Maine
Cuyler
New Jersey
Yaes
Michigan
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Masssachevetts
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Friends of the Cause
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A. A. Stewart
Aristocracy and Its Mock Parade in a Republic
A Philadelphia Ledger piece mocks a multi-tier aristocracy in the United States, contrasting pretenders with a faith in a true nobility found in intelligent, virtuous citizens. It argues wealth does not confer honor and highlights the real aristocracy among mechanics, merchants, manufacturers, and public-spirited individuals. It then notes editorially on Cleveland area railroad surveying for a new line, praising engineer K. G. Goddard and reporting favorable progress from Indiana to Elyria and Norwalk.
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Fortuny
Aristac
Thureig
Philadelphia Ledger
Cleveland
Indiana State Line
Mercer County
Walworth
Rocky River
Ity Imouth
Berea
Allen County
Elyria
Norwalk
K. G. Goddard
Massachusetts
New Jersey
North Carolina
Virginia
Buffalo, Corning
New York
Denocrat
Singular Needle Infestation Report Stuns Otsego County
A Miss Uurlbutt in Buttermuts Otsego County New York reportedly found 125 needles in her arm after initially noticing a foreign sensation while cleaning a carpet Doctor Charles Sumner of the town extracted many of the needles in stages some bent near the bone and others proved impossible to remove at the time The tale prompts further details from local sources The Washington Star recounts a tollgate anecdote about the President failing to pay a shilling on a ride plus a rustic dialogue scene featuring dialect characters in a Dayton setting
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Uts
Charles W. White
Uurlbutt
Buttermuts
Otsego County
New York
Charles Sumner
Trenton
Anerisan
Washington Star
Columbus Turnpike
Potomac
United States
Virginia
Political shifts and fugitive tales in a Virginia era
Dispatches describe Whigs gaining seats in Rowan and new majorities in the Legislature, plus a Wake county Congressional result with Whigs prevailing. A fugitive tale follows of a enslaved man escaping to Canada, then a Dunkirk letter from 1850, and various small notices: jail reforms in Vermont, a patricide in Wilson township, delirium tremens cases in Wheeling, and shipping updates including Henry Clay’s Hanover county farm and Charles Morgan as Nicaragua Company president.
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Wheeling Hill
Wheeling Gazette
Canada blacks face prejudice and unequal rights, Oberlin letters say
The Oberlin Evangelist misrepresents Canada on race rights, stating that Canadians grant equal civil standing to people of color. A local Canadian source confirms limits in schooling and social life, noting black children face segregation and unequal funding. The article cites a church incident showing exclusion of black worshippers and urges full truth for emigrants.
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Oberlin
Samuel BR. Ward
England
Brehren
Canada
Canasda
Courts of Justice
Ward
Ohio
Eglor
Webster
Murder Indictment in Toledo Tied to Drunken Brawl
Two young men, Danta B. Manan and Avon Sarrin, once connected to Rochester and Elyria, drift into poverty and drink. After a night on the rails with Sarrin, Manan is charged with murder when Sarrin dies from blunt force after a fall near Water Street. The narrative warns young men about the dangers of heavy drinking and its possible consequences.
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Danta B. Manan
Was
Horne, Jr
Toledo
Avon Sarrat
Leagard
Malan
Elyvia
Oon
Swern
Marnax
Water St
Sasser
Maas
Sarr
Maran
Hay
Manan
Maman
Marian
New York
Mahan
Rochester
Elyria
Syavrn
Higney
Arrests and deaths tied to Carlisle County crimes
Reports detail McDowell’s arrest on an assault with intent to kill after a Constable forced entry and a faulty gun snap. Payne pleads guilty to cow theft and faces Probate Court ahead of September. Carlisle tragedy updates include a death from a July 27 shooting and a post mortem verdict naming Barner as an accessory before the fact. Also noted is a serious railroad accident at Camden Station and a call for a local help-wanted notice.
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Peter McDowell
Doolittle
James M.noble
Grafton
McDowell
Nobile
Galpin
Court of Common Pleas
T. Payne
Underhill
Ohio City
Justice Doolittle
Treswell Payne
Young Payne
Carlisle
Saran FulMin
Faimer
Inet
Chimes Wack
Lourie
Banner
Esq
Duourr- Tle
Lorain
State of
Ohio
Winutas S. Horkins
Sarai Fruimer
Sid Township
Ferther
Gnanes A. Barner
G. G. Washburn
Geo. B. Lake
Id. Baker
L. Warkness
Joe Ihram Faxon
David Gibbs
Oberlin notices and regional happenings prompt autumn editions
News notes from Oberlin and Norwalk cover the Oberlin Choir performance of the Absalom oratorio at the upcoming commencement, local market plenty of corn and beans, Norwalk Reflector renaming, Huron Gazette debut, Temperance meeting recaps, and a fire levee burn incident. Also noted are political conventions, the Knickerbocker August issue, Cincinnati mayor Panfield, the Popular Educator’s August issue, a Cleveland prison stat on drunkenness, a new Cleveland to Toledo telegraph line, and a fossil skeleton found near Cossack’s Mill.
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Huron Reflector
Norwalk
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