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Newspaper
Hamilton Examiner
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1874
Page
4
A jumble of political satire and local notes from Butler County's weekly organ. Mentions Con gress candidacy by Mit. Choven, Beecnen design echoes, and dangers to Hopper's opthalma. Recaps subscribers, calls for Gonxiaxtron across Republican counties, and hints at training Chinamen to eat grasshoppers amid odd editorials.
In a fiery address the writer accuses Hodder and Delacourt of charging the county fifteen times as much for public printing as for private work. The piece cites tax receipts billed at $5 per thousand versus bank checks at $1 per thousand, questions printing costs for schools, and urges voters to replace alleged plunderers at the August election. It contrasts local printing bills with estimates from Jackson & Co and Howey & Co, urging tax relief and new candidates.
A deteriorated fragment urges a large turnout in evens ward and township, appealing to Democrats and taxpayers to express political preferences. It warns against avoiding the vote and criticizes dishonesty in politics while noting grievances about Togues in elections.
A long editorial urges voters and workers to participate in primaries, defend honest administration, and support strong election laws. It cites an 1871 act protecting elections, penalties for buying votes, and disqualifications for delegates who take money. The piece praises citizens for enforcing law and notes a local supporter, TLawme, and a Louisville Courier Journal reference.
The item reports a mix of political races including prohibitionist candidate Rev. Campbell of Clifton for Congress and a county ticket in Green County. It notes a fatal accident in Dayton from a coupling-gear crush, a duel between Kent brothers over a girl, and a plan to quell unrest by federal troops amid racial tension in Georgetown County.
The Beecher investigation exposes religious papers in New York on precarious ground fearing censure, while Chicago papers are accused by the Chicago Tribune of surrendering advertising to quack doctors and cheap Johns to sustain themselves, a grim critique of integrity in press circles.
George A Townsend notes Plymouth Church blends religious leadership and social club dynamics. About 2,200 members plus fifty wealthy backers shape a Brooklyn institution where Beecher’s humor draws women for solace and moral uplift while some men treat it as a merchants’ exchange, indifferent to Beecher’s private morals.
Global and domestic items fill the column. Grusany recognizes Spain as government. one hundred Mennonites head to the United States via Berlin. News from Cincinnati to Vermont covers heat deaths, a train wreck with four killed and twenty wounded, political nominating battles, suffrage talk, and a Georgia college consolidation plan.
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