21 May 1868
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Newspaper
Lancaster Gazette
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1868
Page
1
A long, jagged excerpted lament in verse and prose voices a widow urging her absent husband to return home. The text weaves distressed poetry with official prose, referencing a wartime letter and a public notice about a water factory, plus remarks from a Brevet Major General and regional political-societal commentary about Yankee influence and population growth.
lengthy clipping recounts a Sunday School Convention in Columbus Ohio with talks by Rev D A Randall and Col G W Derrington at the Ohio Penitentiary. Attendees fill the chapel, prayers, and discussions focus on teaching, training children for Christ, and religious services. mentions Livingstone letters, political notes, and local incidents interwoven through the observance.
A freedman contract dispute quoted from a Southern Democrat and Gen. R. K. Scott concerns a farm labor agreement from March to December. Payments were four dollars monthly plus bacon and meal weekly, with deductions for absences and deficits. Scott expresses sympathy and condemns the treated outrages, urging lawful redress.
The Frankfurt Kentucky Commonwealth notes up to six proclamations by Gov. Stevenson. It reports an estimated California wheat crop for the year at twenty million bushels and barley at ten million bushels, priced around two and a half million dollars.
A verbose report critiques a 19th century legislative session and its per diem costs, noting Democratic losses and Republican control. It recalls the death of William Young after a violent incident in Congress and cites controversy over doctrine and state rights. It laments delays and adjournment plans tied to party maneuvering.
In the House on the 12th instant Mr Schenel reported a bill to amend internal revenue laws. The bureau becomes a department with a commissioner having broad appointive power. Distilled spirits and tax rates remain. beer and tobacco taxes are specified. smoking products and substitutes taxed. transportation for export forbidden. Wines tax largely unchanged. gas tax reduced. perchased polrapham taxed. amusements taxed by capacity. some income and succession provisions updated. manufacturers largely tax-exempt. The bill was ordered printed and committed. Schenelekene expects to bring it back in ten days.
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