12 Sep 1885
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Newspaper
Marion Weekly Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1885
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a courtroom or legal dispute with references to law and authority. It weaves in names and phrases about pay, injury, and claims, but no coherent events or clear subjects emerge from the readable portions. The piece reads like a dialogic fragment rather than a complete report.
A dense rundown of politics and policy notes, including party dynamics in Iowa and backers of candidate campaigns, with references to a tariff bill aiming to cut duties on necessities. U.S. consular appointments are announced for several countries, and a Treasury offer of 160000 florins toward national debt is reported. A Logan banquet is postponed, cabinet meetings touch on revenue, cholera appears in Shanghai, and Army of the Tennessee commemorations recall General Sherman.
The Order of Cincinnatus speeds preparations for the Third Grand Annual Leto. A major meeting settled plans for the parade route and a grand fireworks display to be launched from river barges, with Col. Fred D Moore commanding the procession to the Grand Hotel where Mayor Smith will welcome Cincinnatus and the order. Scott Lord of New York dies in Morristown at age 96, a former partner of Roscoe Conkling. Prohibition convention in Worcester outlines party reforms, calls for stricter liquor controls, and adopts a platform led by Governor St John and Ray J Hamilton.
John Kelly signals preference for Joc Stevens as Tammany candidate amid opposition. A compromise arises at Clifton Springs with Kelly’s teams withdrawing Stevens and some factions backing a candidate acceptable to the council. This suggests Kelly remains a key influence in Tammany despite illness and reduced activity. Also notes governor's issuance of virtuals for the murder cases of Patrick Church and John Murphy on November 13.
Sutton eight miles from Bee is noted as a case of smallpox with fears that the disease may spread to TucuMono. Health officials monitor the area as the Sept 1 report states locally.
A Prussian sentenced for vagrancy faced a judge who alleged nationality bias, raising the penalty to two years. Separately, Spain sent a note to Germany seeking reprisal avoidance over the Caroline and Pelau islands. Emperor William and Moltke were greeted by cheering crowds as a military maneuvre opened.
At a regular board meeting of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway company directors resolved to extend the maturity of bonds due October 145 and secured by a mortgage of 1893 for fifty years from October 1 next, with interest paid semi annually in gold. principal and interest to be paid in gold. Sheats will be attached to the bonds. Amount involved 1 710,010. The rotunda at Castle Garden welcomed nearly four hundred Latter Day Saints arriving from Liverpool.
A late 19th century style item recalls Whittier era reunions at Haverhill academy with survivors including Whittier born 1507 and a letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes. It also covers the Army of the Tennessee reunion at Waverly, with governors and generals attending, and remarks on memorial resolutions and a dispatch from Hong Kong.
The Western Viva Telegraph company directors propose a dividend of 11 4 percent on capital stock to be paid October first. Record date fixed at close of transfer books October 1. Also notes a court ruling on the Riel fuel appeal, with conviction upheld and a new trial refused. Libangouni mind-Riel case may go to the imperial privy council.
The report covers multiple regattas on Sept 11 12 at St Louis St Louis and Sheepshead Bay with oarsmen from Columbias Washingtons Analestans Potomacs and Baltimores racing in four and five boat events. Winners include Columbias at Potomac and Sheepshead events while other races list placements and times for lightweight and senior shells.
A mixed compilation notes deaths including Michael Wagner of New Riegel aged 102 and Rear Admiral Livingston in New York, political events with speeches by Sherman and Foraker, a railway organization in Jeffersonville, and assorted market data from grain to hogs. Also reports on a tornado relief effort and several local incidents across Ohio and Mississippi.
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