See it the ballot changes lives and wages
A laborer confronts a gin shop owner over wasted wages spent on luxury for the owner's wife and daughter. He declares he will push for temperance and urges fellow workers to give up drink, then argues for women's suffrage as a means to restore justice and public order, praising the ballot as a reform aligned with the era. The speech references women voting as essential for moral and political progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gin
Crossing the Sermitstal ie Glacier Dangerous Ice Crossing
Dr Mayes recounts a perilous ascent and descent across a large glacier with crevasses and shifting ice. They navigate clefts, a natural bridge, and a steep, slippery ice rooftop as captain and companion survive narrow leaps and near falls. A harrowing, awe filled narrative ends on dry land with relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Lake Erie
Ontario
Mem
le Mongter
Week of Prayer Programme and Philadelphia Court Ruling
The Evangelical Alliance outlines a seven day program for the week of prayer from January 7 to January 14 focusing on sermons prayers and devotions for families churches and nations. A Philadelphia judge ruled that a husband is not automatically liable for his wife’s debts, advising tradesmen to verify the actual relations before seeking payment.
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Evangateal Alliance
Vrednestay
Matthew
Philadelphia
Thayer
Lecture on Woman Suffrage by Rev Wil Murray
Rev Wil Murray repeated his lecture on woman suffrage at Music Hall on Tuesday evening December 12. He argued suffrage is not a threat to virtue, citing examples of women in schools, hospitals, and missions, and urged that voting expresses the nation’s highest convictions and strengthens intelligent governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil We Murray
Ar. Murray
Music Hall
Iman
Murray
Femebie
Aspasia
Anna Dickinson
New England
Losa
Christendom
Printers Misfortune and a Hog Killing Tale
A copied local tale recounts a prank that mixed up a church figure and a hog killing machine. The misprint led to a bizarre episode where a Rev De Mudge, the hog machine, and a butchered tale collided, ending with the hog being turned into sausage amid humorous commentary by the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tev
de. Mudge
Mate Murdye
Venerable Gentleman and Subscriptions Row
A vivid report notes a man in street garb and a crowd armed with knives. The following day editors say they explained and apologized as Agdor Flop canceled his subscription and switched to a rival paper.
The Strategic Cat and the Rat Invasion
Tim tells of a Maltese cat living in a small house by the crooked river in spring 1846. When rats flooded the cellar, the cat initially stayed hidden, then returned with an army of fifty six cats to clear the infestation, leaving Betsy Ann and family to clean up afterward.
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Cate
Tim
Yau
Steve
Crooked River
Betsy Ann
Bessy Ann
Maltee
Bunker Hall
Boston
Betsy Ron
Sammy
Alexis Jokes Circulate On Arrival Of Tassian Prince
Light parleys and jokes greet the forthcoming Tassian Prince Alexis in New York. Remarks poke fun at czardines and status while noting Horace Greeley’s absence from a reception committee and playful banter about travel to Baltimore amid the Washington ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexis
Czardines
Horace Greeley
Alexia
Jones
Smith
New York
Washington
Baltimore
The Ruling Passion and Comic Wits
An old Indiana anecdote features Wastfall on his death bed asking a minister about salvation and wings in heaven. The tale pivots to a quip about heaven and angels. A critic laments shifting reliance from Bible and almanac to newspapers and weather forecasts, noting changes in family life and reading habits. A final joke asks why a whale is like a water filter, answering because it comes to the curfage to blow.
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Indiana
Wastfall
LT Hope Co
Heaven
Almanaa
Daily Press
Wesvapec
Almaze Ag
Tilon
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Massillon
Jy. Frost & P. Welker
Welker's
Main Street
OJOB
Aean
Union National Bank
Riment Russell
M’clitmonds
First National Bank
Erie Street
Steele
Hunt
J. L. Baldwin
Mingston
Ohio
Ofice
BR. GH. Folger
Reed
Anson Pease
Lew. Ofice
Ene Street
Piysicians
H. Gerould
M.D
Opera House
Corner Mill
Tremont Streets
Mm. Catlin
iWom
1. G. Curtis
Humberger & Son's
Lili and
Oak Streets
A. Metz
T. J. Reed
Main and Hillstreets
Eneh K. Sowers
Canal Fulton
A. Houtz
A. W. Ridender
Missillon, Ohio
F. Hookway
Idam
Ito
Josep Watson
Stan Streets
Kachler
Brugzist Aml Booksaller
Hwo
Trumwarget & Son
Stark
Waynes County
Wayes
Johnston
Fi K. Dickey & CO
H. Morgantiater, Sr
R. Breed
D. TR. Atwater & Co
Lunber
Ity
Mass
Excelsior Works
Jas. Bayli
Simmons
Epa
Emalin & CO
Macon
Georgia
Kacitler
Strong & Armstrong
Cleveland
O. Price
As, ET. Krady & & Co
Jones & Co
Fourth & Wood Streets
Pittsburgh, PA
Buy
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Government Securities
Erwin Jarvis
Atwater's
Morganthaler & Breeds
Massesellon Fron
Killinger & CO
TRON
Cohnins
Earth
Toskin
Pennsylvania
Maastlion Depot
M. A. Brown
D. BR. Atwater & CO
Atwater Block
Exchange Place
W. F. Ricks & Bro, Dry Goods Merchants
Myers & Willison
Wagang
Massillon Furnace
J. P. Burton
Massillon Coal
H. Falice
John A. Young
Kelley & Brown
A. Harse
Ty. RK
Richmond
Erie St
Tremont House
Massilion
George Heppard
Earl Mill
GEO. Heppard
Legislative Hall
North
Independent
Sermitstalie Glacier
Dr. Mayes
Sharper’s
American Newspaper Reporter
Strategetic
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