04 Jan 1871
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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1871
Page
1
Incomplete OCR shows times like 6 1a m 1 O0 p.m 408 pm 805 pm and 955 a.m. Reading resembles a transit or events timetable with scattered hours and routing notes but text is unreadable and not clearly coherent.
The piece argues for abolishing congressional franking, criticizes the Cincinnati Commercial, and lauds country papers as defenders of integrity. It condemns sham reforms, urges targeted press taxation, and promotes Tribune protectionism and agricultural expansion alongside robust newspaper publishing.
A partisan appeal claims the 14th Amendment anchors civil rights for all born or naturalized in the republic. It denounces caste, prejudice, and slavery while urging preservation of national unity and abolition of racial oppression in the ongoing political struggle of Reconstruction era.
A rambling piece argues contentment is a divine gift hard to earn yet often misdefined as happiness. It satirizes moral laziness and envy, praising ambition and dispute as forces that spur reason, invention, and character, while condemning aimless ease and quiet satisfaction. The author jokes about Adam and Eve, laments provincial contentment, and mocks a world full of learning that still breeds discontent.
Saratoga resident C F Dowd unveils a national railroad time plan. Yale professors Loomis Newton Hough and West Point astronomer support its scientific basis. Major railroads including New York Central and Lake Shore endorse, with eight thousand longitude calculations completed. The scheme standardizes on Washington time east of the Mississippi, then differs by one, two, or three hours for other regions. Travelers would keep personal time and use their watches to catch trains across the country.
A lecture by Prof. Silliman the younger cites a catalog of giants from various ages and places. Reports include a 18 foot Rouen giant in 1680 a ten foot girl seen by Garapius and a 33 foot Racart thigh bones found in 1703 near the Moder river.
A fragmentary 1815 note claims giant skeletons near Mazarine Sicily with proportions noting the head and teeth. The piece shifts to a humorous obituary for Jom Bangs, praising his honesty in the grocery business and listing a wife, seven children, a cow, a store, and other quads, ending with a respectful farewell.
The piece narrates railway signaling meanings such as one whistle for down brakes and three for back up, plus a lantern and flag signals. It recalls a frontier Canada hotel encounter with a runaway slave, highlighting pride in clothes and the irony of privileges. It ends with a Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy pitch and a quirky doctor joke about a drunkt patient.
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