24 Jul 1872
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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1872
Page
1
A Kansas letter from Beriver dated July 9 1872 describes Belvue on the Kansas river and the Pottawatomie Indian Reservation. It extols fertile bottoms rails and telegraphs boosting rainfall, notes Indian lands for sale at low cash prices and praises the health water and crops. It compares Kansas favorably with Illinois and invites emigration.
A writer contrasts modern farm machinery with domestic labor and portrays the farmer’s wife enduring long hours and heavy duties. She rises before dawn to milk, bake, churn, wash, and care for children while the farmer works in the field. The piece calls for adequate help and conveniences for households during harvest.
At the stockholders meeting in Cleveland the Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley Railroad Company elected W S Strenner J F Card R A Chamberlin James Mason H M Claflin E G Coomis Clement Russell Edwin Bayiss R B Dennis G Harmont and Thomas Moore as directors W S Stator was chosen president Wm H Grout secretary and S S T Everett treasurer The line began last September reaching 38 miles to Silver Creek coal banks By the first of this month 75 percent of work was done and rails ties and iron were on hand for completion The entire line to the P C St Louis railroad at Uhrichsville is expected to be finished this year 1872 Eight Brooks locomotives and two hundred gondola cars are contracted with several delivered and paid for Beacon.
In a debate on prohibiting liquor in parishes with two thirds votes, Neal Dow supplied eleven official Maine sources showing major drops in liquor traffic since prohibition. Certificates from Portland Augusta Bangor officials, governors, judges, sheriffs, pastors, and tax assessors claim reduced poverty, crime, and arrests, and a beer trade near one percent of former levels.
The Times contrasts Grant and Greeley, praising Grants decisive victories and national union effort while accusing Greeley of aiding discouragement and opposing Lincoln. It cites battles like Donelson, Vicksburg, and Shiloh, and criticizes Greeley’s Union-ward policies and Confederate correspondents. The piece questions Greeley’s anti-slavery stance and tariff positions.
The writer cites experiments with tame minnows in a glass globe teaching recognition and even touching lips when saluted. The fish grew affectionate before dying as heat rose. A second anecdote tells of a dyspeptic who, deceived by a cure scam, stops drinking and begins hoeing in the garden, leading to improved health.
In the Peninsular Herald an exchange argues that prohibition supporters clash with party loyalties, claiming some resist change to avoid aiding Democrats. It asserts prohibitionists would win if the old political ground is ignored, then pivots to a quip about reforming a profligate via religion rather than the other way around.
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