01 Jun 1870
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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1870
Page
1
A new law allows township trustees to appropriate up to fifty dollars annually from the road fund to provide suitable watering places for people and animals on public highways. The note urges all roads in the county to use this privilege.
The controversial Smythe preacher met reporters after a Sunday sermon and treated them to gin laced with milk, leading church authorities to dismiss him. The piece notes wartime temperance aims, Nast images, and urges readers to consider the dangers of drink and vice as depicted in periodical illustrations. The column also praises The Lady's Friend and The Advance, with subscription details and mailing delays.
A detailed discussion of a proposed U S Senate bill to ban alcohol sales in the District of Columbia with strict regulations and penalties, plus a narrative on temperance reform. The piece includes a Philadelphia lecture anecdote about a family facing an alcoholic father and a pledge that inspires sobriety. It closes with brief inserts on tonic adverts and a lottery quip.
A Toledo Blade piece reprints Josiah Billings style satire about political manipulation of Black voters by a fictional group. It satirizes attempts to recruit Black residents through coercion and drink, exposes moral flaws of the plan, and ends with reflections on prejudice and politics.
A fragment heavy with maxims about effort, fair play, and persistence cites the proverb better late than never amid reflective lines. It interleaves humorous vignettes on dress, domestic life, and social mores, plus short essays on ink making and a Beecher critique of late social habits. Notable names appear in brief items including Josh Billings, Henry Ward Beecher, and a Cleveland photog convention. The piece blends editorial commentary with jokes and anecdotes from urban life.
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