Amid Political Echoes and Local News From May
The piece surveys postwar debates on amnesty and punishment, praising gradual reconciliation while noting strikes, legal cases, and notable city events. It cites Greeley reformers,Grant, Jeff Davis, Carlyle, and Voorhees, plus railway incidents, Pittsburg’s hall dedication, Cleveland’s growth, and May deaths and conventions across Ohio communities. It mentions Alabama claims and a New York newspaper figure, James Gordon Bennett.
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Greeley
Grant
Jeff Davis
Ironton
Ohio
Buckeye House
Justice
Voorhees
Thomas Carlyle
Pittsburg
Masaillon
Broad gauge rail car and a note on elections amid 1868 chatter
A pasted column riffs on Methodists, yellow legged chickens, and St Louis conference votes. Sophia of Austria dies aged 60 in Vienna. Corners man Nasby mocks political moves. tomorrow Philadelphia hosts the Republican National Convention. Grant leads most states. Horace Greeley touted by some papers. Bennett founded the Herald in 1835 with vast wealth. A vast Boston musical jubilee set for July 17 to July 4 with 800 fiddlers. Ohio Teachers and Superintendents meet at Put in Bay. Canton District Sunday School opens at New Lisbon on the 9th. Court calendars show 300 to 400 Canton cases, nearly 20 criminal. A Louisville S C Democrat correspondent notes grogshops closing on Sundays. Apache tensions and lazy whites blamed. New township law requires annual financial statements within 60 days.
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St Louis
Sophia
Austria
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Nasby
Greeley
Philadelphia
Grant
Bennett
Herald
Great Central Depot
New York
Boston
Ohio Teachers’ Association
Put-in-Bay
Superintendents’ Association
Canton District
New Lisbon
Canton
Horace Greeley
S. C. Demarcat
Louisville
Decoration Day Observed with Quiet Public Tribute
In a reflective piece, the community marks Decoration Day as a modern social phenomenon. Crowds filled streets decorated with flags after morning showers cleared, with a subdued parade from Hart Post and Zouaves to the cemetery. Graves were tended by committees as a choir and clergy led memorial services honoring those in the Civil War.
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Ole
Iit
Canton
Hart Post
Massillon
Post
Ond
Prsgramme
Memorial Ceremony and Soldier Graves Dedication
A community gathering featured patriotic songs and a speech by Chaplain Collier urging the honoring of fallen soldiers and funding a monument. A committee formed to raise funds, with five local citizens named, as graves at the newly enclosed burial site were decorated with flowers and remembered with terse prayers. Names listed of the soldiers buried and commemorated. Also notes about Barnum's Great Snow tour planned for Massillon with multiple exhibitions, a mammoth menagerie, and a parade spectacle attracting large crowds.
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America
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Episcopal Church
EB. Wingley
Collier
Tiffin
Hast Post
Jas.m Brown
Jas. Hl. Justus
Joseph Coleman
Jas TH. Hunt
J. E. Russell
Bro Collier
Potter's
Bros Colvy
Wingeley
Bro. Kortheuer
Tremont St
P. Cunningham
Fred. Hurxthal
John Kennard
John Crathers
Charles W. Hampshire
Jesse MR. Keel
Michael McGlennan
Michael Biller
Frank Grossman
Norman H Stella
Charles Kachler
Valentine Shearer
David &.'Roush
Job AL Haut
Col
H. Remail
Ehap
Barxem
P T Barnum
Massillon
Jadies
Cailchin
Menazene
Aquarium
Aviary
Polytechnic Dnstitute
Zoological Garden
Dan Castellos
Aoid
James Meville
Mr. Barnum
Fergee Islands
Monster Sea Lions
Sarnum
Mc Barnum
Wiette
Land Credit Offer Promises Large Acreage on Easy Terms
A historical notice touts millions of acres available on a ten year credit at six percent interest. Part of the principal due for two years, with the remaining yearly payments to be one ninth of the original amount until fully paid. Credit aims to fund land purchases and improvements within generous terms.
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