20 Nov 1872
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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1872
Page
1
Superintendent Walker urges Congress to replace the 1850 law with a system allowing publication of results by June 1876. He argues for an intermediate 1875 census and five year federal counts to better track population and wealth, reducing gaps in statistical information and accelerating national progress.
The Geneva arbitration decision secures the United States objective and allows reliance on the award as well as British arguments in future claims. Fenian claims are barred. Historians note the diplomatic victory rests with American aims and the treaty of Washington. Gladstone and Cairns comment that the result favors the US and Britain.
Rev O B Frothingham urged the Independent Society of New York to reject old heaven and hell theories as learned men grew skeptical. He argued depictions of eternal torture failed to move the enlightened, citing vivid but erroneous pictures and the daily true judgment seen in life. A parable about three coachmen tests belief in risk and restraint, while an Ohio revival ends with a lone voice keeping faith alive despite a silent, unmoved congregation.
In Los Angeles county on the eastern slope of the San Fernando range near the Peaming Petroleum oil region a vast honey deposit is said to lie within a rock rift. Bees have expanded the treasure to eight or ten tons, with danger and effort mounting as explorers attempt access. Brophy, nearby, formerly taps the sun warmed honey for his family. The piece notes abundant wild honey in trees and rocks across the region and ends with Mrs Partington referencing the wire drawers strike.
A fable warns against judging by appearance as a deer is eaten by a lion after boasting of his horns and feet. The piece defines technology through Rudolph Wagner and outlines chemical technology in metallurgy, fibers, dyes, and related industries. It urges coal savings via iron grates and notes a sarcastic remark about a silk umbrella.
A Albany Evening Times writer recalls a superstition about a phantom train to Lincoln’s coffin appearing each April on the New York Central line with specters aboard and moody music. Also a Yale sermon urges self reliance, prudent living, and personal responsibility, urging no excesses and steady effort.
Descriptions claim a phantom train accompanies the dead from the war, causing clocks to fall behind by five to eight minutes. Witnesses report a hush that halts wind and a pervasive silence as the phantom locomotion supposedly passes, with timepieces lagging behind around late April.
In sixteenth century England no post offices existed and government carriers bore letters under martial law with severe penalties for delay. Relays were later established at key towns, with postmasters noting arrival times, enabling faster routes. The Plymouth to London dispatch in 1623 covered 214 miles in 57 hours, a pace of about three miles plus per hour. The phrase riding for your life arose from penalties for slow riding. This shift, from private letter theft to government dispatches, spurred modern postal systems and expanded public and commercial communication.
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