09 Oct 1872
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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1872
Page
1
A sweeping array of fragments blends political polemic with social commentary. It contrasts leather craft workers with national leaders, explores temperance and insanity treatment, and includes a Viriginian style meditation on Yankee types, plus a New York letter on Greeley and a humorous travel guide of railroad rules.
The Buffalo cornerstone ceremony for a new insane asylum featured Gov. Hoffman and Jos. O. Putnam. Putnam warned that insanity exceeds most nations, with about one case per thousand, as Western civilization elevates stress on the nervous system. He linked mental illness to rapid American commerce, repeated shocks, and social ills, noting its prevalence at homes, altars, and public spaces.
A London Financier writer touring England’s coal counties reports a bleak business picture. Demand is lull, old contracts bind prices, and workers pursue recreation over work. Collieries refrain from new deals as inventories shrink and supply tightens, affecting manufacturers nationwide. Similar conditions are said to prevail in Scotland.
A long, fragmented text recounts a church stonework misquote that altered a Bible verse, a China barber tale with grotesque shaving methods, and a political address by Mr Ay netts criticizing the Democratic Party for exploiting labor and undermining family ties, concluding with a vow by Black voters not to support them.
A Circassian slave dies after suspected poisoning in a harem setting. Purchased for £700 by a wealthy Bosphorus-based Musselman, she became the master’s favored concubine. Her illness worsened with prostration, leading to relocation for medical care and presumed atmospheric treatment.
A long excerpt recalls Mr. Greeley's alleged role in a tobacco makers’ dispute, claiming he avoided paying for stock, acted as a trustee with Tweed, and pressured the association to settle under threat of a receiver. The piece questions his honesty and mentions the reform movement, with humorous domestic quips and a Quaker anecdote. It also notes iron production growth and cites per-head consumption trends, framing U S progress as linked to social advancement.
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