05 Feb 1876
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Newspaper
Northern Ohio Journal
Location
Painesville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1876
Page
1
A long recital captures Senate discussion on constitutional amendments for direct election of president and U S senator, district bond issues, and executive actions. Reports detail House actions, various state and national items, impeachments, treasury notes, and international dispatches with Cuba, Europe, and domestic politics threaded through the week.
Ohio items report diverse notes from Diebold to railroads, deaths, new appointments, and legal actions. Key figures include Joux Twomisos named vice chairman, Gov. Hayes urged to appoint delegates, and William Citell sentenced for bigamy. Local incidents cover shipboard acquittal, a Mayo County jail escape attempt, and a fatal house fire.
Reports detail a Boston firm suspending due to book falsification by a bookkeeper Frank Sanford. A Kentucky livery stable worker, Frank Hathaway, shoots a woman named Clayton then wounds himself before being seized by masked men. Guerrilla veteran Dock Mangum is assassinated in a field near Savannah Tennessee River. In Northampton Massachusetts seven disguised men rob a bank cashier John Whittlesey and steal nearly 1,000,000 dollars in securities. A nitro factory explosion at North Adams Massachusetts kills workers Benjamin Ook and John Cullen and injures foreman Join Wallace. An express car robbery plot near Toledo is foiled with $275,000 in currency and $125,000 in bullion recovered. The column closes with a long poem fragment.
In a coastal village a wounded Janet Stuart endures heartbreak from Ernest Etheridge who deserts her for Eva Ingestre. Years later she returns as a renowned writer, finds Ernest ruined and seeking forgiveness, and their rekindled love leads to a quiet, hopeful reunion under a moonlit sea-side night.
A guide for youths on performing parlor ballads with pantomime in winter evenings. It explains choosing a ballad theme Cameron's letters and Lualaba geography, and describes props and staging ideas using common household items, suggesting Lord Ullin and other ballad pieces with simple scenes for home entertainment.
The Cleveland Herald notes French Finance Minister Lean Say praising prudence as France surpasses five hundred million dollars in revenue. A pantomime scene about Highlanders is used to illustrate fiscal restraint and social pressures at home, urging Americans to mimic France’s tax-cutting approach while lamenting vanity in household spending. Ex-Senator Offutt of St. Louis Parish was recently assassinated at his home.
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