22 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Times
Location
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1877
Page
1
Poem contrasts bright Christmas for farmers and city folk with needy children in alleys. Describes warmth, gifts, and church garlands, ending with reverent carol of Gloria in excelsis Deo and a remembrance of the first Christmas.
A playful verse by A. H. B. looks forward to the holiday period. It describes counting hours for Santa, brief goodbyes to school, and a gentle promise of carefree play-time without school tasks.
The story portrays a five year old named Dot living in squalor and abuse. Her parents drink and beat her, she endures hunger and cold, and her only faint hope lies in a Mission Sunday School teacher who finds her in a brewery yard on Christmas Eve.
On Christmas Eve Dot, a starving, abused child, is found shivering on a curb and taken to a mission school. There she receives warmth, clothing, and a Christmas tree, and dreams of safety as she rests beside the glow of generosity. The night ends with Dot dead, her soul believed to ascend to the Savior’s embrace.
A four and a half by two and a half inch aged ticket honoring Andrew Jackson and John Calhoun appears, listing Ohio electors and county names. The piece mocks President Hayes and his pledges, then shifts to a Boston baby show anecdote about an infant weighing a pound and a half exhibited by a South Acton mother.
A harsh critique of gossip columns and local correspondence mocks the obsession with publishing every daily action. Readers demand sensational notes about visits, falls, and petty disputes while reporters push for more original content. The piece ridicules repeated items about neighbors, animals, and trivial events.
A mob armed and masked took Osceola Missouri by night and arrested people on the streets. They seized tax books in the County Clerk and Treasurer offices to protest a railroad tax used to pay past due railroad bond interest.
A brief fragment reflects on Lomoy's temple standing for four hundred twenty four years and the difficulty of teaching children to believe in the glory of a structure no longer present.
The piece cites Rev. Henry Ward Beecher’s intense last Sunday sermon attacking the notion that humanity’s fate ends in heaven or hell. He rails against a God who populates earth with people only to condemn them, denouncing such theology as a monstrous nightmare.
The annual report to the Governor covers Athens Hospital for the Insane expenses and Board of Charities recommendations for reforming state prisons. Proposals include new reformatories, workhouses, and separate prison cells, with sites near Cincinnati Cleveland Toledo Portsmouth and Zanesville. Governor Young signs the report. a political fight over investigation rages in the House and Congress.
A printer announces readiness to provide refined printing descriptions in a stylish manner at fair rates. The notice emphasizes quality and value for customers seeking detailed printwork services.
In Plevna dispatches Osman Pasha is honored by Grand Duke Nicholas for the defense as Russian officers cheer him. Osman sends word from Bucharest that he lacked reinforcements but resisted until his troops broke through Russian lines and he was captured.
Lexpos December 14 reports a heavy engagement at Metchka where Suleiman Pasha led about sixty Turkish battalions to strike the Danube bridge at Batin. Russians repelled the attack, pushing Turkish forces back to Kraspoe and across the Lom. Suleiman Pasha plans to move 75 000 troops from Rustchuk Silistria and Shumla to join Mehemet Ali, giving 100 000 men to defend Adrianople.
Hayes removes widow who served as Portsmouth Postmistress and appoints Frank C Gibbs described as chronic office-seeker. Critics recall Republican claims of aiding widows of soldiers as reported by The Plain Dealer.
The Times correspondent reports at Plevna that Osman Pasha commands about 27 000 men with around sixty cannons. He has three weeks of provisions and ten days of rations for his trains. An epidemic forced abandonment of the intrenchment as daily deaths rose to forty or fifty with eight hundred sick and wounded in hospitals.
A Constantinople rumor spreads that Osman Pasha killed himself or was mortally wounded after a battle. The Telegraph cites Bucharest reports of self poisoning, tied to fear of a reputation. A Constantinople dispatch says his wounds are improving.
Official returns show Russian losses before Plevna surrender as ten officers and 182 soldiers killed plus 45 officers and 1 207 men wounded. Turkish losses amount to 4 000 killed and wounded with 10 Pashas and 128 staff officers among the captured, along with 2 000 officers 30 000 infantry and 1 200 cavalry. A cannon captured and the first prisoner batch of 10 000 has started for Belgrade.
Reported: the conflict between Senators Conkling and Gordon has been settled, ending a period of tension and paving the way for continued cooperation in the Senate. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
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