Funeral reforms and canal talk fill old papers
A dense column reviews funeral reform debates and cremation, plus notes on the Adams County ministers seeking Sunday burials. It also discusses the once neglected Ohio Canal, its potential, funding, and impact on rail freight. The piece mocks errors in other papers and reflects on Portsmouth’s need for a philanthropist linked to nature and city growth.
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New York Burial Reform Association
Pro
Cop
Adams County
iLagin
Onion and Erie Canal
Col. Mulberry T. Sellers
Waverly
Ohio Legislative
Ohio
Asich
Chig Tie
Webster
Portsmouth
Reform the Cynic's Column to Realist Echoes
The prose decries street gates blocking pavements and mocks civic vandalism while lampooning New Year resolutions, kicks out political graft, and extols the "kicker" as a necessary, independent force resisting schemes. It blends social critique with humorous, period-voice flair.
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Second Street
Incidents Of The Season In A Rural Community
In Springfield a Christmas tree celebration ended with Santa Claus' clothes catching fire from a candle and the pageant escaping harm. A Pike county minister stirred laughter with a sermon claiming Christ was born under an apple tree, leading to three youths being fined by a justice for mockery. Grants of humor met with varying reactions.
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Santa Claus
Claus
Smite
Otto Leyve
McArthur Democra Enquirer
G. W. Ward
Granada
Kan
Springfield
Camp Creek
Pike County
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