21 Jun 1879
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Times
Location
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1879
Page
1
In archaic phrasing the speaker questions who swore and who would bid for office as October brings breezes. The poem hints at a resident named Charles F who dislikes the deed and plans to stay home when the vote outcome becomes known, reflecting a dated civic mood.
A speaker declares unable to wed and laments the burden of marriage to Maud. The verse suggests concern over forming numerous new relations and social ties.
A former drinker known as Whisky Bill recalls his downfall and redemption. He stopped drinking after his wife’s death, found prayer with his young son Ned, and vowed to live sober for his four children despite past brutal days.
Ohio law lowers turnpike rates by 20 to 33 percent from former prices. The act amends 1875 and 1865 tolls for ten miles travel including rates for wagons, carriages, cattle, sheep, hogs, and other loads. Exemptions include toll-free passage for worship, funerals, militia musters, elections, jurors, and military service. Effective upon passage, June 10 1879.
In Harper's Magazine July issue, Howard Pyle extols the Delaware peach harvest. He paints peach wagons, railroad hubs, and bustling stations buzzing with labels, manifests, mules, and teamsters as carloads pour toward market. He contrasts New York shipping practices with Delaware sun ripening fruit to vivid crimson and rich nectar.
Goop fruit upon the table is urged as an excellent appetizer by Coleman’s Rural. It adds to the pleasure of eating and promotes health and sociability at meals. Farmers are urged to plant more fruit for better pay and wider use.
The phrase centers on Waewan and a hen as a building block for a family. It suggests an earnest, humorous scene where domestic life and practical effort converge in a simple, quirky image.
The article records early township governance in 1814 1816 including the first Trustees meeting at Martin Funk's house, jurors named, elections at Henry Sheelys house and updates on officers like Clerk Nathan Wheeler and Treasurer Josiah Shackford. It notes road taxes, new road districts, and staffing changes amid ongoing local government development.
The measure classifies any person begging or seeking subsistence in a county where they have no home as a tramp. It prescribes one to three years in prison for entering a dwelling without permission or resisting removal, and allows arrest before a Justice of the Peace. It excludes women and the blind from the act’s provisions.
An Enquirer correspondent describes a campaign cartoon by A G Clark of Toledo a Greenbacker. It portrays Charlie Foster selling calico to a soldier's widow during the war the widow complains the price has risen Foster replies calico has risen due to a defeat. Ewing in uniform leads a battalion Rice lies wounded Chickamauga Stedman urges Foster to help while Foster keeps a wary smile and says there is money in this business Clark a Republican during the war plans engraving and distribution of the cartoon for the campaign.
The Republican party in Congress is bitterly divided on the Presidential issue. Opposition to John Sherman runs strong as stalwarts blame him for the President’s readiness to sign the Army Bill. Conkling and others plan to attack the Army Bill, but the real focus is on Sherman.
A fragment notes no one attempted to strike the helm or navigation area during the incident. The terse line hints at restraint or unclear aggression aboard the vessel. No further names, places, or dates are provided in the readable text.
The Washington City Republican argues Ohio Democrats field a strong ticket, claiming the nomination is stronger by twenty thousand votes than any alternative and warns against belittling General Ewing. The piece emphasizes the genuine issue and cautions against concealment.
Democratic candidate Ewine comments on Ohio bearing as key to national victory and silver coinage stance. The piece notes Thurman’s Senate opening, political jests, and a series of quotes about voters, labor, and the 1870s political mood, mixing campaign chat with remarks on the bloody shirt era.
General Thomas Ewne served three years as a volunteer and earned a brevet major general. Americus V. Rice, candidate for lieutenant governor, enlisted in April 1861 as a private, fought the entire war, lost a leg on the battlefield, and rose to brigadier general of volunteers.
Cincinnati Gazette notes Gen Steedman praised Democrats for aiding the war effort and claims the Union victory would have failed without their help. The speech was delivered at the Democratic State Convention.
General Bearry heads the Stalwarts saying he will not back the State ticket and knows twenty thousand party members who will not vote it. The statement is framed as harmony within the Republican ranks.
The New York Times hints Ohio may shift to Ewing and Rice after the October vote. Republicans cannot rush concession before that critical election, as pressure mounts with potential consequences for the fall campaign.
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