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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1887
Page
1
Fragmented text advertises tonics and remedies for digestive and vitality issues. Mentions iron supplements, brain power claims, and cures for various ailments. Offers catalogs and mail order from addresses in Kansas, Arkansas, Ohio, and Illinois with no fee for consultation.
Reminiscences recount the life of William Allen the fourth Ohio governor from Ross County born 1807 in South Carolina. It traces his education in Chillicothe Lynchburg and New York law training, political rise to U.S. Senate and later governorship, marriage to Effie McArthur Coons, and ties to the Scioto Valley including anecdotes about Fruit Hill and veteran surveyor E. P. Kendrick.
The Saulochis, indicted for brutal mistreatment of their ten year old son, faced a packed courtroom in Pekix Itt. The boy testified through an interpreter about stove burns, back sores, and nighttime strap restraints during January freezing conditions. His feet were later amputated after prolonged abuse, while witnesses, including the crippled child, described the case as strong against the parents. The pair, aged thirty to forty, showed little emotion as the testimony drew toward full legal penalties.
An Lyons Lyons Michigan report says the ice gorge freezes to five to ten feet with Main street river flow and stores cut off as trestles are built amid boats for access. Water freezes three inches per day blocking work. residents return by boat through windows as ice covers goods. Lake Shore track saved only by freezing.
Columbus reports a Governor issued message seeking a 10000 reward for Ravenna criminals and Senate actions on a wide set of bills. Highlights include bonds for Cincinnati city hall, armory construction, and local option debates with Washburn bill returning to floor. House measures cover chattel mortgages, school contracts, and teacher certificates.
The document records annual celebrations on February 22 April 7 and July 4 with additional observances on November 28 December 25 and January 1. It ordains Sabbath worship, establishment of common schools, and that Governor appointors with Grand Council confirmation. It names Marietta as Metropolis, notes posting of the ordinances, and cites amendments in 1802. It also mentions Rufus Putnam and Benjamin Tupper and ties to John Putnam and Frank B Loomis.
A rare original letter from George Washington dated Schenectady June 30 1782 is outlined as part of Seymour Van Santvoord of New York family memorabilia. The document once graced a Dutch mantel and was handed down through generations ending with Washington’s public greeting to the Reformed Dutch Church. Despite offers, the owner keeps this relic within the family for life.
Carlisle D. Graham the Philadelphia cooper who first went through the Niagara whirlpool in a barrel of his own design is at work on an undisclosed device to go over the falls. He expects substantial earnings from railroad companies by drawing many visitors to witness the dangerous stunt.
The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee presented its report on retaliatory bills. A substitute bill aims to curb entry of ships owned by British subjects and forbid imports from Canada and Newfoundland when treaty rights are denied. Violations carry fines and imprisonment. a commission may hear damages to Americans and vessels.
Miss Louisa N. Dungey, seventeen, died in St. Louis from arsenic taken to frighten her parents. She reportedly secretly engaged to a young man opposed by her family. After vomiting part of the dose, it entered her system and caused her death today.
The Senate Committee on Public Buildings approves an amendment to the deficiency bill allowing 5000 to gild the goddess atop the National Capitol dome to lighten the statue's effect. The measure must be reported by the Appropriations Committee before passage.
Schoffield, believed to be the Winnipeg murder suspect, is jailed in Minneapolis after confessing he killed two chickens and splattered blood in his office to feign his own murder. He claims the act was to escape domestic troubles.
Washington Feb 14 Mr Hornaday of the National Museum reports that fewer than two hundred buffalo remain in the United States outside Yellowstone Park, highlighting a critical wildlife decline.
A St. Petersburg dispatch states China is massing troops in Kashgar and Kuldja with about 30,000 men already assembled in those districts. The report, dated February 14, places the action in a tense regional context and notes mobilization in western Xinjiang.
Seal fishing declines as petroleum substitutes seal oil. price drops from 165 to 1104 per ton. Cheap vegetable oils compete, steamers possibly withdrawn, vessels replaced. Expected shift of fisheries control to Scotch fishermen who may join the summer whale fishery.
A State Dairy and Food Commission report is doubted as truth amid bold Ohio boilerplate claims about counterfeit butter remaining widespread. The roundup would target samples in Columbus, while other items recount a jail murder verdict, a streetcar crash injuring four, a bridge collapse with no injuries, a boy killed by a train, a newsboy’s fatal wind accident, a pedestrian run over, river flooding, railway fires, and burglary losses totaling two hundred dollars.
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