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Newspaper
The Ohio Democrat
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1887
Page
4
The fragment discusses hardship among laborers in Logan and around Ohio, noting poverty and strained family life. It references a writer or editor, Dodge, and the piece hints at social critique of wages, housing, and burdens borne by parents and children. The tone suggests a political or social column in a 19th century Ohio newspaper.
In a rural home ailing mortgage pressure drives Dick Fortin and his father to seek funds by selling Susie Fortin's postage stamp collection. A heroic plan unfolds as Susie's hoard yields thousands, enabling mortgage paydown, saving the farmhouse, and paving a path to marriage with Susie and Dick's future. The tale blends hardship, family resolve, and a stamp-collecting passion that steadies a clan through financial peril.
A 19th century article advocates farming wives using small fruit crops to boost home income. It promotes strawberries, currants, grapes, and berries, plus bee stands, with women handling planting, packing, jams, and market sales. Examples cite California sisters earning substantial sums and achieving independence through careful cultivation.
General Farrar details alleged misuses of power during the war at Natchez and says General Tuttle should have been discharged. He asserts that planters were detained without law and released for a price paid to a St Louis lawyer named Hart. Farrar reports he urged resignation and notes Tuttle’s renown as Landau Tuttle, urging repudiation by the Grand Army.
A collection of editorials notes General Tuttle's reputation, Blaine's failure to sway Gladstone, and reactions from Rev R R Burchard, the Albany press, and others. It cites Southerners' bitterness, a Republican platform risk in 1888, and Dorsey's rumored political return, lampooning Whitelaw Reid and Harvey's prison sentence.
Republican papers deny a pension push yet figures prove otherwise. In two years Congress approved more private pension bills than Hayes did across four presidencies, with Cleveland signing 863 bills from 1885 to 1887 and total pension certificates rising sharply. By July 1887 about 402000 pensioners were on relief, up 66000 since July 1885, signaling a major increase in pension activity.
Atica discusses fatigue from household and factory duties, urging safer clothing and lighter furnishings. It cites medical views on overwork harming women, stresses plain laundry practices, lighter ironware, and easier care, while noting the rubber industry and other global curiosities.
A gentleman in West End boasts of his dog's intelligence and dares a friend to test it by giving the animal anything to carry home. A gust disrupts the scene, a chaotic procession ensues with shouting and profanity, leaving the dog owner distressed as the crowd disperses. A later line cites a Yale graduate predicting vast land use per person, citing a speculative scientific claim.
A collage of garbled quips and clippings on manners, love, and society. Fragments reference poets, newspapers, and a Quaker anecdote amid crude OCR garble, noting social foibles, jokes about fashion and marriage, and stray observations on roads and daily life.
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