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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1895
Page
3
A winter home scene celebrates the comfort of a fireplace. The poem compares roaring flames to a Viking voice, urging warmth, courage, and gratitude. James Buckharm contributions from Leslie's Weekly frame a cozy hearth as a center of resilience against cold.
A town haunts by nightly robberies led by Dandy Jack sparks fear as two masked men with pistols ambush cashier Oliphant. In a bold pitch, Oliphant proposes a joint heist with the bandits using the bank’s exposed keys and watch to lure them into a plan for a big haul before dawn.
In a tale recounted by J A Macknight, Oliphant and partners scheme to rob a bank using a fake key and a masked entry. The vault is opened, but a silent alarm fails and a patrolman discovers the heist. Oliphant surrenders the thieves to the chief, earning praise from Dandy Jack and civic honors for the cashier.
An ad copy touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best cure for sour digestion causing nervousness and chronic dyspepsia. It notes Buckeye and 54 transportation lines including the Big Four, with rail travel and parlor car seating available at Athene stations.
A miscellany notes pensioners of 1812 living past 100, Austro Hungarian cavalry officers to learn telegraphy, French forage bricks from hay oats and bran, Spanish king given Toledo blade, British infantry height rules, Balaklava Light Brigade casualties and horse losses.
The article surveys notable women across eras from Mary Queen of Scots with red hair and a cross eye to royal figures. It highlights Lady Henry Somerset’s activism, the Princess of Wales as a skilled skater, Princess Beatrice as Victoria’s favorite, and Mile. Lucie Faure in Paris as a powerful presidential daughter influencing policy and publishing a book.
Citizens note vacation plans by Thomas B. Rero while President Cleveland plans a world trip after his term. Paul de Cassagnac credits Comte de Paris over Duchesse d Uzes for 800000 to Boulangist effort against the French republic. Summerfield Brown founder of Godey’s Magazine dies in Philadelphia. Henry Terrick, Yale’s oldest living graduate, dies in North Woodstock at ninety two. a Congregational minister, he remained mentally sharp until shortly before his death.
A period piece ad extols Dr. Mierce’s Favorite Prescription as restoring women’s health and spirits, claiming it removes diseases and weakness of sex and brightens households. The copy warns of shadows in homes when women are ill and urging suffering women to seek this remedy for nervous prostration and related ailments.
The Buckeye Route line in Columbus offers excursion tickets to Michigan on Thursday May 7 at low round trip fare. Early onlookers note bloom in the countryside and pleasant travel conditions for excursionists. Agents of the Buckeye Route are urged to call on full party inquiries for eligible territories in Michigan.
Fashion items describe Norfolk jackets with three box pleats and flaring skirts, plus London gowns with blouse waists and gathered waists. Notes on light tweeds, fashion magazines, and coupon purchase routes. Also details Ohio Central train changes from November 25th with north and south bounds and daily service to Columbus and Gallipolis.
Time adjustments announced for B and U S W trains at Athens. Westbound and fast-bound schedules shown including Nos. 1 84 8 8 1 1:05 p m and 8:13 p m. Passengers from Allans on train 34 at 9:17 a m can connect to Marietta and return by 4:17 p m for a three hour stay.
A multi stop sale details round trip pricing on the Buckeye Route to Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia on January 8 February 5 March 5 April 2 and 80 1895. Information available from C H V I By agents or W H Fisher Columbus Ohio.
A brief notice explains a Buckeye mileage ticket offering comfort and first class travel across sixty four transportation lines. Price is $20 and valid for one year. W. H. Visher G P A Buckeye Route Columbus Ohio invites travelers to request a leaflet for full information.
On March 5, April 2 and April 80 the Buckeye Route will sell excursion tickets to Alabama Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina Tennessee Virginia and certain Georgia Florida points. Tickets are good thirty days to Virginia points and twenty days to all other points. One fare round trip via Buckeye Route. Call on W H Fisher G P A C H V T R y Columbus Ohio for details.
Buckeye Flyer is the Business Man's Train for Chicago. It leaves Columbus nightly and runs through solid with day coaches and sleeping cars. No car changes. Buffet parlor cars through to Chicago on day trips without change. Parlor cars and palace coaches on all express trains between Columbus and Ohio River points. Ticket agents or W. H. Fisnex, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Columbus Ohio.
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