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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1899
Page
4
The Messenger and Herald asks subscribers to promptly notify the office if delivery fails or papers arrive late. It emphasizes regular mailing, urges reporting postal system mistakes, and promises correction where errors occur.
Mayor Jones wins reelection in Toledo on an independent ticket after losing the Republican nomination by one vote. Known for a strong personality and for controlling the machine, his leadership is noted as defining his route to victory.
Reports show Mayor McKisson losing a third term bid in Cleveland while Super Swarre wins Columbus mayoralty by a 1283 plurality. The piece notes party-line shifts, Athens county roots, and campaign efforts by D L Sleeper and Emmett Tompkins. It also covers a Louisiana tax voting proxy clause, and U.S. Army volunteers in the Philippines remaining in service per war department orders.
Washington Letter from April 3 notes McKinley pleased with Gen Otis proclamation of victory in the Philippine campaign. Aguinaldo fugitive, capital in American hands, army dispersed. Samoa talks yield joint high commission to settle island control. Arlington holds hundreds of Cuban dead in sealed caskets, a funeral planned with government offices closed. Secretary Hay rejects further Cuban bond demand. Uly Harrison? remarks. Also mentions Montana politics, silver sentiment fading, and Speaker Reed in Washington. local health remedy notices and tobacco ad texts appear.
A battered New Orleans store hides a secret gambling device. The top contains a steel plate with a magnetic mechanism and a hidden battery controlled by a knee button. Operators could manipulate dice with a pressed knob to steer outcomes, earning large sums.
The article lauds Pasteur's germ theory work saving countless lives in France and globally. It notes biology courses now include bacteriology, with accessible science reaching homes and factories. It describes disinfectants, diphtheria antitoxin, and general knowledge spreading despite complex costs.
A tale from Dresden recalls a courteous local who could not guide a stranger to a church. The pursuer, catching up, laments the deception and the stranger reveals his ignorance yet remains polite. Additionally, Joseph E Chamberlain notes the deadly Cuban climate and high malaria in Santiago. Deserted capitals in India feature three old Delhi sites south of the present city.
English philanthropists enjoy freer gifts to charities with fewer hurdles unlike France where the Journal des Debats notes red tape hampers donations. In France the minister of the interior must approve self started schemes and the interior minister takes about ten percent for the exchequer, dampening generous impulses.
A sign advertised second hand shoes with new uppers, but experts warn the result is not truly new. The New York Sun explains repairs leave the counter, shank, and inner sole, while the front upper wears quickly. Prices vary by origin and condition, with resoled pairs selling for as little as a dollar.
An excerpt describes how a thin, shabbily dressed captain of a Spanish man of war in Ca bite harbor pays back a debt to General Anderson's aide. The scene centers on a formal bow and a refusal to take a receipt, illustrating the honorable bearing of a true Spanish caballero amid warships and colonial headquarters.
The article lists items like rusted horseshoe nails, donkey tails, white hazel root, and rabbit’s feet as talismans sold globally. It notes prices of eight to five cents, mentions Jay’s wings to ward off sickness and invite prosperity, and cites a Shrew’s tail as a cheap curiosity. The piece hints a market exists for such talix men across distant locales.
A fragmented report notes the idea that a child must "go up" before it goes down in merit, with a six dollar cost to carry the infant upstairs, and mentions a nurse mounting a table or chair with the infant when no upstairs exists.
The world's largest sewing machine, weighing 6500 pounds, is reported to be in operation in Lends, stitching cotton belting.
In the matter of James N Sands a bankruptcy case, the duly appointed and qualified trustee will offer at public sale at his office in Gloucester Ohio on the specified date.
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