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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1881
Page
3
A collection of short, humorous schoolroom and family vignettes. Tales include a child miscounting apples, a girl curious about a fat lady, a rainy excuse at school, pride and fall, a child asking about love of kitten or doll, and a Belfast girl planning to see her doll’s accident in the paper.
General Charles Adams, famed for quiet courage, once plucked two masked highwaymen from a stagecoach using a carbine. He later rode among Utes to free women captives at the White River Agency, a tale of deft police action and steadfast duty.
The New York Post recounts a New Jersey railroad crash in which one man died among eight carloads. The sober, self sacrificing worker left a family dependent on him and sought to buy their home for his mother. A seatmate survived but sustained critical injuries, while the other passenger remained unharmed.
In the Saturday Review report an Indian elephant injured when a trunk was torn from a noose and the African giant had broken tusks. Superintendent Bartlett performed a delicate operation using a lancet, bandaging its eyes and guiding the beast through painful but successful second incision. The elephant showed remarkable trust.
The piece laments idle young women in prosperous families who lack occupation. It argues they waste time after school with insufficient studies and faint musical efforts, risk health issues, and face maternal resistance when attempting to work or engage meaningfully. It contrasts male necessity to work with female leisure.
A 1762 account notes severe drought with dried cows and pumps and records the death of Senne of the Baptist Church, highlighting water scarcity and its impact on the community.
A man in Nebraska died recently after a nasal blow caused his death. Authorities report the incident as accidental with no further details available.
The simoom, a toxic wind in Arabia, brings deadly gas and searing heat. Travelers surviving it lie on the sand with cloth over the face awaiting scant clean air. The wind causes chest tightness and molten iron like pain in the limbs as camels adjust while horses perish.
The article notes that Rica people avoid large funerals, keeping mourning private and limited to close family and friends. it emphasizes cultural norms and personal choice in how ceremonies are conducted.
An unclear relic text contrasts sane medicine with gifted inconsistency, praising practical steadiness over flashy talent in a period tone. It emphasizes reliability and measured skill as superior to erratic brilliance.
The six stone towers on Malabar hill in Bombay hold dead bodies in three circular chambers for men women and children. Bodies are stripped of flesh fed to vultures in a ritual that ends with bones cast into a central pit and finally into the sea to honor Zoroastrian tenets.
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