Athens Messenger Section E Page Two Snapshot
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16 Apr 1874
Page 1
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1874
Page
1
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A Gerald reporter tours the Atlanta Surgical Institute a branch of the Indianapolis center, led by Drs. Wilson and Boland. The four story building on Adair Street houses a vast apparatus room baths gymnasium and dining rooms. In two months over 160 paying patients with many charity cases have sought treatment using steam therapy vacuum limbs and rapid motion ratchets. The institute aims to house 100 to 500 patients in Atlanta within a year and has earned endorsements from Indiana leaders.
The speaker expresses wholehearted wishes forGod and church and calls for the largest measure of success and happiest results of labor. A pledge of paternal tenderness is given as the apostolic benediction is imparted to beloved children and future workers.
In Virdden Macoupin County Illinois on April 2 a large funeral with Or der honors marked the burial of Brother Lewis Clemmons a Star Grange member. The ceremony at Baptist Church and cemetery featured regalia prayers verses and flower tributes. Bald Mountain quake linked to Posey Owensby prayer stirred regional belief.
In a letter to the Massachusetts Catholic Temperance Union the Pope praises abstinence from alcohol, urging the movement to end disreputable drinking and advance the welfare of religion, society, and country. He says zeal to abolish drinking will call down blessings on the people and urges steadfast effort under Church guidance.
An aris ing letter from Russia describes Munaboldt's visit to a Siberian town. The local governor complains of Grimbolt or Humboldt, whose conversations with political criminals alarmed authorities. A trio viewed a telescope-like instrument as a threat, prompting a guard alert to defend the wooden town. A Broadway anecdote and Beecher quote end the item.
A veteran steamboat captain recalls a Presbyterian faith conflict over working Sundays for Vanderbilt. The narrative shifts to Ralph Keeler’s Atlantic essay about Owen Brown’s Harpers Ferry escape, detailing the trio’s travels, a farmhouse night on Put-in-Bay Island, and the suspenseful news of Cook and Brown’s fates as they read a local paper. The recollection touches grief for Coppie and the trials of old Brown, tying personal faith to revolutionary history.
Rev Dr Lathrop advises a young woman visiting a neighboring town who danced at a party. After bringing rumors home she seeks guidance. Lathrop rebukes the girl and tells her to confront the other woman, urging more use of feet than tongue to reach heaven.
During a grim Civil War moment a delegation of Bank Presidents spoke to President Lincoln. He said his confidence never wavered, recounting a youthhood vision of falling stars and steadfast constellations to reassure them that the world would not end and the Union would endure.
The first Postal was issued on May 1 last year and by the 1st inst 100000000 were delivered to the Government. The fifteen largest cities took 40000000, New York City 11500000, Boston about 6000000, Washington over 1000000. An additional 10000000 more will be required for the present year.
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