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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1896
Page
2
The Messenger and Herald outlines display ad rates with column positions and durations, reading and business notices charges, and terms for changes, contracts, and obituaries. It mentions a marriage proposal discovery at the British Museum and debates about Utah Mormon politics, Virginia legislation, and a Monroe statue bill.
A new teaching method studied by William W Speer is adopted in Chicago schools and shows rapid progress at Washington school. Pupils master unit squares and decimal series, using mental calculation to derive squares, with teachers reporting strong gains and parents initially skeptical but convinced after seeing results.
The text notes a remarkable shift in gold flow with January to mid-April imports exceeding exports by about £1,000,600. Compared figures show 1895 around $17.9 million imported by mid April, with substantial annual losses in prior years, indicating a change in conditions and optimism for the economy.
Ohio residents will vote in 1897 to decide if a constitutional convention should be called. The current state constitution is described as outdated and misaligned with times, with taxation reform cited as a key motive. The text notes no barrier to any party endorsing the proposed convention.
The Times Star reports on electricity applied to industrial use in California and Nevada, with estimates of 25 million dollars invested and potential transmission of hundreds of thousands of horsepower to power cities and factories. It notes varied expert opinions on feasible capacity and the broad economic impact on the region.
The article discusses how instantaneous photography transformed naval art, compares Stanfield and Leuthernbourg's early sea training, and recalls Captain Hardy's caution about visibility in Trafalgar scene studies. It notes Stanfield’s sea experience and Leftherbourg’s superior draughtsmanship and naval knowledge.
Pickings from Popular Science note the blind cave fish’s eye is fully formed yet hidden beneath a membrane and likely only perceives light. Beavers demonstrate engineering skill by dams that resist floods, unlike government works on rivers. Alligators stay in fresh water while crocodiles voyage far at sea, with some reaching 3,000 miles offshore. Neptune’s discovery in 1898 is credited to Profs Adamé and Levervier, famed scientists of the era.
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the extraordinary purifier and enhancer of health with vast sales. It retells a boy afflicted by rheumatic fever and scrofula, noting his dramatic recovery after using the remedy, illustrating its claimed power to heal deep sores and immune weakness.
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