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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1909
Page
6
An Ohio editorial notes Governor Harmon shifts from nonpartisan rhetoric to Democratic control, purging Republicans from the penitentiary staff. It surveys Cleveland mayor Johnson's repeated electoral defeats, rising sentiment for a constitutional convention, and a probe into state Republican finance practices, arguing Ohio remains a capable party with national leadership potential.
In a Lebanon trial, defense counsel Clement Vallandigham sought to prove a pistol involved in a fatal wound. A sudden gunshot struck him as he demonstrated pocket entanglement, and he died. the defendant was acquitted.
A London Standard reflection on Westminster Abbey's Poets Corner celebrating "serene creators of Immortal things" and memorials to Chaucer Spenser Shakespeare Milton Burns Browning Tennyson among the "glorious company of paupers" whose literature endures beyond statesmen and warriors.
A vivid scene shows a beautiful young woman with a splitting headache. An obliging man offers magnetic healing by holding her head on his shoulder and keeping an arm around her waist for several minutes. She urges continued effort despite limited relief. Chicago News.
A Miami vs. Ohio debate is scheduled for Friday night. Tickets cost 25 cents with Henderson Crider's selling one batch.
A 1909 copyright notice indicates articles and illustrations by the American Press Association must not be reprinted without special permission. It cautions readers about reproduction rights for the archival content.
Local dialect note describes preparations as kin plan for boys arriving with urgency. References to hiding spots, assortment of gear, camphor, and arniéa imply a rustic, wartime style readiness. Narrator warns of potential mischief and the need for supervision and readiness.
Advocates tout pure Black Minorcas as egg machines capable of 180 eggs per hen annually, with eggs weighing six to eight per pound. The breed traces to Minorca, touts superior flesh and flight, and provides breeding notes for males and hens to win cups.
A critical notice highlights careless squab breeders allowing rats to overrun pigeon plants and mangle squab breasts. Problems include ground-level sills, unprotected hoppers, and ground feed vulnerabilities during rain.
Experts debunk the idea that shell color affects egg quality. The age and surroundings of the egg and the health feeding and environment of the hen decide quality. Boston favors brown eggs New York white and some customers want both colors with twenty nine breeds and eighty four varieties to choose from.
A Q and A on Wyandotte plumage turning yellow and feather color, egg weight and washing for county fairs, hatching two yolks, weak chicks from eggs, and achieving more pullets. Causes include iron in water, incubation heat stability, and mating age balance.
A plucky rural admonition warns against sloppy husbandry and vanity. It covers feed quality, sanitation, weather protection, water safety, proper branding of poultry, and avoiding flashy but weak breeding goals. The piece urges practical, steady care for healthy eggs and meat.
At Hoppegarten near Berlin Dr Breslauer shows practical proof that electric current can improve crops with modest cost. Experiments in Sweden England and Germany over thirty years indicate electricity across fields raises yields, with higher quality grain and potential price gains for electrically fertilized wheat.
A new gasoline tractor designed for orchards claims to replace six horses. It uses a two cylinder engine rated around 24 horsepower and runs on gasoline. The one man machine operates from an extension seat, with front wheels as drive and steering wheels, rear wheels as trailers. Cost is $1,000.
The California experiment station tested 000 cans of cherries apricots plums peaches and pears preserved with syrups of varying strength under commercial and domestic conditions. After two years only six beet sugar cans and seven cane sugar cans were found to be spoiled, due to imperfect sealing, showing beet sugar keeps fruits well and works in canneries.
Nelsonville residents report trips and visits across several towns. Rollo Hartgrove and family plan a Lancaster stop before moving to Michigan. Carl Haning stayed in Hocking with Jane Bes and later joined William Bethel relatives. Others visit Columbus, New Marshfield, Logan, Wellston, Arch City, Athens, and nearby areas for family and friend gatherings.
A brief item notes Corylopsis of Japan as one of the most delightful Taicums, suggesting trying a can next time and listing Henderson Chider Drug Co with the phone segment 4-2812 as the seller reference.
Fire swept through half the business portion of Wigin Nebraska causing about 120000 dollars in damage. Olive Logan the American author and actress died in Banstead asylum England. Charles Scarborough a Black man was lynched at Barton Florida after an alleged attempt to assault a white woman.
New York April 27 reports show wool mill supplies short and buyers racing to lock in future shipments. East mills seek contracted wool while Arizona wools arrive. Texas fall wool sold on a scoured basis around 53 cents per pound. Australian merino lots moved at 2 to 5 cents above 80 cents, signaling a buoyant market for US growers and rising prices.
The Columbus and Hocking Oil and Gas company formed by Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron men has begun preliminary work in Athens and Hocking counties. It holds leases on about 1000 acres across coal company lands and plans seven wells with derricks already being placed. Results from these scattered leases may set the value of the lands for oil or gas.
For five years a herd of forty goats near Lawrenceville Indiana has cleared brush and worked on various farms. The herd has changed owners ten times in that period.
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