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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1895

Page

3

Delayed Rain Boosts Local Camp Meeting and School Progress

Much needed rain fell Saturday in Now White Gall area delaying events. Free Methodist camp meeting starts August 8 in Hibbard's grave. Sunday school under A. H. Lash shows progress with growing interest. Local families visit kin in Jefferson and Harrison counties while others fish. Hocking River water is low. Anna Walsh returns from Coolville with cousin Anna Malone staying weeks. Farmers thresh grain, Oats in straw to be fed. one machine cleared most fields in a day.

Hibbard A. H. Lash Anna Walsh Coolville Miss Anna Malone

Health tips and medical notices from a historic newspaper

A compilation of health advice urges readers to use Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Vegetable Pills to maintain strength and digestion. It warns about water quality, promotes reading with reflection, notes dangers of overwork in women, touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women's ailments, and cites a Pennsylvania judge on loaned money for liquor. The piece includes humorous miscues, German emperor liquor aroma remarks, and odd local anecdotes.

Hood Tax Ironton Register Pierce

The Footlights and Stage News of the Era

Ramners claims the world’s oldest theater director Maurice at ninety. Du Mavurin nets $500 weekly royalties from Tritby. Mrs. Banenorr writes a one act play Accidents Decide Our Lives for the Royal theater. Tukyah of ex-Lieut Gov Wa tres enters show business as Bertha Galland. Henry Invina notes women’s applause vs men’s support on stage. Smoxy's quartz is highlighted with Bear Creek mining cited.

Ramners Herr Maurice du Mavurin Mr. Potter Banenorr Royal Theater Tukyah

Bits and Brevities A Odd Collection of Facts

A compact digest of curiosities and historical notes. Whales’ harpoon speed, whale skeleton weight, foreign populations in Michigan and South Dakota, French deaths, telegraph wires for birds and monkeys, Papyrus in Paris, stamp gum composition, Marcus Aurelius birth, Massachusetts state house corner stone relaid, Kentucky statehood, Danville convention, Napoleon lore, violet toast, and Napoleon Louise violet profiles.

Michigan South Dakota Tventy France National Library Paris Marcus Aurelius Antonius Massachusetts Congress Kentucky Danville Napoleon Elbe Louise

Oddities and records from distant shores and seas

All sorts of oddities note salt origin theories from sea to land. A near North Pole sighting on May 11 1892 by Lieut. Lockwood, two unusually heavy South Bend Washington police officers, and a near extinction of the white rhinoceros with a few mounted specimens noted in museums. A quote on a proverb about contempt traces linguistic roots to Sanskrit.

SCI geNvists North Pole Lockwood South Bend Wash England Cape Town Museum

Missouri farm stats show cattle, horses, crops, and tobacco

The report lists Missouri with 51,076 cows and 29,632 bushels of beans. It notes 46,401 farm horses in Missouat and 50,421 acres planted in x. Tobacco production is 9,424,523 pounds. There are 14,009 working oxen or 7,003 teams, with substantial expression from drivers each year.

Missouri Missouat

England grabs island Trinidad in latest land dispute

The article reports England seizing Trinidad, claimed as Brazilian territory, with Brazil and the U S offering little response beyond passive stance. It mentions political shifts including Cuartes J. Lirone becoming president of Garrett Biblical Institute, and notes various public notes from Vermont wool clips to railroad mileage tickets and a May 19 timetable change in Athens lines.

England Trinidad Brazil United States Cuartes J. Lirone Garrett Biblical Institute Evanstown Lidzaway Ohio Central Lines Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Western Railroad Ohio Central

Simmons Liver Regulator Promise From Old Advertisement

An old advertisement touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a cure for biliousness headaches malaria and indigestion claiming it stirs a torpid liver and improves digestion. The piece also promotes railroad notices and travel deals from Athens Ohio including Ohio Central Lines and B&O routes with excursion prices and schedules and parlor cars refurbished for comfort.

Simons Simmons J. H. Zeilin & Co Philadelphia Ohio Central Lines Athens Columbus

Half-Rate Denver Excursion From Cincinnati

One half rate excursion to Pueblo Colorado Springs and Denver offered by the Colorado Short Line of the Missouri Pacific Railway. Tickets from Cincinnati at 93.50 and good until September 1 for travel August 10 and 11 to Denver for the American Pharmaceutical Association meeting. Through daily trains St Louis to Denver with Pullman cars and free reclining chair cars. Information available from N R Warwick, 131 Vine Street Cincinnati Ohio.

Missouri Vacific Railway St. Louis Denver Pueblo Colorado Springs N. R. Warwick Vine Street Cincinnati Denver Col Colorado Short Line Missouri Pacific Railway American Pharmaceutical Association N. KR. Warwick Cncinnati Oho Colorado Rocky Mountains Missouri, Pacific Railway Vine St

Trains From Athens Timed Daily Schedule

Trains depart Athens at 6 55 a m 12 25 p m and 5 05 p m. Arrival times are 10 30 a m 6 00 p m and 8 55 p m.

Athens A.M Columbus Delaware Prospect Marion Sandusky Fostoria Toleno Detroit Chicago Stoke Toledo Fosterta Marton Suneaster Sowan Nelsonville McArthur

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