17 Aug 1871
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1871
Page
1
A lecture condemns excessive debt and lavish spending. It urges prudent use of money, warns against shop bills and debt traps, and extols frugality at home, noting happier households when families save and buy only what they can afford. It emphasizes wives’ role in prudent household management and the benefits of thrift.
The article argues the rising rural generation should stay in agriculture rather than seek fortune in cities. It contends independence knowledge culture and social esteem are as attainable in the country as in urban centers and warns against the hasty pursuit of wealth fueled by inflated currency and city life.
A speaker argues that hades and Gehenna have distinct meanings in the New Testament, with hades referring to the state of the dead before the resurrection and Gehenna to the final punishment after judgment. He notes hades never means the physical grave and discusses Tartarus as a related concept, then applies these distinctions to key passages in Matthew, Luke, Acts, and 1 Peter to clarify the afterlife framework.
In Monroe County Pennsylvania a large underground pond under six feet of soil hosts timber and a population of eyeless fish such as pickerel and shiners. A nearby Bull Pond of about twenty acres is also slowly being buried beneath earth, with water lilies along the shore and a risk that both ponds may become fully covered, leaving the fish eyeless.
The New York Tribune mocks the idea of infallible cures for rheumatism and quack “treatment” claiming salt and water with salt in stockings magically cure fever and ague. It argues salt is proposed as a universal remedy, highlighting the absurdity of such medical panaceas.
During repairs at Independence Hall Philadelphia Rev Tsaaé Hardy took a brick from above the Declaration of Independence steps and sent it to Thiers of France sealed in a walnut box with a plate reading From Independence Hall Philadelphia and an accompanying letter.
A New York life insurer's agent called a gentleman offering to insure his life. The man seemed reluctant, asking if he wanted a policy in the future. The agent said the company cannot issue risks by charter, leaving the man unimpressed.
A boy on a harassed back cries and asks to lead him to warmth. The speaker refuses saying it is a borrowed home, and he will not freeze. The tale describes a cold night encounter and a plea for shelter.
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