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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1854
Page
1
The Athens Messenger lists subscription terms: one year with payment in advance at 1.50, delinquent six months at 2.00, and discontinuance rules. Advertising rates are given for various sizes and durations, with business cards at 3.00 per year and liberal yearly discounts. Names of candidates for office incur 1.00, due in advance, with other notations on insertion terms.
Directory of county officers including Sheriff, Clerk, Auditor, Treasurer, Recorder, Prosecuting Attorney, Prosecutor, and other posts. Names and offices at public buildings or residences listed. includes Board of School Examiners and Master Commissioner in Chancery. Page reads as a formal government roster for Athens area.
Amesville notices a shopkeeper named D W Walker announces he sells goods at low prices. The brief ad mentions Amesville and the date May 20th with a catalog style claim of cheap offerings.
A fragmented 1853 1854 advertisement lists J F Howe retailers on Washington Street near the Bank. It markets Pickering and Brown Dry Goods Queensware Hardware Purse Winks Blouors and druggists with medicines oils paints dyes and other goods. Also noted are attorneys J T Stanley Knowles W G Glass and Pickering & Carley Block merchants and hardware items with court street address Athens Ohio.
A lyrical plea for intimate body parts in a poetic sequence. The speaker asks for an eye to witness joy and sorrow, a cheek to adore, a lip to kiss and bless, a hand to hold, and a heart to be cherished with warm affection. The piece frames longing through vivid bodily imagery and reverent tone.
A father urges his child to face life’s fierce struggles and any foe that stands. Death, he explains, ends the war with eternal peace and the banner raised again. The child trembles at the prospect, but the crown is won for Heaven through courage and divine support.
A first person account details a harsh stonemason Joel Scott, rich but tight with payments, who denounced charity yet cheated debts and mistreated a poor niece Minnie. The narrative contrasts his piety with ruthless acts, and centers on Minnie’s tireless, virtuous labor under his harsh care amid a village.
A long narrative follows Minnie, a poor girl who aids her injured lover and supports him through poverty. Her kindness helps him recover and they marry in modest circumstances, amid trials with his harsh master and later onward success. Minnie’s generosity transforms former employer Scott and the elder uncle, ending in a blended family.
A husband reflects on a lean early marriage morning when bread, molasses and water were all they had. He cheerfully says their meal is better than a promise of plenty, recalling a biblical line about bread and water. The comment lifts his wife’s mood and they later call that meal the sweetest they ever had.
A reflective piece urges readers to consider the future and their duties as the next generation, highlighting wealth, industry, and technology. It invites youth to prepare to steward mines, seas, railways, presses, telegraphs, and other advances shaping society.
Daniel Bucklie a 16 year old boy from Pawtucket plunged into the Blackstone River at Valley Falls to save a drowning youth. He succeeded in rescuing the victim but collapsed on the riverbank and died minutes later.
An editorial calls for wide publication of a debtor who fled to unknown parts, vowing to expose defalcation in every existing journal. It envisions punishment by sea piracy and bloodshed, wishing the Danube and 1854 to shield future men from similar dishonesty.
Anecdote from Moston about Oliver Ditson, famed music publisher, who offered grace at a country dinner. His mind wandered during prayer and he ended with the closing sign off Yours truly, Oliver Ditson, prompting amusement.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports experiments in making foolscap paper from wood at Lee Massachusetts by Plaines Smith due to cotton and rag shortages. Wool straw and other fibrous materials could cheaper supply paper and relieve publishing costs, benefiting farmers.
The Cleveland Herald reports a cholera outbreak in Norwalk with nineteen cases since Wednesday night and sixteen deaths. The disease is confined to German and Irish residents, sparking widespread fear.
The steamship Arabia reached New York at 9 pm bringing scant war news. Telegrams report little fighting, while Spain’s revolution ends with Espartero heading to Madrid. The veto message against internal improvements criticizes constitutional limits and signals future discussion.
The impartial dispatches show the Cyane’s commander held full authority for all actions. The piece praises General Pierce for his charges at Chaperal and against defenceless cabins, urging monuments and poems to celebrate bloodless victories.
The article portrays Russia as the largest unbroken empire, spanning vast European and Asian lands and nearly a sixth of the world. It claims Emperor Alexander sought endless conquests from the Caspian Sea to the North Pacific, encroaching on Tartary, Persia, Georgia, Turkey, Poland, Finland and even North America as a place of banishment for offenders.
The Canal Board ordered work on the Erie Canal Enlargement to be put out for contract from Black Rock to Tonawanda and from Rochester to Spengerport. The engineer was told to prepare for letting 1,000,000 more as soon as practical, with 1,715,000 appropriated to the Western division. At least 6,000,000 will be put under contract this year.
The Western Christian Advocate criticizes the United States for plans to extend slavery into Nebraska while condemning other nations for seeking abolition. The piece alleges a national agitation over slavery expansion and mocks calls for emancipation elsewhere.
The Enquirer informs readers it has other duties than replying to anonymous correspondents. It denies nominating Brice and calls for public exposure if he misuses office for private gain. It asks how much Col A P Mitura works for the state and whether he does farming in addition to public obligations.
The New York Courier notes Pierce vetoes the River and Harbor Bill arguing for constitutional scruples. It claims he would fund war against Spain or purchase barren lands before aiding commerce, and hints at a longer winter message focusing on war funds but not commerce.
A leading Democrat, speaking during a GobVersation, warned that the party was intoxicated with power and in waning excess. He predicted elections would prove the folly of their ways and foretell a coming political reckoning for the party.
In thirteen states Massachusetts Vermont New York Pennsylvania North Carolina Florida Louisiana Arkansas Tu Bois Indiana Missouri lower California voters will choose the United States Senator as part of a state election plan.
Congress ends an eight month session with no legislative business amid no quorum in both houses. The Senate holds a brief executive session while the President and Cabinet meet nearby. Key unfinished measures include homestead, Texas debt, French spoliations, ocean mail, Shanghai route, Ramsay mail, telegraph to Pacific, California mail, postage increases, Revolutionary War officers pay, 1812 bounty rights, railroad land grants, and Pacific railroad funding delayed to December for surveys.
The Senate confirmed multiple appointments including Reuben H. Gibson as receiver of Public Moneys at Defiance Ohio, Elias Yulee as receiver of Public Moneys for Washington Territory, James Tilton as Surveyor General for Washington Territory, and William Penham as Surveyor General for New Mexico. Also named were George P. Stiles as Associate Justice of the Utah Supreme Court, Ralph Wilcox as Register of the Land Office Oregon, and several receivers and registrars for Minnesota Nebraska Kansas Oregon and Wisconsin domains.
The Lafayette American reports a split in the Democratic ranks over the Nebraska bill. It names many old Jacksonians like Van Buren and Benton opposing the measure while anti Jackson figures such as Men of Delaware and Badger of North Carolina support it.
The Plain Dealer correspondent from La Pointe, Lake Superior reports white coastal residents are discussing forming a separate state named Superior. They argue the new state would align with nearby Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota interests and ease winter travel to a distant capital, noting current capital access is impractical.
A train carried about 1800 cattle, 100 plus hogs and 12 sheep, totaling 120 cars, passing over the Western Railway to Brighton near Beton. It is described as the largest cattle freight ever moved to that market in a single railroad shipment.
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