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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
20
A Schoolmaster notes that the great speeches of antiquity convey the era’s passions. Demosthenes and Cicero shape Greece and Rome for schoolboys, yet many brilliant utterances by orators were never preserved. The stenographers of ancient times could not record them all.
A contributor recalls a cat that after catching a mouse played with it then let it eat from the same dish. The mouse, despite a broken leg, followed and fed beside the cat until both finished, after which the cat ate the mouse. The account contrasts mercy with harsh executioners.
The article describes negligees with flowing sleeves and shirred yokes, fur trimmed midwinter dresses, capes with long front tabs, and a soft silk traveling coat with a full cape. It also mentions sable stoles, French plaid coatings, and a gray cloth costume with shirring. A pumpkin pie recipe follows, with pumpkin pulp mixture and baking instructions.
A housekeeper sticks to old fashioned methods for storing summer garments in fall without starching or ironing. The piece contrasts factory starching and store bought fabrics, noting that store garments are starched and do not yellow, including handkerchiefs and muslins.
A Good Housekeeping correspondent describes binding a silk glow cloth with white oilcloth and tape to prevent washing. The method preserves the fabric’s thickness and protects the dining table from heat and spills. The cloth slides easily over padding without sticking.
Heat to boiling one pint of strained stewed tomatoes and thicken with a tablespoon of flour. Add a lump of butter and season to taste.
The first American railway built not for steam cars carried Quincy granite for the Bunker Hill monument in 1826. It ran three miles. The Charleston and New Hamburg line in South Carolina was the first steam car railway, once the world’s longest at 137 miles. Early locomotives weighed three to five tons, with a ten ton English engine proving too heavy. Twenty five engines equal one modern locomotive. fifty years ago a 200 ton train was heavy, while today 2,000 to 2,500 ton loads are common.
Mrs Nagg questions another outing as her husband insists it is a single late trip and will prevent future excursions. The Philadelphia Ledger quotes the exchange as a whimsical domestic exchange in a diary or playlike scene.
The Milwaukee Journal quotes a romantic exchange where one side claims love is blind and the other replies eyes are only for each other, highlighting a playful dialogue about devotion.
John C. Weber of Cincinnati known as the Prize Band of America has composed the St. Louis World’s Fair March 1904 and dedicates it to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The sheet music for piano is ready with an illuminated title cover and will be sold through the B&O S W A R World’s Fair Route at 10 cents per copy.
Probate Judge in Athens County Ohio lists accounts filed and suspended for exceptions until December 5 at 10 am. Guardianship and administration actions include Horatio Bean Cora B Lee Ruth S Smith Beatrice Allen William M Dailey Lovina Swartz with first second and final accounts and names of guardians and administrators. Judge A W Lynch signs the notice dated November 19.
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