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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
8
Fragmented remarks on the power of great speeches in ancient times and how Demosthenes and Cicero shape Greece for schoolboys. Includes an anecdote about a cat and a mouse, noting a mouse’s persistence after being played with.
The piece surveys negligees and dresses with long flowing sleeves and shirred yokes, plus midwinter fur accents and capes. It also discusses travelers’ garments in soft silk, a sable-trimmed dress, and patterns from French fashion, with sewing and fabric care tips for spring cleaning and starch use.
Heat one pint of strained stewed tomatoes to boiling. Thicken with a tablespoon of flour, add a lump of butter, and season to taste.
The piece notes an early railway built not for steam cars, used to haul Quincy granite for the Bunker Hill monument. It describes Charleston and New Hamburg Line in South Carolina as the first steam car railway, once the world’s longest at 137 miles. Locomotives weighed three to five tons, an imported ten ton engine proved too heavy. Twenty five engines of the era equaled one modern locomotive. tonnage increased from 200 to 2,500 tons.
Mrs Nags questions a late night outing as her husband insists he is only going out this once and will already be late returning to avoid another departure. The exchange appears in a Philadelphia Ledger quotation.
A quote from the Milwaukee Journal quotes a man saying love is blind and a woman replying that they have eyes only for each other, underscoring a romantic exchange.
John C Weber director of Weber's Military Band 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. It will be distributed through the passenger department of the B and O Western Route at 10 cents per copy. The music is for piano, arranged with an illuminated title cover. Weber has written popular marches and his latest success is the World’s Fair March. Send 10 cents to receive a copy by mail, Mark envelope WORLD'S FAIR MARCH. P McCarty General Passenger Agent B&O Railroad Cincinnati 0.
The Probate Judge’s office lists several guardians and administrators with accounts pled and suspended for exceptions until December 5, 1963, at 10:00 a.m. The entries include C. D. Hopkins guardian of Horatio Bean, A. G. Bolin guardian of Cora Lee, J. M. Charlton administrator of Ruth Smith, Leona Allen guardian of Beatrice, James T. Dailer administrator of William Dailey, Myrtle Swartz guardian of Lovina Swartz, and A. W. Lynch as Probate Judge.
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