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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1877
Page
3
A lyrical piece comparing a beloved to seasonal flowers and plants. The speaker uses Violet, Rose, Pansy, Fir, and evergreen imagery to praise constancy, faithfulness, and enduring affection across spring to winter. The poem narrates admiration through nature metaphors.
A private letter by James M Comly describes Hawaiian life and diet. He notes natives live simply on poi taro fish and fruit with no meat, eat raw fish with bones, and value flowers and garlands. He contrasts American wealth with native contentment and perpetual cheerfulness.
A seedy man with red hair and a broken nose lingered before a Chestnut Street auction house window admiring a mahogany base ball bat. The court heard he claimed to be a martyr to the game, recounting brutal finger injuries from catching and swinging the bat, and declaring he could still show a homer before being led away.
The article recounts Gov Morton’s first paralysis in fall 1865 describing his decline from indifference to reading to total immobility from the hips down, followed by a paradoxical return of mental clarity. It notes family history of paralysis and comments on his physical strength and descendants. It also includes brief, unrelated political and social items from the period.
The article recounts the discovery of a massive gold nugget weighing twenty four pounds and fifteen ounces avordupois, valued at least $4000. The finder, formerly indebted to employer Verzan, confesses after confrontation and returns bars. A portion of the metal was sold and alloyed with copper to mask its origin, while accomplices remain at large.
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