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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1883
Page
4
A reflective verse fragment urging loved ones to remember kindness over anger after death. It pleads for generous deeds, forgiving words, and gentle gazes toward the speaker’s memory, rather than sorrow and harsh judgment. The voice asks to be seen through warm memories and ongoing good will.
A travel account from Vernon to Portland via Pomeroy Marengo Dayton and the Blue Mountains details farmland boom towns, labor wages, and growing rail links in eastern Washington Oregon and Idaho. It recalls Lewis and Clark routes, miners and traders, and vivid views of farmland gulches timber lands and river cascades near The Dells and Dayton Oregon.
A Boston Journal of Education editor praises Rochester New York's recess experiment for perfect satisfaction and health benefits while noting better discipline and fewer tardies. The author argues against abandoning recess stressing that physical vigor underpins moral and mental welfare and criticizes overemphasis on memorization over health and true development.
The Los Angeles Herald describes a new arasta method using sand to drive an overshot wheel for placer gold in Meno and Inyo counties. Wind stores sand in a belt system, delivering it to the wheel and allowing repeated cycles during dry seasons. This cheap process could unlock desert mines hindered by dryness, using water only for drinking and ore moistening.
The Laycock, the first canal boat west of the Alleghenies, built at Warren now Apollo, was launched on the western division of the Pennsylvania canal. It carried Abner Laycock’s name, had Betts as captain, and the writer as helmsman. The boat faced leaks but sparked July 19 and inspired nationwide rejoicing as it reached Freeport and Pittsburgh, signaling a new era in canal travel.
The piece argues that skilled writers in newspapers gain discipline, precision, and public address, enriching both journalism and broader authorship. It notes England and America show journalism supports literary development, improves earnings, and increases demand for written work, while many manuscripts remain unprinted due to market demand.
The former Secretary of the Treasury Win dom plans a bold London backed project to build a continuous arcade beneath Broadway New York with electric lighting daytime glass reflectors underground railway tracks and a double tier of stores The scheme would link rail and freight services with city traffic and quadruple property values along the route Engineers deem it practicable and claim there is business enough on Broadway for two thoroughfares
John W. Mackey recalls mining’s precarious nature while recounting his 1860 Ophir mine days and a modest salary. He notes the contrast with creditors and the stark fate of many workers, highlighting that many Massachusetts residents hold about 1400 dollars each.
In Elgin Illinois G H Sherman praises Parker's Tonic as handy to have at home and best medicine. The ad claims it cures coughs colds purifies blood and aids kidney liver and lung diseases. Physicians commend it and prices range from five to ten cents to one dollar.
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