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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1873
Page
4
A jumble of late 19th century items covers deaths including Frepente K Dent and Vice President Wilson’s health fears, political debates on veto power and bankrupt law repeal, river floods near Chillicothe, a Mohave or Havana mob moment, and a town preacher’s farewell. It also mentions Grant planning a permanent Washington home, Sprague’s congressional salute, Virginius handover, and a Burlington Iowa school tragedy.
In Cambridge Massachusetts on a Sunday evening Agassiz died after a long illness. He suffered a brief final attack at 2 p.m. and rapid breathing followed as dissolution approached. The New York Tribune memorializes him as a man of vast mastery over thought and expression with ardent love for truth.
The Marietta Register asks why local matters in schools churches meetings and improvements go unreported by city papers and notes readers demand more local coverage. The piece contrasts city focus with county needs and quotes a Paris dinner memory about absent chairs. A McArthur ghost haunting by Mrs Win H Baird draws local curiosity as residents seek answers.
Billy Warner offers prime quality meats for the holidays with No. 1 sugar cured hams at 12 ets per pound from his Market in basement Kessinger Building. Nearby retailers advertise cider from A L Roach, drugs at Dorrs, cigars at Bozmans, and fashionable footwear at Zenner’s with holiday staff and low prices.
Local newspaper notices promote Zenner and Kurtz Norris Christmas tables, dress fabrics from Voorhes and Son, and Zenner's holiday showcases. Ads urge settling debts by Jan 1 1874, highlight Donnan Pickering instruments, Selig at low prices, Black Watch at M McLean, canned goods at A L Roach, and Monitor Navy plug tobacco at Bozmans, underscoring rising holiday commerce.
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