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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1881
Page
3
A reflective verse fragment speaks of recompense as the sea returns to air and meadow, a mother regains youth in her daughters, and bread cast on waters sustains hope after long days. It contrasts joyful giving with regret for those who withhold and warns that slander returns upon the speaker.
On Thanksgiving Day in a New England village a blind student Nathan Skeele finds hope and love as Miss Louise Raymond confesses her feelings after a long winter of struggle. Mrs Skeele supports them while Louise heals Mrs Raymond faces a difficult goodbye with her missing son Robert who returns at last in time for a family wedding.
Summaries of church affairs including a minister censured for attending a circus, missionary reports from Yale and the Indian Territory, Baptist and other denomination growth figures, and the dedication of a new large Episcopal church in Lynn Massachusetts with elaborate interior details and a $250,000 cost.
A San Francisco professor predicts electricity will purify swamps and sewers by discharging germs and spores, based on germ theory. The electric light already reshapes cities by enabling night construction and longer shifts, accelerating building and public works. Scientists foresee further dramatic changes in human conditions through electricity.
A collection of short, witty clippings and anecdotes from various papers. Jests about tailors, laundries, charity, a missing wood supply, and a parlor sideboard alongside a humor piece on a bulldog. Also notes on a bank heist and a respected local figure.
Fragmentary OCR shows a list of months October November December 1881 and an unclear entry January 1 1881 with notes and the phrase AND OTHERS. No readable actions or specifics to identify a broader event.
A yearly subscription yields thirty eight papers and more than one hundred fifty distinct artistic working patterns and designs. Discounts apply to clubs of four or more members.
Harper's Magazine opens its sixty fourth volume with the December number. It touts itself as the leading illustrated periodical, featuring American literature and art, with strong English circulation and plans for volumes in 1882 that will surpass previous editions.
Harper & Brothers advertise per year subscriptions with free US and Canada postage. Complete sets of Harper's Magazine volumes in cloth binding cost 225 dollars per volume, single volumes 300 mailed, cloth cases 5 cents. An alphabetical analytical index for volumes 60 and under is offered, with remittance via money order or draft.
Harper's Periodicals details United States Postage for sending to all parts of the United States and Canada. The notice outlines distribution scope and regional applicability across the postal network.
The advertisement announces sale of the Twelve Annual Volumes of Harpers Weekly in cloth binding for seven dollars postpaid with free freight for domestic orders. Cloth cases and binding options available at additional cost. Remittances by money order or draft to New York.
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