Wireless messages span Atlantic Cape Breton to Cornwall
Marconi succeeds in sending messages from Cape Breton Canada to Cornwall England by wireless telegraph a distance of 2800 miles. The Messenger marks its seventy seventh year ending with Christmas wishes and a note on ongoing coverage of Athens county news.
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Marconi
Cape Breton
Canada
Cornwall
England
Athens Messenger
Athens County
the Messenger
Marriage Licenses and Affidavits in Ohio Regions
A list of marriage licenses and related affidavits from various towns in Ohio including Canaonville Amesville Glouster Athens and Nelsonville. Names include Fred Koker Mel issa Wade Charles Williams Cordelia Dot son and Sophie Thompson among others. Also notes Frank J Cheney's oath claiming Toledo firm will pay a fee for cataract cure and Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement.
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Fred Koker
Canaonville
Melissa Wade
Amesville
William Nott
Stella M. Wiseman
Oakdale
Robert L. Taylor
Emma L. Phillips
Glouster
Charles Williams
Cordelia Dotson
Vernon L. Cagg
Nettie D. Johnson
Nelsonville
Nathan Smith
Betsey A Hanter
Canaanville
R. E. Quick
Laura C. Hays
Mineral
Sophea Thompson
Athens
Albert Koon
Chauncey
Lizzie McGraw
Beaumont
Charles Garlinger
Ella Kirkendall
Rachel
John F. Bryseun
Myriel M. Connor
Leis E. Wood
Rose Farm
Jessie M
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Chaney
Aes Ro ‘Ee Kasson
Cheney Eee
Ball
Congress Eyes Sherman Act Push and Navy Funding
Washington reports a push to strengthen the Sherman Anti Trust Act with a new 5000000? bill and six new ships. Secretary Moody cites naval needs while President Roosevelt backs annual warship builds and heightened enforcement of antitrust laws.
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Washington
Hay
Roosevelt
Congress
Great Britaan
Germany
United States
Venezuela
Moody
House Committee On Naval Affairs
United States Navy
Naval Committee
House of Representatives
Hepburn
Senate
Hoar
Knox
Pittsburg
Massachusetts
Love and a Dam on Stony Brook Farm Betrothal
Franklin Howard, a new boarder at Stony Brook farm, wins the favor of Helen Gregson. After a playful courtship and a dam-building day, they pledge engagement. Henry Gregson resists but finally yields when Howard reveals his Blue Star Transport lineage and intent to marry Helen.
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Tichardson
Franklin Howard
Stony Brook Farm
Howard
Miss Slelen Gregson
Henry G. Gregson
Gregson
Ltoward
Helen
Sluoward
Miss Gregson
England
Blue Star Transport Line
City Council Adopts Salaries Under New Municipal Code
The city council met Monday night with Mayor Logan and officials present. They passed a salary ordinance for mayor clerk treasurer and marshal under the new code, and established a three member board of public affairs with $25 per year salaries and $1 000 bonds to supersede the waterworks board.
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Logan
Golden
Hopkins
Brown
Kern
Bardin
Thompson
Woodworth
S. L. McCune
City News
McCune
Board of Trustees of Public Affairs
Board of Public Affairs
Board of Waterworks
City council adjourns after utility bills debate
A fragment notes that the council adjourned after discussing several public utility bills. The excerpt implies upcoming actions to grant or limit authority over utilities amid governance concerns.
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Tees
Council
Death of Henry Deshler at Athens State Hospital
Henry Deshler died Monday at Athens State Hospital at age 84. His remains were taken to his daughter Mrs. Jesse Cornell’s home on Poplar Street for funeral services conducted Wednesday by Rev. L. Matheney. Interment followed in the New Cemetery.
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Henry Deshler
Athens State Hospital
Jesse Cornell
Poplar Street
Rev. L. Matheney
New Cemetery
Work on Telephone Line Extends to Several Cities
A crew will begin work on the Bell telephone line between Atl ens and Pomeroy Monday. Direct service will be provided to Atlens Gallipolis Portsmouth Wellston Jackson Hamden and Charleston. A copper metallic circuit will be installed and poles erected with wires strung rapidly. Jerseyville Telephone company will have poles up connections ready for operation by week’s end.
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Bell
Atlens
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Portsmouth
Wellston
Jackson
Hamden
Charleston
Jerseyville Telephone Company
After Dinner Speech Joke Baffles Cincinnati Chronicle
A quip from a philosopher sparks a joke about the first after dinner speech. The wise man attributes it to Adam, joking that after biting the apple he blamed the woman in a playful exchange reported by the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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Adam
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Im the Depths and the towns pessimism debate
A brief quip from Catholic Standard and Times depicts a man labeled the town’s worst pessimist as he contends his luck will keep him from succeeding. The exchange frames a local reputation inquiry and skepticism.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Bagpipe materials traced by origin and element
The oily lining in bagpipes is claimed to be sheepskin and tartan. Pipe components use wood ebony or cocus from Africa or Jamaica, ivory from Africa, horn from Australia, and reed cane from Spain.
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Africa
Jamaica
Australia
Spain
A Case of Heredity Dialogue in Jester Style
A brief exchange from the Columbia Jester features Miss Sharp and Mr Laphead debating inherited stupidity. The humor hinges on family remarks and social propriety.
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Miss Sharp
Mr. Laphead
Columbia
A Hot Finish
Uncle Allen Sparke notes a hot finish as a deciding moment with a sharp remark about a wasp. Chicago Tribune records a vivid sports or event close echoed in local voice.
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Allen Sparke
Wasp
Chicago Tribune
Hagee's Cordial of Cod Liver Oil for Health
The cordial is promoted for rapid beneficial effects on appetite sleep ambition and health. It claims to purify enrich and nourish the system aiding general debility and winter weaknesses. Physicians reportedly favor its palatability and absence of fishy taste and nausea. sold by druggists and prepared by Kathbarmon chemical Co. St Louis Me.
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Hagee
Kathbarmonhemical Co
St. Louis
Georgia Matron Comments On Mixed-Race Child In Savannah Tale
A Georgia citizen recounts riding from Savannah when he observed a whitewashed cabin with a group of eight children on the lawn. Seven were very dark while one lighter skinned child drew judgment. The aunt praises the group yet notes the lighter child’s dirt shows more easily, illustrating color bias and social attitudes of the era.
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Georgia
Savannah
Silent resolve outlasts forceful plans amid deception
A muddied depiction contrasts stereotypes as a husband seeks unseen “absent treatments” to bend his wife to obedience. The tale lauds a woman who trains herself to be silent and steadfast, arguing she wins by keeping her mouth shut while men scoff at “mental science.”
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Messenger and Herald Printing Company
Fred W. Bush
Messneger
Home Culture Department
P. W. Perry
College Springs
Iowa
Jefferson Perry
Guysville
Frank Gifford
Athens ‘County
Castro
Roosvelt
Murphy
Deanville
George T. Hall
Bechtel
Hattie J. Kelch
Nevil Harris
Rendville
Jessie Norman
Dagar M. McLeod
Nettie
U. S
Venezuelan
NAVY
Cuba
William H. Allen
State Charities Aid Association For
New Jersey
Las Mora
Sam Sommer
Dresden
Leggins
Children’s Cloaks
Automobile
Calicoes
Sam Sommier
Ohio
City Council
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