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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
3
Obituaries and resolutions of respect appear in the December 26 1895 Messenger and Herald. The page notes five cents a line seven words per line with advance terms 91.50 per year. Editor Chas B 242 7372 urges readers to send personal news and address changes.
The MESSENGER AND HERALD presents fixed rates for display and reading notices. Display ads follow general rates with special position rights and declination options. Rates list one column to four inches per year, plus fractions. reading notices vary by type with per line charges. obituaries, legal notices, and charity events shown with specific terms. contracts incur discounts by duration. invariable rates.
The Messenger and Herald states advertisers must submit copy by Tuesday morning each week to allow proper handling and timely Wednesday press. This rule was adopted to streamline advertising and other matter before print.
A collection of opinions touches on Kentucky politics, Washington's 1897 challenges, South Carolina's town meeting rise, Cass on diplomacy, and Monroe doctrine tests. It cites Dr Harold on diphtheria and laments child toll, with naval strength notes and a Longstreet echoed forecast of war with Britain.
The piece argues President Cleveland declined revenue measures urged by Carlisle and Democratic papers. It asserts he opposes higher duties, prefers bond issuance, and frames deficit as a Democratic trait. A Paris paper comment on Britain’s prudence is cited.
In a Ladies' Home Journal list Thomas Wentworth Higginson ranks American authors as best for girls 15. Top pick is Miss Alecott's Little Women, followed by Miss Jane Andrews The Seven Little Sisters. Other entries include Hawthorne Wonder Book, Longfellow Evangeline, Lowell Vision of Sir Launfal, Whittier Snow-Bound, Irvine Sketch Book, Cooper Last of the Mohicans, Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Dr Sate Ten Times One is Ten.
An article blends ads and notes: Electric Bitters praised for headaches and constipation relief with prices at W H McKee, while mentions of Irish Volunteers in Chicago, Clan na Gael inner wheel, and Simmons Liver Regulator as a cure. A quip on resuming gold circulation cited by Horace Greenery. The first US balloon ascent by Peter Carnes in 1784 is noted, plus a game commission estimate of 4000 deer slaughtered in Maine.
Special Berlin Letter notes Berlin’s shift from grand world’s fair plans to a local industrial exposition. Treptow location on the Spree, 7,000 exhibitors, 300 buildings under construction, iron main hall skeleton, and plans for theatricals, electric shows, naval pageantry, and Olympian games to attract visitors and funds.
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