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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
8
Michael F. Ryan was found guilty in common pleas court of checking off nonvoters in Republican primaries two years ago after days of trial and tampering charges. judge ruled there was no evidence to prosecute alleged juror bribery.
Governor Vardaman, with 25 state militia, travels from Jackson to Scooba to personally investigate a violence outbreak tied to a Christmas mob. Troops relieve earlier patrols as whites and Blacks co operate to restore calm amid reports of several Black fatalities and arson in a surrounding district.
The sugar season drives a busy industry in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont as buckets are shipped to sugar orchards and modern equipment replaces crude open fire methods. Evaporators improve production while metal spiles and hung pails replace ground buckets and wind blown sap. A tree can yield ten quarts on a fair day or half that otherwise, and good syrup requires eleven pounds of sap per gallon.
Ancient observations showed lodestone in water under cork or straw turning to align north and south. The piece notes magnetic ore lodestone and its susceptibility to lines of force, a discovery tied to early maritime use and the magnetic compass.
The piece profiles SAAC Brock of McLenAnaz County Texas who, at 117, attributes his longevity to Peruna. He recalls living near Waco and now at Valley Mills, touts Peruna as the cure for catarrhal troubles, grip epidemics, and climate-related ailments, and quotes his satisfaction with the remedy across many decades. He claims Peruna kept his health, appetite, and blood circulation steady despite changes and wars.
In Elmira New York Frank Delaney a railroad man killed himself after offering poison to Bessie Wells a woman jailed for abducting a girl and harboring her for immoral purposes Delaney died and Wells died soon after the guard prevented further harm A separate item from Billings Montana reports a sugar factory threat to dynamite the plant and a failed extortion attempt Nearby notes also cover snowstorms in England and a deputy marshal shot near a Dawson Oklahoma mining camp with the marshal in critical condition
A historical note explains how the lodestone enabled the magnetic compass before the 12th century. Iron needles stroked on lodestone gained directional power, allowing ships to sail beyond land and prompting improved coastal cartography by Italian sailors who detailed Black Sea and Mediterranean routes and the Atlantic coast to Britain via Perthian maps.
Richard Williams an iron worker died after falling from a scaffolding while repairing a water pipe. His skull was fractured and his body lay unnoticed until discovery hidden in ice from dripping water. Police seek the killer and suspect foul play in the accident.
On November 21 1908 the court appointed J F Beckler and E B Clarke to assist the Prosecuting Attorney in examining the annual report for the year ending August 31 1906. The report for year ending 1908 was examined and omissions noted including Coroner Inquest Cass Burial of Soldiers Printing Tax Notices and Bridge over Raccoon Creek with a $1283 discrepancy in county barn lumber bills. No other errors found. omissions likely due to typist error.
Athens boys publish The Young American a bright amateur magazine edited by F Dix Preston and managed by B McBee. The piece highlights boys created content half tone pictures and a cover designed by the manager praising their printing skill and educational value.
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