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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1897
Page
4
The Messenger Herald is praised as the home paper of Athens, reaching both women and men with two to a half attentive readers per copy. It touts high quantity and quality circulation, claiming dominance over rivals in Athens and surrounding territory.
The piece outlines factional struggle within the Ohio Republican Party over Marcus A Hanna's bid for the U S Senate. Competing figures J L Kurtz and Hanna, plus others, clash on leadership, pledges, and party loyalty as the Legislature weighs short and long term aims. Foraker avoids explicit stance, while the base presses to honor past pledges and nominate Hanna.
A town newspaper praises General Grosvenor for openly criticizing aspects of the civil service reform law while defending the Republican stance on reform. It urges purification and renovation as a watchword and accuses reform opponents of political manipulation. The piece frames Grosvenor’s stance as principled within party unity.
Washington dispatch notes President McKinley pressing for swift annexation of Hawaii amid East Asia tensions. He may send a special message to the Senate, depending on whether votes favor ratification or a protracted fight. The piece also covers pension transparency talk, Behring Sea award details, and Iowa Republican praise for party leadership.
The piece argues for McKinley and Hanna amid Republican unity, noting critics lack credibility in Washington. It reports Lincoln Nebraska and surrounding cities seeing fewer arrests under a curfew law, with enforcement improving and youth activity declining in several communities according to the Ghio net hor State dournal.
A 19th century calculation estimates the Temple of Solomon cost at about 52 million pounds in English money. Varying valuations place gold and silver vessels at hundreds of millions, with cedar, labor, and materials pushing totals into the tens of millions of pounds. The figures reflect immense wealth and the scale of ancient temple construction.
An analysis by Michael G. Wethail in North American Review argues the United States has enormous productive capacity. Over 20 years population rose 33 percent while exports grew 175 percent, enough to feed Europe’s 30 million and support 100 million at home. Prairies can double life stock and yield ten times grain, suggesting exports will rise with population. Cotton output also up 125 percent in 20 years.
A Polish chemist Simon Partaweki of Warsaw is said to have invented a gun that could end battlefield mutilations by using Pawlowski shells. When fired, a gelatine shell releases an anesthetic gas that renders soldiers unconscious for hours without physical injury, incapacitating them and allowing opponent forces to seize their standards.
The Lanckburg Advance forecasts a future great struggle in Africa among European powers and America, predicting Britain’s domination due to Egypt and South Africa footholds. It notes German and French expansion, Italian indifference, and England’s naval strength as decisive factors.
Excavations at Herculaneum reveal Romans used paper like handbills. A pillar covered with stacked bills yielded public meeting notices and election proclamations. The paste was gum ambue. The discovery shows porters and handbills were not modern inventions.
The village of Athens Ohio enacts an ordinance to levy a two thirds tax on abutting lots and lands along High Street to the Baltimore Ohio Southwestern Railway. It authorizes twenty bonds of $136 each, funding the improvement and related costs with a sinking fund, details bond terms, payment schedule, and tax collection through Athens county treasurer.
RH Belle Mibbard of New York State is notified that Piedere Hibbard filed for divorce in the Athens County Court of Common Pleas alleging separation for over three years. The petition seeks divorce from R Geile Hibard. hearing set after February 1st. Attorneys Lewin Sa re and Decuy are listed.
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