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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1877
Page
3
The piece argues that speech flows from inner drive and that habit shapes talk more than intent. It warns against vulgar slang and pompous grandiose style, praising simple clear language that lets thoughts shine and avoids self-conscious performative speech.
A policeman on Howard Street watches a Cass Avenue suitor woo a girl then test her affection by a prank. The admirer slips on icy steps, is laughed at by the house, and later greets the officer, joking that there are many ways to learn if a girl loves you.
A Western man kills himself after his beloved daughter elopes with a lightning red man. He spends two years performing chores on the farm including milking cows, washing, hops picking, and fencing before the tragedy. His wife and others respond to his death with abrupt quips and comic dialogue.
A verbose overview of the London Obituary weekly, noting its morbid focus on obituaries, funeral services, cremation, mourning goods, wills, absent heirs, and legal notices. The piece praises its serious yet lively mission and describes its columns as a solemn promenade through a grand graveyard, with memorable epitaphs and solemn ads. Includes a travel anecdote about Paganini and a quote from Scribner.
The text contrasts large ears and small ears as personality types. Large-eared people prefer broad facts and general principles and excel in large enterprises and big money flows, avoiding detail. Small-eared individuals seek specifics, enjoy minutiae, and lean toward retail rather than wholesale business.
An anecdote from W Hewitt in St Nicholas recounts a joke about bees drifting forty miles. A friend notices bees in a distant clover field and, as a prank, dusts his own bees with flour to confirm their travel. The tale ends with the friend reporting many of the white jacket bees in the distant clover.
A job applicant for a dining room post is asked how she would handle dropping steak on the floor. She asks if boarders are present, then answers that she would pick it up and replace it on the plate. The piece ends with a snowy morning scene and a riddle about two heads in a barrel.
The text argues for enlarged lungs and opportunities for thought and action for women. It cites Napoleon on sick soldiers and links dress, labor, and sedentary habits to women's health, stating maternity is strength and that artificial disabilities come from violated law.
A man in the neighborhood laments his appetite as the sole barrier to happiness and work, while a district figure reflects on Louisiana politics and the Hayes election. The Louisiana inquiry plans to present testimony to the Senate, and Chandler denounces a forged dispatch claiming to hold Florida for Hayes and Wheeler.
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