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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1877

Page

4

Promises and peril in a Missouri river town tale

A rustic family story unfolds on a mushroom city bluff beside a Missouri raine river. Nancy endures hardship from a drunken husband while planning a sober future, then a devastating storm traps mother and child beneath a collapsing house as she fights to reach Sammy.

Umner Missouri Sammy Pepy Pappy

Dark Prairie Storm Returns With Loss and Resolve

A mother endures a brutal hailstorm to protect her child while clinging to hope and a promise. As dawn breaks in Winthrop, John returns to find Atchison in ruins and Nancy and the baby dead, shaping his resolve to honor the vow he once considered weak.

Nancy Jones Leavenworth Ag Atchison John Evenin Sammy God Tennessee

Remark inquest closes with silent survivor

They found him there an hour afterward, but he asked no questions and gave no reply to consoling attempts, leaving him alone with his dead.

Mice cause stir in watch office as kernel bits spill

A Kansas bridge watchman notices mice tracking discarded nut shells and kernel fragments. The scene unfolds with the mice lifting shells up walls and delivering kernels back to the floor showing deliberate extraction. A humorous aside reflects on a minister and a quip about the Atlantic cable's size.

Leavenworth Kansas Gilges Kansas and Missouri Bridge

BoscHEE's German Syrup Promises Quick Cough Relief

Promotes BoscHEE's German Syrup as a cure for severe coughs and throat lung diseases with a sample bottle offered for 10 cents and the regular size at 75 cents. Claims Germany origin and rapid three-dose relief. Sold by all druggists in Athens.

Boschee Germany Athens Alexander Township County of State of Ohio John Ellis Joseph Brickel James Jack Loyal van Bibber Parker Carpenter W. A. Root Emmett Tompkins Tff

Straitsville Branch Schedule and Connections

Leave Mail at 8 40 A M from Columbus to Lancaster arriving 10 04. From Lancaster connect to Circleville and all points on the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad. Direct connections at Columbus for Cincinnati and all points west and for Buffalo Philadelphia New York and all points East.

Columbus Lancaster Decane Vendtbeken Nelsonville GRR Ie Athens Sitskadis Sidbabs Straitsville Logan Circleville Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad Cincinnati Buffalo Philadelphia New York

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