This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1896
Page
2
The issue outlines display and classifie d ad rates for the Athens paper, with pricing for colon n widths and positions, deadlines for orders, and rules on changes. It also includes notes on obituaries and notices of respect, and a long column of editorial and society content.
Remedy claims permanent care for headaches and constipation by stimulating bowels. Advertisement urges trials and notes price of fifty cents to one dollar at W. McKee’s Drug Store. Mentions Chicago and Northwestern railroad dusting cats and a 23 story New Year skyscraper.
Yvotte Guilbert popularizes long black gloves in New York. Mrs Reed stays home after her mother’s death last summer. Reed’s daughter, a blonde, remains active in society. Prince Henry of Battenberg insured his life for 500000. Lord Salisbury earns a million from Strand property and rents. PT Ikeroum’s Venesuela property was confiscated in a revolution. Barnum’s claim was honored. Venezuela pays in ten installments. Executors receive about 150 dollars yearly.
A collection of humorous snippets from various papers. Jests about teachers, social prompts, and misheard city boundaries appear alongside quips on manners and language. The pieces feature playful exchanges and light remarks from readers and columnists.
The note advises on honey procurement and trusted sources, notes on feeding grain to suckling lambs for early butcher value, mentions English sheep owners heating feet with clay as a foot rot preventive, and warns against hatching chickens in midwinter. It cautions sulfur use in winter and the impact on animals, and laments damp barns and dark snails in cold weather.
Mascagni becomes director of the Jiceo musicale in Pesaro and will pause composing. Marie Jeanne Hugo, recently divorced from Alphonse Taudet, plans to marry a Paris doctor. Stanley and Mounteney Jephson, lone white survivors of Emin Pasha relief, erect a brass tablet in Kilmorechurch. French rugby shows progress with Racing Club and Olympique Club victories. A Paris paper faces 386 clergy libel suits. Esch’s priest seeks $20 damages and lawsuits to be printed across several French papers.
A miscellany of poems and notes from various sources including the New York Tribune and Saint Nicholas, with verses about eyes love and happiness, a poem on subtraction in school, anecdotes on editors, and brief scientific curiosities about Herschel and radiation. The items mix verse, prose, and curiosities across 19th century periodical voice.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.