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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1906
Page
7
The Senator and fellow judges, weary from evaluating thousands of manuscripts, discover a brief thousand-word tale in the Collier’s contest. One colleague recalls a legendary Harvard connection as the last story is read aloud, noting the mix of wit, pathos, and fatigue in their strenuous decision process.
A dramatic fire rescue unfolds as a 100 pound dumbbells display and acrobatic feats by an elderly athlete precede a deadly push to save a child. Harvard-educated hero J. R. H. 71 sacrifices himself after completing a daring ascent and lowering the child to safety.
A profile of Anthony Comstock, detailing his lifelong fight against obscene literature and images, the dangers he faced including threats and attacks, and his role as post office inspector and reformer. The piece traces his early life, pivotal arrests in 1872, fiscal and legal battles, support from Morris Jesup, and his sustained influence in moral reform across the United States.
The account notes Admiral Lord Charles Beresford of the British navy as the first European to meet the Mikado of Japan in 1868, marking a pivotal early contact between Britain and Japan.
The note lists varied facts: Marconi wheat in Colorado dry regions, Spain's newsboys are women, friction matches fifty years old, Honduras mahogany cheaper than pine, 5000 women students at Swiss universities, British imports of farm products at 900 million dollars annually, one million dollars sent to Norway by Norge-Americans, 44 Kansas counties with no pauper and 37 with no jail inmate, Sir Harry Johnston says London misery exceeds Africa’s.
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