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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1895
Page
2
A column recounts humorous White House reception anecdotes. An energetic older woman with a notebook proclaims she is taking notes for her girls at home rather than tea. Other guests request tea or fruit, with idiosyncratic refusals and quirks highlighted in wry, period voice.
A historical sketch details George Steevens the Shakespearean commentator using hoaxes to mock rival antiquaries like Malone. It recalls fake notices under Colins and Amner purporting to rare books and tales such as a Milton anecdote and the deadly upas tree of Java, illustrating literary trickery and claimed fabrication.
A collection of remark and warning items from the era. It cites a matrimonial scheme involving Chinese suitors, notes on Japanese reactions to Western visitors, and sea-going crocodile tales. Also includes home care tips for winter hands and a moral exhortation attributed to Brougham.
A lengthy engagement ends in a humble marriage in a small house. Paul Weguelin, a clerk, pursues playwriting while Ethel supports his art. After her death, he clings to memory, resumes the drama, and finally sees his play succeed on stage, dedicating triumph to his late wife. The tale traces loss, obsession, and renewal through a man’s return to theatre.
In March 1811 Paris woke to news of a baby at the Tuileries. Cannons marked each gun as the crowd awaited the heir to Napoleon. When the twenty second volley rang out, the crowd proclaimed Long live the emperor and the king of Rome, celebrating a future ruler born to an empress.
The article discusses tobacco cultivation difficulties in Sumatra with entomological pests and drainage needs, then recounts a Paris Polytechnic school trapdoor escape involving hungry cadets, followed by misquoted czar and wood density facts and ends with an advert for Hood's Sarsaparilla to combat spring fatigue.
The Ohio Central adjusted train times from November 25 with northbound No 9 Athens to Toledo at 6 00 am, No 1 Charleston to Toledo at 11 22 am, No 11 Gauley to Columbus at 5 00 pm, and southbound No 10 Columbus to Gauley at 10 46 am, No 2 Toledo to Charleston at 6 36 pm, and No 12 Col to Athens Arr at 8 10 pm. Daily trains run to Columbus and Gallipolis, with limited other trains on Sundays.
The Buckeye Flyer is advertised as the Business Man's Train for Chicago from Columbus, operating nightly year round with elegant day coaches and Pullman Sleeping Cars. No car changes, buffet parlor cars to Chicago on day trains, parlor cars and palace coaches on express trains between I’visi and Columbus and Ohio River points. Tickets and full information available from agents or W. H. Fisner, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Columbus Ohio.
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