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 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1875
Page
7
The article extols using the drill for wheat sowing, estimating labor and seed savings of 31.00 and half a bushel per acre, plus a crop gain of about six to nine dollars per acre. It argues drills justify capital, or hiring from neighbors, when ten acres or more exist, and claims machinery improves farming practices and gates, fences, and plowing in its wake.
The article discusses Dr. Charles S. Robinson in Scribner on New England and her Church and Leonard Bacon's Genesis of the New England Churches. It likens New England people to sharp granite grains on Cape Ann Beach, preserving individuality and independence despite social jostling, describing their strong originality as the true ring of the region.
The piece explains feeding aims for growing stock using green corn peas and mixed hog feed with corn and salt. It emphasizes digestibility, field peas as drought tolerant, turning under residue as fertilizer, saving manure, and economy by maximizing corn use for meat work and future soil fertility.
For valuable breeding sheep use metal ear marks and color codes. Ewes and wethers receive shoulder or rump marks with a stripe for sale. Separate flocks promptly and feed fattened animals separately with grain. Lambs stay with a dry ewe away from the flock. Increased dog danger as ewes come into season and bells offer little protection. An elderly resident notes a winter with unusually high pneumonia and related deaths, blamed on current house warming methods.
A light snack before sleep helps prevent restless nights and nightmares, while a full meal harms rest. A cracker, bread and butter, or fruit can restore tone and ease early morning headaches, with some reporting quicker sleep and fewer awakenings. Experts advocate light late nourishment for insomnia.
A historic note by Maj Powell describes a heathen artist’s record of Spanish conquerors demanding baptism to save or execute. The illustration shows a priest pouring water on a native and a captive with a cord, linked to a bearded figure in Spanish armor.
A Knob Noster Missouri druggist John A. Kimzey reports strong sales of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. He states the medicine sells better than any other and yields universal satisfaction among customers, especially women in various life stages. It is sold by druggists and medicine dealers.
By virtue of an execution directed to me I shall offer for sale at public auction at the door of the court house in Athens Ohio in Athens county while on a specified date. The sale will be conducted by the officer under the writ and will include property subject to the lien. Potential bidders should attend for details of terms and conditions.
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.