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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1895
Page
3
A Philadelphia Times excerpt discusses veil wearing and beauty, advising secure fit and modest impact on appearance. It also features letters on fashionable living, detailing a New York bachelor apartment lifestyle with shared costs and self-sufficient dining, plus a guide on washing silk wares.
A humorous reminiscence describes a mistaken telegram ordering one hundred baby carriages for a private residence. A young lawyer endures town chatter and a staged baby show that spirals into a neighborhood spectacle, with mothers arriving to enter infants and the protagonist scrambling to stop the absurd event.
Ohio Central schedules change from November 25 with northbound trains to Athens Toledo at 6 00 am Charleston Toledo at 1 12 pm Gauley Columbus at 5 10 pm and southbound to Columbus Gauley at 10 46 am Toledo Charleston at 6 36 pm Col Athens arrival 8 10 pm. B and U O S W times at Athens updated. West and east bounds on line B and UO S W. Direct Marietta connection available for train 34 from 6 17 am, return at 4 17 pm, eight hours in Marietta.
Multiple Buckeye Route excursion offers promote one fare round trips to Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia and other states with 20 or 30 day return windows. Advertisements urge readers to contact Columbus agents for leaflets and details about Buckeye mileage tickets valid across dozens of lines.
Agents of Ohio Central Lines will sell Home Seekers Excursion Tickets to Virginia North and South Carolina Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee. Rate one fare for round trip. Limit 39 days to Virginia and 20 days to other territory. March 5.
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