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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1895
Page
4
Circulation 3600. Obituaries and resolutions of respect fill pages amid ads for Womankind and Farm News offered free with advance subscription. Senator Thurston’s Lincoln banquet speech praised emancipation and flag, while letters discuss economy and debt. Wheat stocks and farming advice frame a broader finance and policy section.
A Atlantic world snapshot notes Waterloo veterans still living in France England and the US with projections of veterans remaining in fifty years. It reports a new type setting machine claiming 50 000 letters per hour and the need for a type reader. Missionary societies run thousands of stations and schools and spend about 4 500 000 annually. Arctic birds seen in England indicate harsh weather. fish off the South Atlantic coast are chilled and many are caught. Senate deadlocks in Delaware Idaho and Oregon criticized. people protest prolonged contests. A Senate appropriations move proposes 100 000 000 in certificates of indebtedness at 3 percent to cover the treasury deficit.
Cineaco joins 600 Western interior banks to cut New York exchange, letting Chicago draw bills on those banks directly and enabling merchants in smaller cities to obtain drafts on Chicago. The move positions Chicago as the West’s financial center and echoes its commercial strength. The text also notes a half mast flag at the Ohio capitol for Frederick Douglass and comments on Tennessee politics ahead of 1896.
Secretary CaArLise answers Senator Gorman on gold reserve use as of January 1, 1898 and bond proceeds spent for current expenses. He notes $105,002,149 used for expenses and $60,762,172 converted to notes. Debate mentions Lincoln Lee holiday and Southern views on national tribute.
The piece argues the tariff law dissolving reciprocity treaties reduced American exports to Central America the West Indies and South America while Canadian shipments rose. It criticizes party control of legislation over twenty three months and notes gold borrowing costs rose despite tariff revenue. A quoted Clapp's Circular blames policy for trade shifts. It also mentions Wei-Hai Wei and a Scottish legal toast about wills in Edinburgh.
A late 19th century discussion notes two notable youth suicides in Indianapolis and Cincinnati as exceptions to the idea that healthy children do not take their own lives. The piece contrasts youthful impulses with Darwinian instincts and critiques the Fifty-Third Congress, predicting its demise and lamenting legislative ineffectiveness. It also records claims to long editor positions in Ohio, naming Millikan, Kekley, and Judge Taylor.
The article explains voting procedures including separate ballot boxes and poll books for offices, precinct registration rules, and how to mark and fold ballots using the cross method. It also touches on charitable relief efforts and remarks on presidents, battlefield preservation, and Japanese music by women.
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