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 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1900
Page
8
Residents from Guyeville to Amesville share holiday visits and family news. Local churches, schools, and meetings are noted, with social gatherings, travels to Columbus and Marietta, and ice harvesting reports highlighting a busy season in Athens County communities.
Community updates from Nelsonville report scarlet fever warnings in final town sections. Notable mentions include Mrs Annan Raybould in Athens on business, funeral attendance in Columbus, and several area residents changing jobs, visiting relatives, or hosting gatherings. The piece notes a typhoid death, paralysis scare, local ice harvesting, and preparations for a Queen Esther cantata with about forty singers.
Community updates include Joan Teeters building a new barn, Ab Galbraith recovering, Lillian Edgerton visiting Athens, and a Bethel protracted meeting starting Monday. O W Potts couple to settle here, J W Potts buys Columbus lots for investment, Clyde Potts drilling near Amesville for oil, Harmon youths host library fundraiser, and Armstrog with Hutman attend a regional executive committee meeting and banquet.
Village items report Isaac Brewster of Guysville cutting and packing fees. Residents plan holidays with relatives. Stewart area timber purchase for a stave factory. various visits and meetings noted. Rev F B Cheadle begins M E church meetings. New Year events and family moves described. MARCUMONT and LOUTTHIDGE notices include births, protracted meetings, and social gatherings with names of locals and surrounding towns.
The report notes a cold snap as Chorinometer drops and residents resume work after festive days. Mro Williams of Monday visits Mra William King, Ott Stowter assists Lt. Saith in the freight office during the holiday rush, and Cr Grimes (now in Leeton) visits relatives. Morris Lady of Siesens plans a charitable coffee gift replacing last year’s flour donation. Adam Srlhour from Weston returns with Fritz Johnson. W C Wells visits Corning on Monday.
A farmer recounts converting a kitchen water tank to keep water cool using a ram and windmill. He describes plumbing changes, avoiding heat, and using sawdust insulation. The excerpt ends with details about the next total solar eclipse on May 21, 1900 and upcoming expeditions to observe it.
Horticulturist Fred W. Card from the Thode Island station shares methods to force rhubarb for an earlier harvest. Transfer plants to a dark cellar corner after fall freeze, keep moist with fine earth, and use a warm or cool cellar for a brighter color and better yield. Root freezing accelerates forcing. harvest varies with temperature.
Advice warns that late grafting season risks harm and that apples require careful sorting. Grapes are noted as easy to grow, and a cool storage area just above freezing is recommended for apples.
Applying salt around the fruit makes plant food available. Large pots yield more foliage than flowers. Small trees roof better than larger ones and start growth sooner. Well drained soil helps roots go deep to resist drought. Tobacco water sprayed on foliage helps control plant mice. Raspberries yield for years. strawberries peak in the first bearing year.
North European Laplanders face dire poverty as reindeer herds shrink from 1000 and 2000 to fewer than 500 in many cases. Diseases, land appropriation by southern settlers, and predators reduce herds, leaving families with insufficient deer for food and clothing and threatening their traditional livelihood.
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.