07 Jan 1869
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1869
Page
1
A freight train fatally injured a young man near Pilcher Tunnel while he stood on the engine footboard. The report notes his character as an “excellent young man” and records local festival events and various community notices from TrimMe Township and surrounding areas.
An old newspaper fragment shows shop ads urging readers toward groceries confectionaries and goods on Court Street with notices of a Good Templar meeting and closing stock sales. It mentions fashionable items sales pitches and a health tonic Plantation Bitters claimed to restore vigor and appetite.
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