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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1897
Page
8
The column lists residents visiting relatives and friends in Cobini and Athens, including Mr and Mrs J F Biddle hosting a New Year reunion. It notes school activities, a medal contest, and a New Year party at Edith Vorhes and others homes. Community gatherings, church notices, and local saloon plans are mentioned along with student travels and family updates.
Local residents travel to and from Amesville, Marietta, and nearby towns visiting relatives and hosting guests. Weddings, dance events, and a Christmas holiday gathering mark social life, with many names listed as attendees or invitees. The district school reopens and teachers report disciplined progress.
Wedding bells rang as Miss Janet Carpenter wed James McHarg of Wells Plains in December. A lively New Year gathering at Rev. Pitcher’s home and a hog mystery headline the social notes, with weather praised as unusually mild and residents recounting visits, dances, and family celebrations across Buckeye hills.
In Marpsburg a week of religious events is planned with sermons at Lathrop next Sunday evening and series of meetings at the fay church. Filia Gopkins of Columbus was home for the holidays. A death in Washington prompts relatives to travel for funeral interment.
Weather has been favorable for farm work this winter and roads are in good condition. A New Year family reunion at H H Wolfe's home drew twenty guests. Hiram Shepard died at his residence on New Year’s night after a lingering illness. he was an early pioneer who supported local education. The Bishopville funeral Sunday was well attended with Rev. Stewart presiding.
Fragmented report notes protracted gathering at Lawrence chapel with references to Ohio University visitors and local church activities. Mentions Rev Dickey and wife, Miss Ressig Hamid, TE Caldwell, and Sanders among Athens residents during holidays.
An article describes a method used in North End Orton schools to teach English to Italian, Portuguese, Polish, and German Jewish children through object lessons. Young female teachers lead repeated unison phrases, then progress to tenses with actions like running and halting. Pupils write sentences on boards as they learn spelling reading and writing.
A contorted account describes a Belgian punishment where a condemned person is placed in a dungeon and deprived of human voice or sight. Food is shoved through a panel, and no prisoner has endured more than three years, as officials seek to prolong life yet drive inmates toward madness.
A collage of cheeky snippets spans sources from Detroit Free Press to Indianapolis Journal and Youth's Companion. It quotes witty lines about fortune telling, a stingy old maid, wheel lessons, and a prince, with brief references to a Derby and a silk hat claim in the Washington Star.
A fragmentary survey of medieval beliefs about unicorns, describing three kinds of unicorns and distinguishing white, blue-eyed forms from horned deer-like creatures. The text hints at horn colors and mythical attributes, noting varied legends and speculative sizes while remaining unclear and garbled.
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