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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1900
Page
8
A reader quotes a confession of misjudgment about a man once labeled a fool and a cheat. The speaker acknowledges fault, credits virtue remaining beneath flaws, and recalls late realization that goodness exists within everyone. The note credits S. E. Kiser via the Chicago Times-Herald.
A famed singer Olympia shines in Paris as Juan Rodriguez de Penaflor, a fallen Spanish nobleman posing as Chatelain, falls for her. He contemplates theft, but is saved when she offers him a chance at work. Immense fortune, a pearls heart, and a chance to redeem his life culminate in a quiet suburban wedding, uniting art and compassion.
John Hare and Nelemd for we Olver hosted a supper at the Garrick Club celebrating the two hundredth performance of The Gay Lord Quex. Comyns Carr urged critics should be shot on opening night, while Joseph Knight countered that he often wished he had been shot before entering the theater.
The Chicago Times-Herald notes a son-in-law of the sultan of Turkey has become a reformer and seeks to free his county from tyranny. A pope-in-law refuses to settle the grocery bill, as reported.
New York State station experiments show girdling grapevines can alter growth and ripening. Results vary by variety with some grapes enlarging and ripening earlier when vines are girdled about one third through growth. method, timing, and plant physiology explained by station notes.
Charles Nash notes in American Gardening that manure around young raspberry hills promotes a close fibrous root system, improving hardiness and yield. He warns against crowding near canes, favors well-drained clay loam for largest Cuthberts, and stresses soil fertility between rows for long-term crops.
A London paper notes the dahlia bulb is edible like potatoes when roasted and wholesome for eating. The text recalls the plant’s first European value as a vegetable rather than a flower. It also mentions the Mexican tree habris growing 12 to 14 feet tall.
At Wie Museum of Natural History in Hrowtway SN an overday exhibit features a hive like honeycombed section caused by the teredo shipworm. The article explains its world wide destruction to ships timbers harbor woodwork and docks, notes its rapid boring, life cycle, and defenses such as palmetto wood and large headed nails.
A traveler in Java notes trains move slowly over long distances between towns and walking can beat one over short remaining miles. A passenger recalls passing an express while walking a mile along a parallel highway and briefly entering a shop. In St Louis Miss Daisy Keesil owns a rare mountain lion cub, captured near Witteberg NL, now four weeks old, given by Capt. Byard Burton of the steamer Cherokee. It roams the house calmly with family but spits at strangers.
A report estimates 240000 women in London are domestic servants with about 10000 constantly between placements or seeking new positions, reflecting a high turnover in domestic service. The figure highlights employment instability among London’s female labor force.
Early farming practice favored crop rotation to preserve soil. The article explains benefits of alternating legumes like clover with grain crops, noting four year rotations and variations including mowing, pasturing, and using timothy with clover. It cautions the decline of profits from spring grains and small grains and discusses adjusting rotation to improve soil fertility and yield, including a potato-focused variant.
The Oxeye Daisy is not as hard to exterminate as thought. Cutting in blossom assures extinction since two weeks elapse to seed set. In hay fields it degrades hay quality, while for home feeding it offers high protein and fair energy. Removing the weed saves key fertility and reduces feed costs. grazing animals avoid it except goats and some sheep.
The article notes Japan plans an Arctic voyage to match England in seaborne power. It argues Japanese must adopt the British spirit of venture and discovery, leaving only the poles as uncharted regions for exploration.
An eastern firm turns out large quantities of roofing paper tiles noted for their toughness and glossy glaze, described as similar to Japanese Inc. The tiles are reported to be extremely inexpensive and can be made in any color or shape to suit buyers.
By virtue of an order of sale issued at the Court of Common Pleas of Athens county Ohio the undersigned will offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the courthouse in Athens Ohio the above entitled action. The sale will occur on a date to be announced. The property will be sold to the highest bidder with bidding rules to be set by the court. Interested parties should review the court order for details and rights of redemption.
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