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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1870

Page

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Napoleons Hatred From Great to Petty Feuds Across Rivals

The narrator lists Napoleon Bonaparte’s hates from grand rivals to petty rivals and associates, noting his loathing of Moreau Bernadotte Stael Saint symbolized, and even his own brother Louis. The piece contrasts Napoleon’s greatness with mean resentments and questions if even the sun has spots.

Napoleon Pichegruc Moreau Toussaint L’ouverture Lotis Madame de Stael Pitt Queen of Prussia Sir George Cockburn Lord Bathurst Hudson Lowe St. Helena Longwood Ike Bernadotte St. Domingo Louis Sidney Smith St. Jean d’Acre Duces Brueys Boulogne Napoleon the Great Tam Hercules Gret

Discovery of Extensive Caves and Mineral Prospects on Range

The article reports new cave discoveries on the Fern and Simpson range with two large caves measured at about twelve hundred and six hundred feet. Copper iron ore shows in the smaller cave while air currents suggest further passages. prospecting crews push to drain and survey the entire range for possible rich leads and another mammoth cave.

Fern & Simpson, Young McLaughlin Hubert

Damascus the City of Antiquity and Trade

The article extols Damascus as the world’s oldest city and a perpetual hub of commerce and culture. It notes its historic associations from Abraham’s era to Mahomet, the Strait street where Saul of Tarsus found illumination, and its enduring wares from riverside caravans to damask fabrics and the famed Damascus blade.

Damascus Tyre Sidon Baalbee Jalmyra Finevell Babylon Tigris Abraham Saul of Tarsus Euphrates Mahomet Julien East Isaiah Syria Portugal England Henry VIII Tamerlane Persia

Night of Fright Ends in Local Woman’s Madness

A group of masked youths frightened infant at Abington home of Mrs. George Marshall, causing her to faint and later collapse into insanity. The incident, described as a severe fright, is reported as a warning against practical jokes.

Galesburg Free Press Abington George Marshall Mra. M

Exodus from Virginia reshapes labor and land use

The press of Virginia notes a daily exodus of African Americans from Virginia, forecasting a shift to Northern small farmers, subdivision of plantations into small farms, rising land prices, and broader economic changes driven by white and foreign capital as masters and workers relocate with the labor shift.

Press of Virginia Lynchsburg Aus Hirling

A Fable and Agricultural News Mixed Narrative

An elegant Italian grayhound mocks a sow and her litter, deeming life unbearable while a pig asks about the visitor. The sow explains his poverty from laboring across the country for little food. A separate Agricultural Bureau report notes crop declines in the West, variable potato growth, and higher flour prices in Prusevit Origons at forty five dollars per barrel.

Mumma Agricultural Bureau Creop Virginia Maryland Kentucky West Virginia Michigan

Daniel Webster as Idol and Pivot of Massachusetts Whigs

A profile of Daniel Webster showing his central role in the Massachusetts Whig Party and how adulation affected his views. It portrays his influence as leader and symbol, the crowds that followed him, and the shift toward self interest that results from power.

Daniel Webster Massachusetts Louis Nev Webster Boston Emerald Isle Pat Harrow Fen

The Russian Crown Jewels Described In Palace Vaults

A correspondent details the royal collection kept in a high palace room. Four loyal guards watch the jewels while the imperial crowns glitter with emeralds sapphires and diamonds. The Empress crown features a cross of diamonds and a large ruby, with a sapphire orb atop.

Saxony

Berne City Layout and Cultural Notes from a Swiss Capital

Berne, largest Swiss canton by population, hosts government and foreign ministers. The city sits on the Aar promontory with arcaded streets, stone houses, and side streams used for sanitation. A Reminiscences tale from Crabb Robinson recalls a Parisian materialist stagecoach passenger confronted by a skeptical elder.

Berne Aar Bologna Italy Switzerland

Yankee Hen Theft Tale From the West

A peculiarly shifting Yankee arrives in the West and borrows a neighbor’s chicken. He gathers eggs from several neighbors and raises a batch of chickens. He returns both hen and eggs with the boast that the chickens cost him nothing and he calls them his finest.

Courage under fire on the Truxton rescue

News of a daring rescue by Capt. Tape of the steam wrecking boat Truxton near the collision of the ferry Manhasset and the Phomix tug. Capt. Scott led a perilous attack through cabin windows into the engine room as water surged. Capt. Beott, a large man, blocked the flood by the tug and secured blankets to delay the sinking until the ship could be freed at Pike Street dry dock, possibly saving hundreds of lives.

The New York Herald Phomix Scott Beott Pike Street

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