16 Jan 1857
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1857
Page
1
A collection of short poems and aphorisms appears, featuring lines from Bryant Keble Beaumount and Beaumont. The pieces celebrate steadfast duty, endurance, friendship, joy, and beauty, with reflective notes on art and mortality.
A pedlar in a New England tavern recalls a pistol drawn chase through Indiana woods. The robber hides in the wagon, but the traveler outsmarts him with a hidden wrench and a dawn arrest, earning a $200 reward and saving his cargo.
The article discusses that drinking water with meals aids digestion unless excessive, fats and pork are best not washed down with large water amounts, while beer and wine are harmful only in excess. It notes wine can extend fullness aiding long journeys. A necrological table lists numerous notable deaths in 1856, including Berrien, Major Decs, Lord Hardinge, Pottinger, and others across England, Russia, France, Poland, and the US. it reflects on figures from science, literature, arts, and industry and ends with temperance leader Theodore Mathew among the deceased.
Thackeray notes we arrive at places rather than travel and Ruskin calls railway journeys mere sending to a destination, akin to becoming a parcel.
An excerpt describes a breathing method to increase lung capacity. It instructs standing upright in pure air, exhaling through pursed lips, then raising the arms to draw in air, opening the chest, and repeating after bathing and during the day. Claims include a chest expansion of several inches over months.
A moral exhortation urging individuals to pursue their own labor and effort to wealth. It advocates choosing a profession early, staying focused, and turning away from inheritance to become creators. It emphasizes discipline, will power, self reliance, and personal responsibility.
The city of St Paul Minnesota reports 8300 received for liquor licenses and 87 for wharfage during November.
A nostalgic poem celebrating the household baby as a joyful treasure that brightens mothers and grandfathers its cheerful giggles and claps delight siblings and pets as the baby inspires play and affection throughout the home.
A Victorian critique argues against betting as proof of correctness, calling out money as a poor judge of truth and warning that wagering on opinions demeans character and fuels social folly. It laments gamblers among the educated and urges honest argument and confession when wrong.
A Horning party near Rochester last week served wine laced with poison according to a recount. The distraught couple heard rumors of entertainment to come and the doctor who sold the bride the dose was summoned as attendees suffered severe stomach cramps. An emetic was used to purge their appetite for further trouble.
An excerpt outlines advertising rates including half and quarter column spaces with prices, mentions yearly insertions, and notes discounts for long-term ads. It also states ads lacking insertion counts will be returned and charged, candidates’ names incur a $1.00 fee, and advance payment is required.
A Boston Journal correspondent laments the toll of wealth chasing in New York. A rich merchant with a fortune is hospitalized after a city life of endless work. Domestic life erodes as time at home becomes rare and mental strain grows.
A medical student and his Jewish beloved Minna fall in love in Berlin. Legal obstacles block their marriage until both convert to each other’s faith. After years of struggle, Minna becomes a Sewesa Mora and the fiancé converts to Protestantism, only to marry, leaving them in a renewed trap of interfaith limits.
The five Great Lakes are reported to cover 90 000 square miles with a total length of 1 634 miles. Lake Superior is 355 miles long with a mean depth of 988 feet and an area of 32 000 square miles. Lake Michigan spans 360 miles with a breadth of 108 miles and 29 000 square miles in area. Lake Huron measures 29 miles in length with 169 miles breadth and 999 feet mean depth. Lake Erie is 25 miles long with 87 breadth and 209 feet depth, covering 6 000 square miles. Lake Ontario runs 150 miles long with mean breadth 65 miles, 530 feet depth, and 2 4 square miles in area.
The piece describes a candle wick arrangement using bismuth impregnated oil and spirally wound strands around a center rod, pouring tallow to form separate flames that curl and consume. It notes a plan to prevent curling during combustion and mentions light any time of year. Fremont's Mantrosa Katara Mariposa Democrat reports the Board of Supervisors of Mariposa assessing a large tax.
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