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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1895
Page
3
A catalog of dessert and bread recipes includes Crullers Cocoanut Cookies Ginger Drops and other treats. Instructions give specific ingredients and steps for shaping frying baking and finishing with frosting and jelly. The clippings note a New York Edger source and choices for yeast-based bread preparations.
Summary of scattered foreign events includes Otello performances in Paris with funds donated to charity, scholar Pier LAnounsa honored with a monument, Toucy Burgundy reports a death at ninety three, Zebras domesticated in London, and a series of family weddings and jubilees tied to the Earls of Radford and Bridgeman with dates spanning 1844 to 1872.
Fragmentary notes describe harsh colonial life with vague references to jailfires yellow fever and primitive daily items. The passage notes simple foods like love apples and corn skins as coverings and tiny glass panes, hinting at historical living conditions and rustic practices.
A mix of antiquated anecdotes notes a governor candidate paying for a dress, a poet earning a record sum from a Boston paper, and a Memphis beneficiary who wills fishing tackle to lie with him. It also mentions Joan Ruskin opposing chrysanthemums as artificial cultivation.
Curiosities note human height declines in old age while Darwin says dullard eaters are deaf. Meteors yield twenty two elements. Beaver tails serve as a trowel and a hog eats fewer plants than herbivores. Carnivorous animals bear at most two young. Ventimins lack smell and carcasses hidden from view go undetected. A Paris florist charged Russia’s sword for Carnot funeral orders.
A narrator recounts entrusting a sealed packet to a friend named Guy Denning after he warned it contained the most precious thing in the world. Five weeks pass without Denning’s return, and the packet’s contents a dried orange seed from China prompt speculation of possible madness or secret value, as Dr. Macpherson examines the item and its uncertain owner.
In a tense late night scene Denning reveals he will die by a poisoned orange pip bought in China. The narrator contacts Macpherson the brain specialist who administers an antidote and prepares Denning for a possible recovery while the physician notes the poison has no antidote.
Lip care advice links unhealthy digestion to chapped lips and mouth sores. Remedies include sweet oil or glycerine at night, alum or borax water wash, camphor ice, and five cent Star Citrine ointment. Diet shift to vegetables advised. cooking tips describe improvised broiling methods and timing.
Change of Time notices detail revised arrival and departure times for the RB & O and Buckeye Route trains serving Athens. It lists west and eastbound trains, connections to Marietta, and excursion ticket options to the south, with price points and agent contact details.
The Business Man’s train for Chicago departs Columbine daily year round and runs through without changes. Parlor cars and lavish coaches on all express lines between Columbus and Ohio River towns. For full information contact W U Pistiki, General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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