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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1895
Page
3
A poem from The Telegraph cites a line of memory and faith across death between two souls. Samantha W. Shoup is credited in the New York Independent.
Rosine Wilde, aided by Miss Magnolia, uses a primrose satin gown to charm Uncle Albert Chartreau at the Chartreaus fancy dress ball in New Orleans. Cyril Rodney schemes to win over the skeptical uncle for Rosine’s romance, amid social testing and family pride.
In a New Orleans setting Rosine Wilde meets her relatives including Uncle Albert Ellsworth known as the dragon. Anger, recognition, and a bout of deception reveal Magnolia as the former beloved. The dragon reconciles with Magnolia, Cyril and Rosine, and declares love leading to an engagement. The scene closes with a lighthearted vow for a southern wedding.
Six Waterloo veterans remain in Prince, fourteen in England, and three in the United States. Viscount Worseny and Sir Donald Stewart received field marshal batons from the queen. A French naval post is planned at Port en Bessin with a larger entrance and basins for ironclads. Captains Manan and Humbery noted for faith and war service. Humbery killed by a butcher’s cart on Westminster Bridge. An aluminium torpedo boat for France reportedly loosens joints from sea water, risking disintegration. Frederic Mistral named officer. Alexander Dumas elevated to grand officer of the Legion of Honor.
Miss Arurnn Winns of San Jose collects locks of football heroes. J T Wearne contracted to teach cricket to Patiala prince and family members. Margaret Deland shifts from aversion to active football spectator. Princess of Wales and daughter take up cycling after Denmark visit. Paris eyes a grand prix of 6000 dollars at Vincennes next summer with municipal funding under review. Madrid bullfights cause multiple fatalities and injuries, Espartero among the dead. four more fighters die elsewhere. A Chinese report on golf notes a magic bullet powered by clubs that vanishes into a hole.
A quirky survey of famed figures and their preferred foods. Sin Wanton Ravurow favors suet pudding while Hume lauds sowans as Scotland’s best dish. Lacn eats light bread and coffee for breakfast. Firepinae recalls currant jelly tarts. Donne praises venison haunch. Givex favors pastry. James Thompson would trek England for a pleasant dinner. Massineri enjoys veal chops with butter and ale. Nay on bread cheese coffee for breakfast and beer at supper. Devon champions mackerel and mutton as top flesh varieties.
A fragmented home crafts column lists kitchen tips such as adding grated coconut to cookies, butter in flour for pie crust, and methods to remove smells and gloss collars with turpentine. It also notes cleaning with ammonia and storing smoke with salt. Industrial notes claim Maine canned sweet corn worth a million dollars. It ends with early 20th century advertisements for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills.
Prernron ct m used in Germany to prevent boiler scale. Argon named for the new atmospheric element discovered by Lord Rayleigh and Ramsay. Gray telautograph sends drawings London to Paris by telegraph. Two total solar eclipses occurred in 1712 and 1889, rare event won't recur until 2057. A thousandth of a second error in astronomy could shift a star by 200 billion miles. An orrery misrepresents celestial proportions. sun must be 1 inch and Earth nearly invisible with a star 300 miles away.
A mixed crop of transit ideas and quotes. London to Dover & Chatham tests a nanod car sail propulsion, Bombay tram cars gain life guards, Vienna plans an elevated rail with top mounted wheels, Sweden’s rail system praised for size and reach, and Siberian line brigandage to be countered by a Cossack colony. Also noted are musings on harmony, tobacco bans for Paris schoolchildren, and a Buckeye Route chair car noon train with 25 cent tickets.
Ohio Central trains change from November 25 with northbound and southbound schedules via Columbus Gallipolis and Toledo. Advertises Buckeye Route mileage books, excursion tickets to the South, and B&O lines, with agent contact in Columbus and Athens rail stations.
The Buckeye Flyer bills itself as the businessman's train for Chicago. It departs Columbus nightly, offers solid service with day coaches and Pullman sleeping cars, no car changes, and parlor and palace coaches on express routes to Columbus and Ohio River points. Tickets and full information are available from any agent or W H Fisien, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Columbus Onto.
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