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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1883

Page

3

A Counterfeiter's Confession of a London Fraud

A tale recounts a London counterfeiter's methodical plan to steal a celebrated economist's work and forge documents. He leverages a forged Mason persona, crafts a fake frontispiece, and secures bank drafts before fleeing to St Petersburg, ending with a note on Lincoln's height controversy.

Henry Shackleford

Excerpt cites Voltaire prophecy on Christianity and 1880 English speakers

The text notes Voltaire’s claim that Christianity would vanish before the nineteenth century and, in 1880, reports 24 million English speakers with 14 million Protestants 5.5 million Romanists and 4.5 million without religious belief in that demographic.

Voltaire

Diamond Dyes Sold Widely with No Complaints

Millions of packages of the Diamond Dyes have been sold without a single complaint. Everywhere they are the favorite Dyes.

Hartford Girl Faces Off Fearsome Dog

A Hartford girl was pursued by a ferocious dog but turned to confront the beast. The dog fled after she faced it bravely, friends attributing the escape to her courage while the owner credits her looks as the decisive factor.

Hartford

How to Treat a Beau in a Late Visit

A Boston Courier advice column suggests two playful strategies for handling a date after ten. If you dislike him, use father’s late bed and burglar fears to scare him away. If you like him, plan a cozy staged fright then cling, then cue a polite departure and a festival invitation.

Birdie Boston Courier

Longfellow of Delaware Takes Third Wife at Seventieth

Jonathan Longfellow of Whitelysburg Delaware, a prosperous farmer, has married a teacher he employed to educate his many children. He already has two wives with many offspring and recently wed the household supervisor after his second wife’s death, completing a unique family story.

Jonathan Longfellow Whitleysburg Kent County Del Bonaparte Longfellow

Wash-day ruins future plans at parting scene

In a brief exchange, a man speaks of holding his partner again and painting a future with bright imagery. She calmly replies that tomorrow is wash-day, ending the romantic moment. The dialogue emphasizes a domestic constraint over rekindled affection.

Henry Fontaine Baden-Baden London Paris Times William Mason Cobden Club Williams & Abercombe Holborn Street Mason Mr. Mason Robert Fairchild Liverpool United States Fairchild Great Britain

New Advertisements Highlighted in Tribune

The New York Tribune presents its new advertisement section under the banner The Largest Circulation Among the Best People. The page showcases upcoming services and commercial notices aimed at readers across Manhattan and surrounding boroughs.

Tribune The America Washington the Tribune Garfield

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