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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
2
A dense, era echo column blends literary satire with social critique. It weighs political acts in Ohio and public behavior, questions about voter reading of party platforms, and urges individual self reliance while lampooning pretensions and gossip. It laments declining charity yet stresses personal effort and confidence.
A San Francisco ordinance taxes slot telephones and requires device connection before coin insertion. An English engineer notes battery gains cut car weight from 1,666 to 560 pounds in two years. Reports discuss electric arc furnace temperatures near 4,600 degrees and plans for electric vehicles in Devid II park. New York tests wireless alarm circuits and multiple simultaneous alerts to fire HQ, reducing confusion.
The piece surveys stamp changes amid the Hoer-Uritiah conflict and honors Victor Robert’s Persian collection. It notes Netherlands stamps for Persia, postal rule shifts on revenue stamps, Cuban issues, and a description of a Stomach Endoscope and Hocester’s Bitters as remedies. It references Ladysmith and Nova Scotia resources, plus a joke about optimists and pessimists.
Instructions describe constructing a toy heat powered motor using rising hot air from a lamp or stove. A cardboard disc with eight blades forms the rotor, mounted on a wooden hub and wire shaft with a band wheel and spool. The device relies on a hot air column to drive the blades, using a crosspiece stand and adjustable legs to position the motor near the heat source.
In Norfolk County asylum officials captured a young rabbit and entrusted it to a doe named Muay. Contrary to expectations the doe did not kill the creature, instead adopting and nursing it as her own. Both animals appeared content, sharing a maternal bond.
Persistent leg sores and ulcers, once thought urgent, are said to become chronic without blood purification. The text stresses the need to eliminate poison from the blood rather than rely on external treatments, noting running sores worsen over years and sap vitality.
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