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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1876
Page
15
An array of 18th century reflections includes the Lexington retreat on April 19 1776 and Yorktown’s 1781 surrender, with American losses totaling eight thousand and British losses about twenty thousand five hundred. It also notes Paisley Scotland as a major thread mill hub and Vermont prison chaplain success with converts.
A liberal minded Englishman plans to embed fifteen thousand corked bottles in Arctic ice. Each bottle holds a history of the world according to Masonic records, from Creation to the second Primacy of Mr Disraeli. The aim is to give future posterity a chance to discover the legendary world through these inscriptions.
After twenty years together Esther E. Saulspaugh and her husband separated in 1864 and a 1874 decree modification aimed at re marrying them was pursued by Saulspaugh. She sues for breach of promise after repeated failed marriage arrangements and a Brooklyn Justice hearing for change of venue to Onedin county. The story then shifts to vivid description of antique lace reproduction trends and their fashion use and pricing.
The New York Herald notes a Springfield Mass woman sought for suitors may be blind and deaf at times. She alternates between near perfect health and bedridden days. Her throat sometimes closes, forcing liquid nourishment through a tube, and she once crawled beneath a table in a moment of distress. Morphine use is implied in the account.
The International Congress of Geographical Sciences in Paris praises the U S Signal Service as highly organized and essential. It details 108 stations, 1,044 daily reports, nine weather charts, and farmer friendly forecasts with rapid distribution, urging permanent funding and better pay and promotion for staff.
A life insurer president asserts women live longer in the country than elsewhere due to tenacity of life, despite appearing less robust. A student asks why a cat turns its head while eating, and a professor answers that the cat cannot turn its head in both directions at once.
While a river boat loaded at La Crosse a large gray mule balked at boarding. The deck hand, following an order to twist the mule's tail, died in the attempt, aCasabianca echo in the perilous moment.
A brief, fragmented note reflects on Providence guiding a small man and his large wife toward domestic peace, mentioning Raman Mateohne as part of the sparse text. The readable fragment hints at moral or domestic themes without a clear event.
A public notice indicates a person may be found or whose whereabouts are being ascertained by contacting the Mayor's office at City Hall in Athens Ohio. Date cited January 8 1976.
East bound times and routes list stops from Athens to Marietta and back. Reads as a timetable fragment with times 1.28 2.35 3.28 5.20 and multiple stop names including Athens Main L Canaanville New England Big Run Marietta and Al. Ather with departures and notes.
Two daily express trains run Sunday excepted from Athens to Eprom and Logan to Straitsville with arrivals at 12.15 PM and 3.30 PM. Connections link Lancaster to Circleville and the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley system with Columbus routes to Cincinnati, Buffalo, Philadelphia, New York and the East. W A Mills and M M Green sign.
Train departures and arrivals listed for routes from Cleveland to Columbus to Cincinnati via Buffalo Niagara Falls Rochester Albany Boston and New York City. Key times include 10.00 am from Cleveland and 5.20 pm to New York City with multiple intermediate stops and prices noted.
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