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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1896
Page
2
Parkhurst correspondent in Fort Fairfield Beacon details an average potato digging day from 11 p m to 10 p m. The farmer rises at 4 a m, runs the farm, feeds horses, unloads and hauls potatoes, manages crews, swears, tells yarns, steals whisky, chases peddlers, and ends with a kiss to the hired girl and bedtime.
The London News reports the death of Mrs Mussens Balmoral housekeeper to Queen Victoria for decades. She was trusted by the royal family and grandchildren, yet feared by servants for her strictness and imperious temper.
A justice of the peace office in Columbus, Ohio, witnessed a rural couple’s wedding with a comic side as a constable was asked to kiss the bride. The groom offered $1.50 to call off the kiss, paid at a bar after the ceremony, while bystanders watched the unusual rite. A Brooklyn accident tale followed, describing a man conscious after a trolley collision. he noted the exact time and his policy paid out promptly.
A French journal recounts a tale of a royal pupil and his tutor in Roman history. The tutor presses the prince on Caligula, the lesson stalls as silence grows awkward, and the tutor finally concedes that less should be said about it.
The article bills Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as a grand medical discovery. It quotes multiple physicians from New Bedford Massachusetts to Carmel Indiana praising its ability to strengthen nerves and restore health, with endorsements from hospital superintendents and practitioners. Dr. Greene of New York City is cited as the discoverer who offers free consultation.
Real estate transfers list multiple in-lot and out-lot sales in Athens area townships including S. M. Hudson transfers to various buyers with prices noted. AMES, BERN, ALBANY, LODI, TROY, TRIMBLE, WATERLOO townships show numerous deeds among individuals and firms. The section ends with a medicine ad for Shaw's Pure Malt Whiskey sold by K. M. Laird.
The piece previews California as a sunlit, affordable destination with shorter travel from Southern Ohio in four days on fast Buckeye Route trains interconnecting Chicago with Santa Fe. It touts Pullman sleepers, dining cars, and tourist fares year round, urging readers to learn more from travel agents H. V. & R'y or W. H. Fisher in Columbus.
A historical notice urges strict observance of road rules by cyclists, riders, and drivers. It cites safety and courtesy, notes that vehicles must keep to the right, and that wheelmen must turn to the right. If wheelmen cause a collision, they bear legal accountability.
London Truth reports Rev. Thomas Arthur MacMurrough Murphy, rector of Kilternan, has renounced the Murphy name and revived the ancient O Morchoe. He advertises that he, his children, and descendants abandon Murphy and adopt O Morchee. The writer muses on Anglicized Irish names spreading broadly.
The piece cites figures from Spare Moments and a Berlin physician claiming married men live longer. Among 30 to 45 year olds, death rates are 27 percent for bachelors versus 18 percent for married men. At age 60, 22 bachelors oppose 48 married men. by 96, nine married men remain to every three bachelors.
A woman recalls early poverty and intense affection for her husband then notes wealth has driven distance between them. She laments lack of emotional closeness despite abundance, saying money cannot buy the heart, soul, and brain she once shared.
The largest fruit plantations in Jamaica are owned and operated by an American company. It cultivates 44 000 acres, including 25 000 owned and 16 000 leased. Principal crops are bananas and coconuts. Last year it shipped 3 000 000 bunches of bananas and 5 000 000 coconuts to America and elsewhere, employing 11 steamers the company owns.
By virtue of a vendi exponas issued by the Court of Common Pleas of Athens county Ohio the executor shall offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the courthouse in Athens the property in the above entitled action. The sale is directed by the court.
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