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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1895
Page
3
Poetic reflection describing a imagined balloon voyage to a distant castle beyond the yellow moon. The piece contrasts a dream world with absent practicalities, noting champagne cisterns, steep roofs, and absent neighbors as a metaphor for escaping daily toil and scribbling in ink.
A sunlit scene at a busy station introduces Prince Paul Demtoff and Lady Constance Azuregore as they conceal identities, board a yacht, and plan an elopement amid pursuit. The pair exchange secrets and fates unfold with deception, danger, and a daring escape.
A collection of brief notes quotes: a Marvard president senior sails for Egypt for months. Edison’s great-grandfather dies at 102. Ingersoll’s lecture fees total $3,600 in Chicago. Miss McCulloch tours the world with Prof. Hugh McCulloch. Various remarks cover Wilde, Sir Pauncefote, marriage quirks, and literary edits at Magnard’s Pigaro. The Palais Bourbon library holds 150,000 volumes with high demand for classic authors.
A Harvard professor at dinner fends off three waiters with a quip about whether soup is compulsory. The exchange ends with a mock turtle remark. In a separate note, an inventor pitches a folding bed that can convert into a coffin, risking death by suffocation.
A Maryland station notes poultry yields higher profits than other meats and asks why farmers avoid lore poultry. It links seed potato quantity to yield, discusses potato size and harvest timing, and offers rabbit tree protection with screen wire. California fruit growers consider carbonic weld gas for shipping to cut cold storage costs.
A missionary ship will be commissioned to conduct work in Puget Sound. The Methodist Episcopal church plans foreign missions with 802,040 dollars and home missions at 475,205 dollars for the coming year. The Salvation Army publishes 28 War Cries in 14 languages with a total annual circulation of 15,000,000. Reverend Russell H. Conwell preaches to a large Philadelphia congregation. Professor Charles A. Ericas notes rapid growth of the Salvation Army.
A curious collection outlines tiny sea life and coastal eating habits. It notes a sea-galley the size of a hazelnut can kill a herring swiftly, lists sea worms eaten by Italians French and Spaniards, and mentions vast sea life on coral branches. It adds that three quarters of world drainage reaches the Atlantic and that sea pens move by expanding and contracting like earthworms.
Craner’s Aunt runs in London for a third year as Benitoz’s Lenfance du Christ headlines Paris Christmas festivities. Jane Talpine leaves Comedie Francaise for Gymnase. Sardou to write a new play. Got’s farewell at Comedie Francaise revives Evvie Aubien’s Le Vils de Giboyer. Norwegian theater scene boasts Bjornson Ibsen statues by Stefan Sinding. Mrs Keeney turns ninety, debuting as Rosina in Love in a Village. Marchese Giorgio Capranica del Grillo marries in Rome. aged performer retires after 20 years. Lady Artiun Minn writes The Ferry Girl with Dowshire libretto. Irish plot The Family of These Indies belongs to the Irish peerage. Dublin premiere hailed as successful.
A compact collage of maxims and sayings from Tennyson Hawthorne Dickens and others. It presents reflections on passion honesty motherly virtue and diligence with a mix of classical and literary voices.
One thousand rose trees are needed to yield two ounces of attar of roses. A Gardiner guardian slept on shift and had valuables stolen. A shoemaker notes early day boot fittings, later the feet swell. Hayes predicts a new dress, but happiness hinges on a matching bonnet. An 11 year old boy in Georgia is entered for fat child championship with 160 pounds. Utica toll gate claim debunked by Allegheny City which has two gates. Norwich Sun reports Frank Crumb of South Plymouth escaping a ferocious bull.
The document lists legal holidays including New Year’s Day in most states, Saturdays as a holiday in several states, and fast days by presidential appointment. It notes regional practices in Scotland and historic religious celebrations, such as tabernacles at Solomon’s Temple and various Jewish feasts.
The article notes historic fuel lamps in Sicily and Greenland, where rock oil and candle fish served as light sources. It mentions the pyrophone gas flame instrument and Dublin’s early gas lamps from 1818 to 1825, plus Italian coal oil pits near Modena.
Ohio Central trains change effective November 25 with numbered routes to Athens Toledo Gauley Columbus and Gallipolis and arrivals to Charleston Columbus and Athens. B&O schedules list West and Eastbound trains with connections at Marietta, plus excursion and mileage ticket info and January 1895 round trips to southern states.
The Homeseekers' Excursion sells tickets to points south and southeast for a round trip fare. Apply to nearest B and O W Ry agent or J M Chesbrough, General Passenger Agent, St Louis. Mileage books cover multiple lines including OC H V and Ohio Central. Buckeye Route mileage spans 56 lines, pays excess baggage and adds parlor car seats. On sale at Athens stations.
The Buckeye Flyer is advertised as the business man's train for Chicago. It departs Columbus nightly year round and travels with elegant day coaches and allman sleeping cars. No car changes, Bulfet Parlor Cars through to Chicago on day trains, Parlor Cars and Palace Coaches on expresses between Columbus and Ohio River points. Ticket agents or W H Fisuka, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Columbus Ohio offer full information.
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