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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1895
Page
3
An excerpt extols a Japanese scholar who refused honors yet donated about ten thousand dollars for war expenses, illustrating national patriotism. It contrasts with China’s leadership, faulting officials for greed and urging devotion to the common good, reform, and earnest public service as future hope.
A writer notes the strict formality of Chinese etiquette yet warm sociability if one is gay. Politeness eliminates language mistakes and social slips at table. A sea slug anecdote shows gentle humor and smooth cultural adaptation fostering cheerful, relaxed conversation.
A New York Observer guide extols parrots as lifelong pets capable of passing heirlooms to descendants. It praises African gray and Mexican green varieties for intelligence, speech, and music, notes risks from overfeeding or poor care, and outlines patient training using repeated phrases and rewards.
A Newport summer scene described by the New York Tribune shows a child boasting of her father’s wealth in a dancing class. When asked if her father is a millionaire, the girl replies she does not know, and notes that all class members claim millionaire fathers.
In Ledyard Connecticut a pre 1710 dwelling known as the Devil's house is linked to a curse. The long history claims multiple deaths in the 19th century and earlier, many violent or sorrowful in nature, fueling local superstition about the property.
John James Mago, once a poor insect collector and British vice consul, was flogged seventy five times by Guatemala’s Commandante Gonzalez. After a British demand for compensation and Guatemala’s punishment, Mago rose to wealth in Paris and Guatemala as a coffee planter and dock contractor. His fortune, estimated at one million pounds, grew from the lashes and ensuing business deals.
A reflective piece discusses child psychology and gaps in practical understanding among students. It recalls a fourteen year old misperceiving the moon and notes color-coded map impressions of states. The essay praises schooling’s value while urging enhancements through manual training to connect learning with real, tangible skills.
A New York Herald report recalls how politeness customs differ by country. A man explains that offering ashes from a cigar is insulting in the West Indies while abstaining is fine elsewhere. He recounts a Lima cafe scene where tipping wine back to a lady caused offense.
A tale recounts an English surgeon in early studies who watched a Paris operation. After the procedure the patient lay motionless, with students believing him dead. A senior surgeon then declares, No, gentlemen, he is not dead, he is English, implying resilience or endurance.
Ancient Greek love of dogs is shown in tales from Marathon to Ulysses. Socrates honored dogs, Alexander the Great built temples for them, and monuments praised famous canines. Notable cases include Soter the Corinthian’s silver collar and Argus who recognized Odysseus after twenty years.
A tale of engagement rumors and a comic telegram mishap unfolds between two men. One learns he is promised to a San Francisco sweetheart, then discovers the telegrams misfiled times created a humorous mix up, highlighting theater of romance and postal gaffes.
In ancient Babylonia bricks from river clay and reed-bound bitumen formed arches and temples, sometimes sun-dried, sometimes baked. In a separate anecdote Mme De Stael and Viscount Choiseul clash over gossip, a biting pun lands hard on the backbiting nobleman.
The text extols Hood s Sarsaparilla as a cure for diseases from impure blood and impaired circulation and claims benefits for scrofula dyspepsia catarrh rheumatism and other ailments. It promotes Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Peits as liver and blood tonics. It also mentions Costa West Quoddy Head Maine pineapples in a school picnic and a Buckeye mileage ticket offer by W H Fisher Columbus Ohio.
Missouri Pacific announces greatly reduced round trip rates to Colorado and Rocky Mountain resorts. Summer tourist tickets limited through October. Special discounts apply to numerous meetings in Colorado this summer. Through trains with Pullman cars Buffet Sleeping Cars and free reclining Chair Cars from St. Louis to Pueblo Colorado Springs and Denver. For time cards and full information contact N. R. Warwick agent 131 Vine St Cincinnati Ohio.
Times for B and UO S W trains at Athens are adjusted for west and east bounds with connections to Marietta. The Colorado Short Line via Missouri Pacific advertises through service St. Louis to Denver with Pullman sleeping and reclining cars. Ohio Central Lines parlor cars return to service on trains 1 and 2 after overhaul. fare to Columbus remains 2 cents.
Interchangeable mileage tickets now cover the B&O system west of Pittsburgh including Pittsburgh & Western. Ohio Central offers tickets combining B&O, Big Four, and Buckeye Route networks with daily through trains Toledo to Charleston via Columbus. Ohio Central 500 mile books cost $10 and are valid one year from sale. F H Hysett Athens is selling and advising on the plans.
The Ohio Central Lines offer daily excursion rates for parties of eight or more to Lakeside Park. A days fishing would brace you up and cure that tired feeling as the fishing scene is described as better than ever before.
The Ohio Central Lines offer round trip tickets from Athens to Columbus every Sunday during the season at one fare. Tickets are valid for return passage on the first train leaving Columbus. F. H. Hysen, Agent.
Change of time announced for the Cincinnati Hamilton Versailles and Junction line. Trains depart Athens at 6 55 a m 12 25 p m 35 05 p m and arrive at 10 20 a m 6 00 p m 38 55 p m. Parlor car Wyandot runs on trains 80 arriving 10 30 a m and leaving Athens at 5 05 p m.
Ten to thirty day personal tours at about three dollars a day include hotel steamship accommodations carriage drives meals and more. A two thousand mile trip along Georgian Bay Mackinac and Les Chenaux up the Mississippi and back. For information call Ohio Central Lines agents.
Advertises a round trip fare on July 5 via Iron Mountain Route to Arkansas and Texas with twenty day privilege. Tickets good for Sunday sales by Ohio Central Lines to Toledo and Columbus at excursion rates, returnable same day. Maps, time cards, land pamphlets available from N. R. Warwick, Agent, Cincinnati.
The C H V T R Y offers excursion tickets to Lancaster camp grounds for July 20 to August 18 at one and one third fare, $1.90 from Athens, return by August 31. One fare excursions via C H V T RY Columbus Ohio and August 1 for Peoples Party convention, tickets valid until August 8.
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