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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1882
Page
10
The piece lampoons funeral customs with anecdotes of Irish wit at burials. It contrasts solemnity and humor, recounting misread eulogies and a boastful, distraught widower whose antics disrupt the service, and ends with courtroom antics about a docile woman.
Olive Logan writes from London that a craze to have hands photographed is sweeping society. Hands offer a stable image, reveal character, and show strength or delicacy. Many have molds made for glove makers to fit each hand, while dressmakers use stand ins to avoid trying on.
A dialogue reveals a gentleman requesting leniency for a woman. The new conductor weighs a mild rebuke, noting no clear cause for harsher action and suggesting restraint in handling the situation.
A young American, touring Europe with a party, sought his ancestral link in a small parish register dating to 1630. The rector traced a two and a half century lineage, enabling a probable heraldic pedigree, while the finder pondered a donation to the church. The note adds that notes on Roman railroads and P. T. Barnum’s gift to Bridgeport library accompany the item.
A self closing water faucet gains notice as Yankee wit. Notes on ore finds near Piney Mountain north of Canyonville Oregon. Three year observations by M Feye show lightning strikes on oaks beeches and conifers. Tea trade shifts favor India over China since 1877. Swank cites US iron and steel output surpassing Britain, with lead in pig iron and steel likely this year. Scientific American illustrates hand grip wear on a hickory hammer handle in three months of use.
A collage of quips and mischief cites Pat and others trading tall lies for coins, echoes of teetotalism jokes, playful boasts about wealth, and a slice of social bias. It includes regional quips and a brief anecdote about a streetcar mishap, ending with a gentleman’s witty retort.
Fort Bennett post adjutant warns doctors and apothecaries to search records for two years for orders of poison after an arsenic poisoning attempt. He urges authorities and newspapers nationwide to aid in tracking the culprit believed to travel by mail.
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