09 Jul 1874
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1874
Page
1
Attorney listing for Andrew J. Davison with offices in Athens Ohio. Includes dates 1874 and 1869 and notes physician surgeon location over Sirvas old stand and Norton’s Building Main Street Athens.
The Athens Messenger lists nine daily express and fast lines with departures from Columbus and Cincinnati routes, noting connections at Lancaster and Columbus. It details westbound and eastbound trains, stops at multiple towns, and the West St. Louis express stopping points, plus note on special stops and connections.
Starting Monday May 28 1871 passenger trains depart Columbus for Cleveland Buffalo Niagara Falls Rochester Albany Boston and New York City with through connections to Dunkirk Crestline Pittsburg Harrisburg Baltimore Washington Philadelphia and Fort Wayne Chicago and more. Morning and through car services marked with Palace Day and Sleeping Cars. No 6 runs Sunday to New York arriving Monday morning. through tickets and times available from E Fond Columbus Ohio FE Flint Gen Sup James Patterson General Agent.
Boats depart Parkersburg and Marietta on varying days and times for cities including Wheeling Gallipolis Cincinnati and Pittsburg with vessels such as Ema Graham Por Gallipolis R R Tindsen Granite State Andes Kittie Nye and Hubble to Beverly plus Carrie Drooks and routes to Zanesville. Some boats run daily others on alternating days with times around 4 to 5 AM and 1 PM noted.
A debated essay reviews life stages from childhood to old age, arguing constants like exercise, diet, and routine shape longevity. It links overfeeding, fashionable dress, and late-life ailments to lifestyle choices while advising careful planning of work travel, reading, and medical care.
A preacher named Lorenzo Dow faces arrest and jail for slander after denouncing a wealthy deceased resident. Beech er and Tilton clash with silence as gossip and a staged ecclesiastical farce unfold, while Nun of Kenmare Mary Frances Clare critiques women’s rights and gender norms in Fraser's Magazine.
An eminent fashion arbiter declares that true women should dress with grace and simplicity to prove that their husbands have not robbed a bank or led a criminal ring. The remark links clothing to social propriety and trust.
The San Francisco benefactor James Lick gives 700000 for a Tahoe Observatory telescope, 420000 for public monuments, 150000 for San Francisco baths, 100000 for an Old Ladies Home, 10000 to the Society for the Protection of Animals, 25000 to the Ladies Protection Relief Society, 10000 to the Mechanics' Library, 25000 to San Jose Orphan Asylum, 150000 for a bronze monument in Golden Gate Park, 300000 for a California school of mechanical arts, with the remainder to the Pioneers' Society and provisions for relatives and a personal homestead.
The piece notes imported hardships abroad with high prices in European watering places. It cites Ems where coffee and milk cost half a dollar, a bath costs fifty to seventy-five cents, and carriage hire is high. It contrasts Niagara pricing with exposure to emperors in Russia and Germany, then muses on idealized martyrdom versus real provocation.
Honor F Hunt defends the modern newspaper in strong terms citing its power to inform and shape public opinion. The press, described as the army for moral progress, educates, channels sentiment, and exposes corruption while champions civil privileges and public duty.
Charles Crowell a 70 year old man in Green Village New Jersey lived as a chained, clothingless inmate in a small straw furnished room for over 45 years. His mother and sister died from the burden of caring for him and his niece Mrs Burt later tended him. Moments before death his mind briefly cleared and he called an attendant by name.
In The International Review Rev Ray Palmer discusses William Cullen Bryant’s late life translation effort of Homer. He notes Bryant began the Iliad task in 1865, finished the Iliad in 1860, then started the Odyssey which ended in 1871, marking about six years of labor in old age.
A new newspaper titled Whiffs from Ararat is published by American pilgrims at Mount Ararat’s base. It covers local topics, cites wives’ prices in Armenian villages from £2 to £16, and discusses a peasant belief that the world rests on a giant ox whose irritation causes earthquakes.
A Hartford man keeps a spade by the kitchen door and demands a four by four foot garden dig for a meal from any tramp who begs. The tramp refuses each time. A rueful line notes that half of mankind are not born with saddles on their backs to be ridden by the other half.
A historical account describes Japan’s peaceful reforms under a Mikado court noble Iwakura Tomomi and allies. It details centralization, abolition of provincial rule, disarmament of samurai, end of monastic power, revived education with Roman letters, adoption of English for elites, Code Napoleon adaptation, entry of foreign travel, and early modernization including railways telegraphs and decimal money.
Bayard Taylor describes a Bodak museum collection with 4000 year old stools nets knives needles and cups. He notes dyed earthware blue and yellow patterns and child’s toys mirroring Greco Roman life as Vesuvius ashes preserve the past. Egyptian pieces date from 1000 to 3000 years before our era.
After services Mr Beech er steps onto the platform stairs and faces a crowded corridor. An old man presses forward to greet him saying he is to see Beech er and recalls a past church visit in Cincinnati. The crowd chats and laughs as Beech er acknowledges the reunion.
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