Portrait of a forbidden lesson on cold and pride
Agnes Waltham irks her health for fashion and social duty while Edward warns of a slight cold’s danger. A rapid decline follows vanity as the couple confronts illness, marriage plans, Cuban exile, and a fatal consumption tragedy ending in a poignant moral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Waltham
Agnes
Edward
Pappa
Miss Hendrickson
Cuba
Walthams
Agnes Walshan
Sam
Carless
Don't Shoot the Birds At Your Cottage Door
Poem excerpt urging protection of harmless birds that nest near cottages from spring through autumn and soothe the farmer's toil with their presence. The lines celebrate birds with buds and flowers and discourage shooting.
What Makes a Good Neighbor According to Ohio Farmer
A rural reflection on neighborly duty. A good neighbor pays fair price for shared fences and quiet, handles unruly livestock without delay, and controls pests and weeds that cross into others’ fields. It asks if one puts convenience above justice and harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ohio
Dark Hours Inspire Heroism Through Adversity
A reflective meditation on dark hours shaping bright years as a message of resilience. The author urges perseverance, stating that hardship tempers heroism and that despair should be resisted while one retains effort and honesty to overcome mortifying failures.
Trarh Sterne and Chatham on life and manners
The piece quotes Trarh Sterne criticizing grand ambitions and urging focus on the self and everyday duties. It also recalls Lord Chatham defining good breeding as benevolence in trifles and notes a young man's reflection on faith and his father's conduct. The proverb compares slander to mud from a passer cart, difficult to remove while wet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trarh
Lord Chatham
Education shapes minds from youth to civilization
A collection of quotes on education emphasizes nurture over nature. Figures such as Locke Adams Burke and Jesus Christ argue education molds character and intellect, guiding nations and individuals toward higher powers and wiser conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dick
John Locke
Wm. Goodwin
John Adams
Kedm
Burke
Lord Brougham
Epicutus
Jesus Christ
Adventures of a Baldwinsville Editor in Syracuse Depot
James W. Clark editor of the Baldwinsville Gazette recounts a chaotic Syracuse trip. A railroad official ejects him for being a stranger while he assists with a trunk, a squaw mistakes him for an Indian, a conductor warns him, and he ends up sat on a lady’s bonnet box before leaving in disgrace. He concludes with a practical tip: never visit Syracuse without shaving and dressing properly.
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Wm. D. Morgan
Morgan
Newark Advocate
Columbus Journal
Buchanan
State
John G. Breslin
Gov. Medill
Treasury
Breslin
Gov. Meaill
Trevitt
Trevitt, Who Was Secretary of State, Knew Best of the Dclarcation of Mr. Breslin
Columbus
Bres
Chase
William D. Morgan
Dennison
Wright
Gibson
Mc Breslin
Ephorn
Bartrean
Jeems
James W. Clark
New York State
Baldwinsville
Onondaga Co
N. Y
Gazette
Syracuse
Central Railroad
Oswego
Fiske
Gonta
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Onite
Court Street
Jewett’s
Athens Lodge
Walsh
Athens
JCF
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Ss. S. Knowles
Oqunadde
Seventh Judicial District
Norton
Hugh Ewing
Hampton B. Denman
Thos. Ewing, JR. Ewing, Denman &C
Attorneys At Law
Leavenworth City
Kansas
Secred
H. T. Brow
T. W. Sparrow
Stimson
DAN. Welf
Arland
Nebraska
Dan. McParland
Carson
Iowa Point
Ter
A. P. Durant
Daguerrean
Main Street
Bye dl
H. K. Blackstone
Wm. McGill
Ehrenreich Buchwald
O. W. Brown
Ohio University
A. van Vorhes
Stillwater
Minnesota
WIIL
General Land Agency
H. T. Brown
HM. P. Ambro
Main Et
Ohto
E. A. Guthrie
John Welch
W. Brown
Justice of the Peace
Athbve
Recorder
D. Culley
Athens CO
Caine
Ce. Danas
G. H. Stewart
Notary Public
Recorder's Office
Perkins & Baker
Pickering & Johnson
Jebalers
Brest Bie
Pickering & Logs Block
Adhems
J. Ballard & Sons
Germaneth Gach
Loltege Square
GEO. Walsh & Son
Ealers
Pickering & Carley’s
W. W. Love
Nineford
Apeee
Eitenous
BM. W. Carley
Queensware, &c
Ove Door Couth
Athone,o
Messenger Job Printing Office
NHE
Messenger Printing Establishment
F. H. Stedman
Get“Co
R. C.herrington
Real Estate Agency
Illinois
Athens County
C. G. Morris
March
Buell & Brother
Buell & CO
Front Street
Arletta
Gmn
James A. Barcus
J. W. Collier
Proprietors
R. E. Sellers & CO
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Snowden
Pittsburgh
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Kensington
Hall & Connell
New Jersey
Newark
Cincinnati
Adv’s
J. R. Haynes
West 4Th Street
W. B. MacKenzie & CO
General Commission
Main St
R. K. White
Baker & Coo
New Main Street
Columbia
Front Sts
Loomis & Campbell
Gunpowder
Cochran & Golden's
Agnes Waltham
Ellen Ashton
Horicon Argus
Adam
Mother Eve
Temple of God
Mer. Morgan
Hig. Page
Little Miami and
Mad River
Lake Erie
Mr. Breslin
Mr. Breas
State Bank of Ohio
Brealin
Cox
Weig
Bea+ate
House
Republian Lagure
Ayior
Mahoning
Jona
Smith
Knox
Sinne
Licking
Ity
Nanara
Perdon
Eaen
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