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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1897

Page

2

Just as You Like It and the Odd Newspaper Echoes

Fragmented prose blends a mock play fragment with essays on English fluency and a critique of country paper idioms. A narrator riffs on theatre lines, travel, and the absurdities of rolling days, noting how common misused phrases stain local journalism.

Amd Lima Farwetfulnes Tuu William New York Nelsonville Athens Albany Canaanville Marshield

Fix national holidays in a patriotic manner

An opinion stresses that taxpayers should accept imperfections at home and seek prudent reform rather than upheaval. It argues for lawful, steady civility and warns against using holidays to justify political disruption or disobedience.

Sui Bolts Aperder

Home music rooms parade taste and excess

A fragmented description critiques ornate homes with musique rooms showing excess in draped pianos and embroidered curtains. It notes wealthier mags flaunting patrons of music amid elaborate, impractical interiors and critiques amateur performance culture.

Independence Day Reflections In Athens County

The article recalls a Fourth of July in Athens County marked by crackling firework behavior from July 2 through the holiday. A boy imagines Revolutionary War feats, recites patriotic verses, and forms a pretend militia, while adults reflect on patriotism, law, and civic duty amid changing times.

Athens County Gti Bunker Hill Thomas Jefferson Monticello John Adams

The Grandest Remedy Promises Cures for Coughs

R B Greeve of Chilthorne Virginia testifies he was failing with a cough for years, tried remedies, then used Dr King s New Discovery and was cured after two bottles. He resumes business and calls it the grandest remedy ever made, good for coughs colds and consumption. Trial bottles free at W T McKee s drug store.

R. B. Greeve Chilthorne Dr. King W. ‘Th. McKee

Mortuary Chapel proposed in East End church grounds

An appeal to the Church Times advocates a light mortuary chapel on the south side of the church to hold three or four coffins. A West Bromwich cemetery committee renames its cemetery superintendent with a bone grave in the corporation cemetery. France protects consumer rights with municipal lab analysis free for truth. A Paris trader misled buyers faces heavy penalties and public placards declaring adulteration displayed for a year.

Church Times East End London West Bromwich Corporation Bone France

Treat Sunstroke With Cooling and Prompt Medical Help

Public health notice explains sunstroke risks and prevention. It emphasizes keeping the body cool through perspiration, cool foods and drinks, and immediate medical attention. Practical tips include cold-water applications, ice packs to the head, and laying the victim in a cool spot. It warns that without proper treatment, death is likely, while timely care greatly reduces fatalities.

Nature Coor Cincinnati Marietta Register

Republican Platform Emphasizes McKinley Victory Spirit

Ohio Republicans praise last year’s nationwide victory, defend the party’s free trade stance, and support President McKinley and a strong Cuba policy. They back Hawaii annexation, criticize civil service orders, commend pension reforms, and endorse a national arbitration board for interstate commerce disputes. They pledge continued home rule, road improvements, and support for Foraker, Stannwier, and Hanna for Senate.

Ohio United Plendid Son Willam McKinley Tory Republican Party Sally Congress Cuba Norte Hawaii Senate Cleveland Pension Bureau Hall Weindorse Gestinor Bushnell Foraker Stannwier United States Senate Marcus Hanna United States

Real Estate Transfers in Bern and Adjacent Towns

Numerous transfers recorded in Bern towns and nearby areas. G H Moore sells 15 acres to FM BioCune. D E Dye by guardian sells 43.75 acres to GC G Dre. Dorcas Smith to Ewing Coal and Salt Co. for 6 and 43.41 acres at $5,000. Newt P. Lode to Henrietta Eater transfers to George and Mary King for zero acres. Christopher Dunlavey to Henry Ogg for 7 acres with heirs’ share. G M Brown involved in multiple transfers. Owen Grimzs to W L Petty for 71 acres. J L Clichard to David Dunlavey in Lot 131. Jatats Defiee to Mary A. Dufec for 45 acres. Joseph McDonald to M M McDonald for 1/2 acre. Gillett to John Weiser 1.74 acres. Bean to Sargent 2 acres. Mariner to Emmsit Lavers 4 acres. diamonds unearthed near Scuta Adrian need noting.

Christopher Dunlavey Henry Ogg Mark Brown G. M. Brown G. M. Bean W. Cornet Owen Grimzs W. L. Petty Sie

Williamsport man injures chest with fly paper in cutarlight

J KR Guowax of Williamsport Pennsylvania applied a sheet of fly paper as a makeshift porous plaster in darkness. The acid burned through flesh to the ribs in several places endangering his life. In Idaho Green Fluke, one of three colored men in the pioneer Mormon band that founded Salt Lake City, is reported alive.

J. KR. Guowax Williamsport Green Fluke Salt Lake City Idaho

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