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Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio

20 Jul 1899

Page 6

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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1899

Page

6

Major Downing and Mark Twain Letter Fragments Revealed

A 1899 exchange between Maj. John B. Downing of Middleport Ohio and Samuel L Clemens Mark Twain is printed with letters and anecdotes. The notes discuss age, river piloting, and the origin of the Mark Twain nom de plume, including Clemens claim he stole the pseudonym from Capt. Isaac Sellers.

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Ohio River Pittsburg Cairo Middleport Obie Jack" Downing St. Louis New Orleans Cincinnati Ohio Mississippi Maj Downing Grant Marsh James O'Neal Joe Bryan Horace Bixby Fulkerson James Good Strott Wiley Thad Cedeburg Geo. Hagerty Wm. Hicks Fannie Bultitt Maj. Downing Nashville Memphis Theo. Good Bluff City Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain Krautz Wren Marist John B. Downing Bixby Bart Bowen Keokuk AT. Lacy Will Bowen George Washington America Russia Beck Jolly L. Clevens Mason Ponce Ge Leon Marsh Capt. Sellers New Orleans Picayune S. L. Clemens J. B. Downing Middlegort Cincinnati Enquirer Sam Clemens Clemens Virginia City Isaac Sellers Sellers Delta the Picayune The Waterways Journal
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New Life Pills Promise Quick Relief for Headaches

Thousands report Dr King s New Life Pills cure Sick and Nervous Headaches by improving blood and nerves. Sold by W H McKee for 2 cents with money back guarantee. Another revolution threatens in Guatemala amid currency inflation and coffee overproduction.

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Dr. King W. H. McKee Guatemala
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Gorge of Shame tale from the Waziri frontier empire

A reminiscence from colonial days recounts Grierson, a hard drinking frontier sahib who abducted a Wazir girl, later faced tribal blood vengeance. The Gorge of Shame becomes the ritual site of execution and punishment as a tribal response to imperial actions. The tale traces Grierson’s fate and the tribe's long, deadly memory across years, culminating in his murder by two Zillah Khel men.

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India East Indian Empire Afghapsistan Ludiow Markhor Marikbor le Diew Bakshan Khan Grierson Waziri Kuch Tie Zillah Khel Waziris Government of Indian Empire Panjab Tewae Hie Sittig Doy Thame Wardly Canosa Hindustan Aix Zillah Cantonment Bakshen Khan Yong Guerson Sandhurst Peshawar Abbot Abad Way Lakshan Khan
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Funston critique stirs debate on Philippine war ethics

Col Funston writes to the Topeka Capital condemning critics in Chicago and urging hard discipline for Filipinos in pursuit of independence. He labels Filipinos as illiterate and semi savage and argues for stern restraint. The San Francisco Merchants Association reports coal water sprinkling binds street dirt and that sea water dries slower than fresh water, claiming salt water keeps streets moist longer.

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Col. Funston Philippines Topeka Hen Chicago Sam Merchants’ Association of San Francisco Popular Science Monthly
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Lapland Deter Smoked Snow Water Favorite Drink in Lapland

A jumbled excerpt shows a boy with his father at church, stray phrases about collectors, empty sacks, and a mock jail scene at Jerome Arizona. The text promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Herd’s Pills as tonics and laxatives, with scattered ads and odd phrases about lawmen and telegraph poles.

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Lapland
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