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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
7
A reader warns about mispronunciation and misspelling in English usage. The article lists words often confused or misused, explains correct forms like pussy not passy and annular versus annual, and cites examples from everyday speech and writing to emphasize precise pronunciation and spelling.
Ohio Experiment Station advises constant spraying during favorable weather to prevent grape rot and promotes Soda Bordeaux mixture and caustic soda sources. It warns the regular Bordeaux mix is unsafe for most varieties, suggests ammonical copper carbonate or Soda Bordeaux as replacements for Concords and similar grapes, and urges spraying until August 15 with a post date application for Catawba. A D Selby, Boralist.
List of Tet hers undelivered at the Athens Ohio post office includes Brown Apolo Edmondon D W Gir M Gilmore Fred Hazel Voila Vo Haines Salama Headless G Lrd Uammel Wills Klein GG Ast Mangus towne Ah Zee Naslor Fred O Loam Kenneth Pugh Celia Rhoades Macs Nowe Mable Reaver Maggie Walraven Gertraie. Callers for these letters should mention they were advertised. Postmaster C D Gist.
Advertises excursion trips to Niagara Falls Toronto Alexandria Bar Montreal via Ohio Central Lines. August dates offer special low rates with tickets valid for twelve days. Details and low rates available from Ohio Central Lines agents.
A fragmented page blends myths of Neptune and ancient routes with practical farm tips and health warnings. It discusses a Pennsylvania remedy for striped beetles, water purity and typhoid risk, a Chicago oats corner profit mystery, nesting birds on a hollow hickory, and debates over education funding and practical life skills for children.
The article extols the Walker sisters and other Oregon women for physical prowess, horsemanship, and marksmanship. It highlights training at a state agricultural school where young women plow, harrow, plant, sow, reap, and care for horses under trained supervision, proving women can perform farm labor and lead agricultural work.
In a bequest from her late mistress, Jennie Vizgetts, a domestic servant, is presented with magnificent jewels as a token of appreciation for her faithful service. The note emphasizes her good conduct and valued tenure.
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