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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1875
Page
8
At I Strouse's corset factory on Oak street a sudden wave of fainting struck seven young women after a discussion of sudden deaths. A spirited girl shrieked at a turtle, triggering the fits. a male worker also fainted. Foreman Morris halted work as others recovered and dispersed the staff.
Christine Toens recalls the Schiller disaster as a woman and her child are lost after a sailor is begged to save them. A mother pleads for life, promising wealth in exchange for help. The shipwreck ends with a fatal wave sweeping away the mother, child, and sailor. Tea imports rise by over 2 million, sugar by 3 million, linens 300k, cotton 500k, coffee up in millions. The Brooklyn Argus notes money-minded men and spendthrift women, dipping into social commentary.
Torrential rain across a hundred miles from Nis souri Missouri floods garlands vast fields washing out embankments and drowning grasshoppers by the millions. Rivers and gutters teem with dead insects as farmers hope for relief and Governor Harden may call for thanksgiving.
A Gloucester City committee considers moving the Augusta hull remains from Hitchner's Surf House to the Centennial grounds in Fairmount Park. The Augusta, a 64 gun ship, was burned and exploded near Fort Mifflin in 1776 after groundings.
Emanue Miller and others file petition in Athens County Court of Common Pleas seeking sale of Leven Oliver real estate to satisfy a 1875 judgment of 416 69 with costs. Real property list includes 40 acres in lot 1 section 26 and several other parcels in Athens County. Oliver must answer by June 24 1875 or be defaulted and sale proceeded.
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