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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1897
Page
7
Readable fragments discuss hyacinths and winter plants, urging readers to plant trees and a mix of blooms. Mentions of Jacques, dreamt scents, and a Brooklyn tree planting and fountain society enforcing a law against poster use. Notes Evelyn diary entry and Vick's Guide reference.
A survey of Philatelic notes describes Germany copying colonial stamps, a British king’s fund controversy, Bulgaria Boris stamps withdrawn after one year, and rare 20 cent St. Louis stamps selling for high prices. It also notes Norway’s northernmost post office on Spitzbergen and a Seattle Yokohama misrouted letter with multiple labels and postmarks.
The piece cites railway passenger class trends in England, announces Baltimore and Ohio acquiring Chicago and Milwaukee dock property for a lake line, and details B O railroad telegraph usage and Western Union leasing. It also summarizes a St Louis Academy of Science talk by Prof Nipber on train induced air motion and passenger risk near rail contact.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss early battles, the first Tanable operation, and references to cotton, the United States, and a machine. The text mentions locations such as Howe dr and Franklin steamship, with unclear dates and several garbled terms. The readable items hint at historical event sequencing but lack coherent details.
A humorous cautionary note on female health misdiagnosis. A nervous woman misreads symptoms as a serious malevolent condition until a doctor and Mrs Pinkham’s guidance reveal a different, milder issue. The piece promotes Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure and cites letters of gratitude.
A collage of measurements and costs across eras cites speed of electricity, bridge dimensions and prices, ancient and modern structures, ocean depths, river lengths, and historic wars. Notable data include Brooklyn and London bridges, the Chicago fire losses, Paris 1871 fire, and costs of the American wars with troop counts and totals.
An 19th century style digest discusses senses waking at different rates, a Cape chameleon scared to paleness, and two lizards moving independently. It notes fossils as chalk, tiny forms under a microscope, and Central American bathed molds. Gold and silver beads are valued, with prices and odd shop chatter about a girl’s dry goods clock.
Fragmentary notice recalls a minister in England earning fifty thousand by a dancing toy, Sarah Flower Adams as a mentor, and a Cambodian-born figure from 1805. It mentions cologne, tree sap quality, murder suspicion, a coroner’s inquest, a Topeka judge’s possessions, an extraordinary razor collection, a mistaken election chant, a crown of diamonds and gems, a vicious husband case in Rahws City, and a stove accident involving Miss Wind Parks.
The Rome Tribuna reports Goll quarts found at Asmara in Erythraea held by Italy. Trench statue makers return to the Romance of the Rose seeking funds for a Jehan de Meung monument. Lady Foley, Queen Victoria’s bridesmaid and Toseberry’s mother, the Duchess of Cleveland, dies. Hamburg ship firms post strong gains in 1996, Paris Madrid telephone link planned, goat tale linked to President Taure. Public sales rules loosened in Hungary. street selling allowed except to cripples, minors barred.
Dr. Benjamin Eddy Cotting resigns after 53 years as Lowell Institute curator aged 83. Mexico loses poet Guiliernu Prieto. Norway grants 4090 kroner to Nansen companions and five-year stipend to Capt. Svendrup. Emperor Francis Joseph’s April visit to St Petersburg fixed, Rothschild dubbed Financial Scorcher in Vienna. Conan Doyle and Sir Walter Besant noted for early publishing woes and drastic outcomes.
A fractured narrative describes Prof AJ Nye of New York state, a superintendent once vital and robust, collapsing under disease and nervous strain. Physicians label a costly path to recovery, while sympathetic locals fund remedies and a box of Dr Williams Pink Pills is sought to restore health and nerves.
An old columnist advertises Karls Ulmer Hoot Tea to calm nerves and ease constipation noting rapid health restoration. Mrs S A Street of Wartford Conn endorses the remedy and the ad advertises Ohio Central Lines excursion tickets to Detroit with details for unity of travel and a Shrine meeting set for June.
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