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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1876

Page

10

Weave a Song to Work for God and Earned Reward

The speaker urges young men to choose labor over schemes for easy money. By weaving life with purpose and serving God, one gains lasting honor and avoids crime. Emphasizes personal discipline, talent development, and public good for a noble nation.

Old Lady and Daughter Drama on Baker Street

A Detroit Free Press fragment recalls a simple old mother and her eighteenth year old daughter at an opera, with the mother prompting and critiquing fashion and jewelry while the daughter longs for the escort. The piece closes with a note on a man’s absence and fear of a streetcar death.

Baker Street Mary Mrs. Brown Detroit Free Press

The Sea Mouse described as brilliant sea life

The sea mouse is a striking underwater creature living in mud at the ocean bottom. It shines like a diamond with rainbow colors and gold scales, its movement visible as it breathes with bristled bristles. Sea mice wash ashore after storms.

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Spelling quirks and political jabs from a 19th century page

A column notes doorkeepers spell words by ear and recalls a senator who misspelled Jesus as weighther. It cites the Cincinnati Star on interest rates and National debt, and the London Court Journal on American attire at court due to Franklin's tailor. A man buys Havana cigars as tickets to his wife’s lectures, and Indiana twins pose as centenarians while an Irishman explains leaving home for America.

House of Representatives Doad Jesus Senator Conkling Dona Pratt Cincinnati Star New York Herald Democratic Party of Ohio Cincinnati The London Court Journal Benjamin Franklin Franklin

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