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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1896
Page
8
In GUINTY JUSKELEO Neway notes and personal mentions, residents of Guysville and nearby Athens report widespread measles and whooping cough. The piece lists social visits, church services, Children’s Day observances, and local gatherings across multiple towns, naming families, relatives, and neighbors.
A fragmented local column outlines events and notices during a week. Mentioned are services postponed for Children’s Day Sunday June 21 observe, Miss TuanelIa Sloane slowly improving, an Alystonary Tea hosted by Mrs. EL OR. Lush, and a forthcoming sermon at Ohio University vicinity. It also includes health ads promoting Chamberlain’s remedies and legal notices about patent pamphlets from A Suvws Co.
A fragment describes eagles guiding game drives and gunners using blind positions. It notes the birds assist the shooters by drawing birds to the area while the gunner fires, with mentions of risk and the birds sometimes stealing game from gunners.
A grim relic once owned by Cree fighter Little Poplar has been shipped to a Washington professor for display at the National Museum. The skull, linked to centuries of raids and a $2000 bounty, was unearthed as a relic after a fort grave was disturbed.
A critical slice on Parisian marriage brokers describes how agencies solicit wealthy, connected women and arrange matches with male intermediaries, noting covert commissions and the social pressures within fashionable circles. It mentions practice in Paris, the role of church circles, and hints at the exploitation of young women seeking marriage. It also advertises DeWitt's Life Earth Risers Pills as a health product.
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