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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1895
Page
4
An advertisement touts the Ohio Farm Laws and Legal Forms book for farmers landlords tenants and others. It covers chapters on animals chattel mortgages contracts property descent dower drainage fence game grist mills warehouses wills landlord tenant mechanic lien offenses and legal forms with amendments and court decisions. priced at $1.00 and 236 pages bound in wine colored cloth.
Republicans and Democrats quarrel over earliest conventions and campaign timing. Analysts note GOP and Democratic patterns since the Civil War, arguing about May or July starts, long vs short campaigns, and how McKinley may influence state and national tickets. Opponents allege attempts at bargaining ahead of the next year’s race.
Governor Altgeld calls an extra session to pursue reforms, criticizing his own influence in state affairs amid a broader push for changes. The piece notes a worsening U S treasury deficit rising beyond 50 million by June 30 and outlines the Atlanta exposition education exhibit plans, plus commentary on Bradford England exports and tariff impacts.
The speaker argues that under Harrison the United States expanded markets and exports rose mainly through bond sales. Public debt, once reduced, now grows monthly while imports especially wool and woolens surge. The verdict is that only the deficit worsened since Cleveland's administration.
Mr Wilsen claims the Wilson tariff law is doing very well yet exports fell by about 74 million dollars and imports rose by roughly the same amount in the eleven months ending May. Europe can tolerate this trend longer than America.
Tramps likely oppose a state scheme to erect a 2000 acre farm where vagrants would be sent for one or two years of compulsory agricultural training. The tramp objects on constitutional grounds to any measure combining knowledge with a full day of labor.
A long list of juror nominees organized by town appears from Avexance to James Six, detailing potential grand and petit jurors for 1895 96. Names include Elza Armstrong Park Henry Mason Andrews J H Allen A S Stanley J M Chase Samuel Beal and many more across Athens Ames Cantua ge Caxaan Dover Levi Levi Brnry Cantua ge and Troy among others, reflecting a broad pool for county juries.
The Athens County assessors were paid for 1805 with varied amounts. Names and payments include Jas. Johnson 76 dollars, Geo. E. Clark 76, B. P. Randall 86, A. 8. Pickering 90, David Colvin 90, 5S. P. Ashton 50, Ed. Campbell 70, J. J. Cook 48, A. J. Learned 22, W. E. Baughman 70, J. M. Beatty 70, W. J. Linton 76, Charles Vernon 72, Watt Bramer 66, W. E. Bingman 74, J. 3. Martin 80, S. N. Poston 80, J. S. Stephenson 75, F. Connor 66, L. C. Miller 56, H. V. Wolf 46. The list covers precincts from Athens north to York precincts and all named assessors.
A compact note states that Tartars favor a wheat variety with a single grain per head, reflecting a distinctive agricultural preference. No further context provided.
The Empty Bottle newsPatten group established in Houston Texas to catalog and promote local events and articles. The organization aims to curate cultural listings and support independent reporting within the city.
Prof McGee describes agricultural ants in Sonora that plant and harvest crops, forming circular clearings ringed by grass with roads between farms. Ants store husked seeds in plastered, horsehoe shaped nurseries and granaries, harvest seeds from fallen grass, and work in the cool. the males do nothing while workers rear young and perpetuate colonies.
The New York Mail and Express notes Worth’s unusual gratitude to Empress Eugenie. Annually he sent a large bouquet of Parma violets tied with a mauve ribbon, his name embroidered in gold, to honor her patronage when any whim could affect a Parisian tradesman.
The Bermuda climate yields vast lily and freesia growth with bulbs as main export, many flowers seen daily and blooms shared with visitors. Lily bulbs take four years to reach large sizes, and earnings can reach about two dollars per thousand. labor includes diverse workers, with Gen Hastings noted for land ownership in Bermuda.
A West side grammar school faced a gum chewing outbreak among forty pupils just before spring break. Teachers tried coercion, ridicule, and diplomacy, but thirty five students persisted. One strict teacher openly chewed gum all day, turning the episode into a curious, object lesson as the outbreak finally subsided after staff and pupils rallied to curb the habit.
The largest beehive is at Bee Rock California. A granite boulder rises sharply from a stream and is fissured with many cracks. It houses a huge bee population and overflows with honey.
The 1895 assessors reports to the Auditor give counts of soldiers across precincts including Alexander 54 Ames 18 Athens north 64 Athens south 1 Bern 42 Canaan 32 Carthage 32 Dover Chauncey 40 Dover Millfield 16 Lee 55 Lodi 41 Rome 88 Trimble Hollister 14 Trimble Trimble 30 Trimble Glouster 36 Troy 62 Waterloo Marshfield 27 Waterloo Mineral 42 York Buchtel 39 York Floodwood 29 York Howard 18 York 1st ward Nelsonville 57 York Edward Nelsonville 538 York Edward Nelsonville 48 Total 1012. The eighteen months old daughter of a New York man died on Monday from a mosquito bite. In the Rosin Bible, the word rosin was substituted for balm.
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