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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1895
Page
7
A New Jensex jury awards a woman $800 for dog bite damages to her physical and nervous system. The report notes the dog's owner is wealthy. The item also quotes various notes on curfew bells, health remedies, and assorted curiosities from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper, including Hood's Sarsaparilla endorsements and scattered local tidbits.
Homemade wind-curtain concept offers a burlap panel hung above a window to admit gentle air while blocking direct currents. Uses diagonal hooks, a light pole, rings, or a hem, plus optional shawl to cover. stored away each morning. Contains additional home tips from Youth's Companion and Homemaking notes.
An inexpensive small churn made from a Jersey milk jug with a view-glass seals air tight lid and a suspended design. It swings several inches and can produce butter in five to ten minutes though not for large quantities. The illustration is from Cassell's Magazine.
A column notes that women commonly misstate figures and dimensions, citing frequent exaggeration from yacht trips and social dinners. It recalls Howells observations of feminine numerical bravado, from two yards seen as two feet to a three mile edifice with a concluding punch line about width.
A reader describes making an infant seat from a wooden salmon box sixteen by ten by twelve inches. They cut a side away, added four inch inside cleats, installed a seat cover and padding, and lined the box with cretonne. A valence hangs to the floor, creating a sturdy affordable seating solution for babies and toddlers.
A Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette editorial warns against the modern urge to self diagnose via advertised remedies and frequent pill taking. It urges restraint and physician consultation, noting addictive framing and wealth of medicine talkers threaten public health. An English physician cited advocates deep breathing to boost warmth and vigor, arguing regular nose breathing and prolonged exhalation improve circulation and comfort in cold weather.
A German housewife undertakes mattress renovation to save costs. She empties the filling, cleans, rinses, dries it in sun and air, and reuses the filling in a fresh ticking. With a strong needle and twine she sews it all back together as well as an upholsterer.
Reports from Boston and Washington note publicists, librarians, and dignitaries cycling daily amid city streets. Observers describe elephants as treacherous yet entertaining, while Paris Bois de Boulogne hosts a private club bike track after trees were removed.
A digest of miscellaneous international items notes English ginger beer licensing after 10 p.m., Berlin’s reported lack of slums, Sumatra natives with wood visiting cards, barter needs for Alaska and Siberia tourists, and a Turkish shift to the metric system from March 1. It also recalls czarist mourning in Russia and Vesuvius’s eruptions including the ancient destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii with 200000 deaths.
The prince regent of Bavaria and the Wittelsbach family plan a chapel on Starnberg lake for King Louis II costing 125000 dollars. Prince Epward of York makes his first public London appearance in an open carriage with two nurses. Old Jules Sion notes the German emperor speaks French with varied accents, while Lord Wolseley’s Ireland command nears its end with a likely short remaining active service period.
News notes describe nine horse power gas engines propelling Dresden street cars at nine miles per hour with capacity for thirty six passengers and a fare of fifteen cents per mile. Cupera reappears in Europe and a Russian outbreak reports one hundred thirty four cases and fifty eight deaths in Podolia and Volhynia by mid April. A new Glasgow harbor tunnel sixteen feet in diameter and seven hundred feet long will link the Clyde banks next month after five years of work. An Indian exhibition at Karl’s Court London spans twenty six acres with a Ferris wheel three hundred feet high in the Elysia midway.
In Africa the Algerian authorities claim English missionaries stir disaffection and espionage in the province. A lamp using palm oil and a rag wick provides native light. Kuama, a South African chief, forbids white men from bringing water into his country, with Queen Victoria backing him.
A home craft guide shows making a standing work basket from two peach baskets. The lower basket forms the base, the upper is lined with pockets and cushions for pins and needles. Exterior is covered in cretonne with a bow joining the baskets. The top gathers with a draw string for use. Rural. New Yorker.
A guide urges families to formally present children to adult visitors with clear names and distinct introductions. It warns that improper greetings create awkwardness and suggests practice of social manners to ensure each child receives proper recognition. Also notes chafing dish parties where cooks share menus and prepare meals course by course. A listed cake recipe appears as a cooking hint.
The ad urges readers to request plainly priced samples to compare value with other stores. It promises money saved by sending the samples upon receiving a name, address, and a brief idea of the desired sample type.
A sale offers ten thousand yards of Jaconet Duchesse at 10 cents a yard in blue white brown and cream stripes. Fine wash goods from Scotch lawns to premium fabrics offered with money-saving prices. Large collection of India silks, 36 and 40 cents per yard, regular 50 and 75 cent goods. A table of Corded Kaiki wash silks marked 26 cents. Shoppers urged to compare before buying Dey Goods for better value.
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