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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1876
Page
7
The article notes farmers plowing and corn thriving, berry prospects strong, and pest issues with potato bugs. Wool buyers are quiet as “hard times” speak to rural strains. It also praises sunlight and bright rooms and recounts social events and local notes including a governor Hayes nomination rumor.
The writer questions a published remark about girls helping with housework and the meaning of M A C. The piece critiques publicity given to local women and jokes about attending The Centennial in Philadelphia versus a new local event. It ends with a note on adopting linen parasols as fashion.
Wheat and corn look fair despite extreme dry weather. Miss Nell Coots hosted a social sing last Tuesday evening enjoyed by the youth. Miss Lucy Johnson, a respected teacher, plans to open a select school at Mt. Auburn in the fall. Sabbath school sustains flourishing condition. Much honor is due our worthy...
A Circassian officer released from imprisonment in Constantinople enters the Grand Vizier’s council and fatally shoots Hussein Avni Pasha Minister of War. He also shoots and kills Reshid Pasha Minister of Foreign Affairs and wounds the Marine Minister. A servant and a soldier die. another servant is wounded. The event is viewed as nonpolitical beyond the losses to government leadership.
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