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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1899

Page

3

Local notes and visitors fill a busy MarstLight week

Lafayette Hawk visits on business while Miss Faunie Howard hosts in Milfield. Guests include Mes. 8. I. Jolgeun Earhart, Mrs. Jesse Davis, and Messrs Murphy Albany Torch miners with county seat business. Rev G V Barong travels between Middlyiwe to Jackson for a large Zion Free Methodist meeting. The Timesville burial of Mrs. Phillips, aged 52, draws many friends.

x-Recorder Lafayette Hawk Marstligh Faunie Howard Milfield Las Bees Mes Jolgeun Earl. DeWeese Hil Scothe Sis Jesse Davis Messrs. Murphy Albany Urs J Colemen Marshfield Wriday Sirs Timesville Phillips

Origin of The Star Spangled Banner and a gambling trial

The piece recounts Francis Scott Key witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry, inspiring The Star Spangled Banner with the tune of Anacreon in Heaven. It also notes the trial of Jamesins for conducting a gambling tea, where a jury acquittal was reached after a brief deliberation.

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Doe Gully Curves Improve Baltimore and Ohio Line

The Baltimore and Ohio railroad halves a dangerous double curve at Doe Gully between Cumberland and Martinsburg by removing reverse curves and straightening tracks on the second division. The overhaul, begun two months ago, aims to improve ride quality for fast trains and reduce freight climbing difficulty on the dry grade.

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Lettuce Garden Remedies and Odd Notices

A garbled mix of garden advice warns of pests in greenhouses and describes laying a paste on lettuce and soil to deter attacks. The piece shifts to testimonials for Electric Diters claiming drastic cures, then anecdotal news about Spaniards migrating to the United States and a note on British Museum stamp requirements for watercolor prints.

Locating an Orchard and Planting Guide From a Historic Text

A fragmented instructional fragment discusses orchard planning including tree spacing, soil preparation, and the timing of planting. It references pruning, digging, and hoeing tasks, noting best practices for establishing a grove and the handling of soil for spring planting. It emphasizes careful land preparation and timing to ensure young trees take root.

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Planning the Garden Story Incoherent Plodding Verse

Fragmentary text describes planning a garden with scattered words about planting, timing, and sequences. The passage is largely nonsensical with missing syntax and many garbled phrases, offering little coherent information or identifiable names, places, or actions.

Apples Ai Potatols. A Byajen ert rellem Which Teele eta Itsy sb Verrods

Fragmentary OCR describes a device or activity involving age, a wheel, and a demonstration of a “sting” of beards. Readable text is disorganized with many misspellings and unclear subject names.

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