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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1896

Page

3

Year Without a Summer Framed by 1816 Weather Oddities

The article recounts 1816 as a year with unusual cold and frost, including May ice, June snow, and July ice in New York, alongside references to harsh winters and failed crops. It also advertises various medicines and tonics, naming Hood's Sarsaparilla, Electric Bitters, and Dr. Pierce's products, with local business notes about Derby, Massachusetts, and a needle factory planned for Chicago.

New York Mareachupella Hood

B and O S W Ry Change of Time Athens Trains

The B and O S W Ry announces updated schedules with trains arriving and departing Athens. ARHIVE No 190 at 10 30am daily from Columbus No 134 at 6 05pm daily except Sunday from Columbus. Key trains to and from Columbus and Logan Branch noted with daily and Sunday exceptions.

HV. &T Athens

Ohio Republicans hail growth of the party in national gains

The Ohio Republican message praises three years of GOP growth, denounces the Democratic administration, and reaffirms protectionist principles. It lauds General Bushnell as governor, Governor Foraker, and McKinley’s national leadership, pledging loyal support for a victorious November.

Ohio Avery Tie United States Republican Party Monroe Congress Legisla- Hop Ension Bureau Uaion Republic General Bushnell General Assembly Foraker William McKinley America

Notable figures of immense weight and odd measurements

A garbled historical excerpt recounts extreme weights and body sizes across eras. It mentions an Essex man around 616 pounds who died at 50, a German girl feeding in Paris at 450 pounds, a Parisian boy at 102 pounds at four, and various others with astonishing measurements and unusual lifespans.

Essex George Frederica Ahrens Paris Laurent Bright Red Philip Mason Mermouthshies Marie Franzeige Claya Marisiin Bepear Philosophical Transactions Sista Dela Pet Lincolnshire Arsinedattiney Dorothy Callier

Selected Pleasantries and Fragments of Daily Life

Fragmented anecdotes and witty exchanges from a 19th or early 20th century column. Notes mention Detroit, a Russian mispronunciation, jokes about wedding gifts, a rural school board visitor, and playful portraits of daily conversations with names and quirky phrases.

Fragmented notes on dogs and oddities from a vintage page

The text enumerates diverse dog breeds and crossbreeds including Labrador, Newfoundland, and Sea Attigh deerhound with scattered remarks on their uses. It then shifts to a humorous vignette about a letter titled There’s my Sigh in the Beart and a Japanese traveler anecdote, ending with a garbled call to beware fitness scams and a stray advertising fragment.

Labrador Newfoundland Mersh Scotland Ciareyue South Taslseer

Notable Obituary and Historical Suspicions in 19th Century Text

The clip reports the death of Mme. Julia Fartre widow of a Paris capitulation negotiator and longtime head of the Ecole Normale in Sevres. It also cites English genealogists claiming Laurence Washington descent via East Sutton, Kent, and notes a donation by Morris M. White and Francis K. White of Cincinnati and New York to Larthant College in Richmond, Indiana for the John W. Wife Memorial endowment fund in honor of their father.

Mme Julia Fartre Prince Bismarck Paris Abe Ecole Normaaie Wauien Sevres East Sutton Kent Laurence Washington Baliyl College Oxford John Latfal Scortsvnl Minselt Belit Morris M. White Cincinnati Francis K. White New York Larthant College Unker Institution Richmond Ind Thea Tohe Aemori

GLEANED ABROAD. Diverse Notes From The World

Gleaned Abroad surveys caricatures by Trenty Furniss now in Parliament for the Liberal Daily News. It notes discoveries in New South Wales including platigiferous lon ore and a 73 per quart plating crude ore. A Druidical monument linked to archaeologist DW Miketty stands near Paris. Dr Weldon pleads for sport separation from gambling, praising horse racing as noble.

Trenty Furniss Pitino Liberal Daily News Fitdieht New South Wales DW Miketty Meudon Paris Lis Kerhan Greece

Oddities In Eyes And Travel Notes In Ohio

The article notes diverse eye adaptations across species, including owls and cats with special structures to manage light and movement. It also includes a travel notice for C. H. V. L. and Byparts, detailing regular passenger trains between Wellston, Columbus, Jackson, and Wellton with ticketing and connections, plus advice to contact the railway office for details.

Ellston Pomeroy Wellton Wellston Ohio Southern Jackson Vickets Bagreee Theaneh Finmden Wellsten

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