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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
9
Sheriff Lassiter conducts a high drama courtroom scene as Jonan Ogden, a man accused of murder, faces a swift trial in a hotel courtroom repurposed as a courthouse. The judge and eastern visitors observe, the crowd watches, and Ogden denounces the prosecution as a lie.
In Calhoun territory a sheriff Lassiter is condemned by Ed Clincher and a town council for murder after a trial at his own store. John Ogden, accused, proves the bullet fits Lassiter’s rifle as Maximo Gallegos testifies, leading to a public hanging at sunrise.
In Eastern Siberia travellers transport frozen soup and frozen milk in small leather sacks as a portable food source.
A single pound of phosphorus could fuel production of about one million matches. The warning highlights risks in handling and storage under industrial safety rules and possible shortages if misused.
The passage notes chrysanthemums grown in China before the eleventh century and identifies the Mexican lap dog as the smallest dog breed. It explains why the hour has sixty minutes, citing its high number of divisors and the factors 2 3 4 5 6 10 15 20 and 30 as reasons for even division.
The first woman bailiff in Portland, Mrs. M. E. Daggett, was sworn into office after three months as a volunteer in the Portland Juvenile Court. Her life has been devoted to charity and she is described with details of her origin and attire and her earlier travels and experiences.
The Prince and Princess of Wales meet Nawab Sultan Jehan Begum of Bhopal, a ruler of a state home to about a million people. The Begum’s lineage spans sixty years of governance, with parents and grandmother preceding her, and a history of loyalty to Britain including a bold mutiny-era stance.
An in an evening tale a narrator recalls meeting Sturtevant and hearing a remarkable story. Sturtevant departs after a telegram, leaving the narrator to read a silk bound manuscript in a rough scrapbook and promising a free full tale with a subscription offer from Success Magazine.
A melodramatic romance set in Victorian London follows Lady Katy daughter of the Duke of Marford as she enters the grim East End and encounters Captain Conrey Arthur and a Salvation Army figure. The tale promises thrills exposing human weaknesses amid urban squalor.
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