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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1854
Page
1
The Athens Messenger lists weekly publication details and advertising costs with rates for display ads ranging from one square to half and full columns. It notes payment terms, discontinuation rules, and deadlines, plus special charges for political candidate listings and business cards.
A readable roster lists the Court of Common Pleas Judge Simeon Nash and Probate Judge J C Frost, along with county officers such as Sheriff J L Kussixcen and Clerk C C P, plus Auditor Extakot H Moone, Treasurer William Goupen, Recorder William H Barrier, and Prosecuting Attorney Samuel B Krowrs. Also named are County Commissioners Loneyxto D Poston Jon Exuiorr and William Mason, Sealer of Weights Euiagim H Moore, Surveyor Joan Ackixy, Coroner Eramaim Maruens, Master Commissioner Henry T Brown, and County Auctioneer Joan PF Lyos, plus school examiners and notaries public.
A fragmented poem passage contemplates March as a stormy yet welcoming month heralding spring. It speaks of wind and cloud, the return of sun to northern lands, and the promise of milder days despite lingering wintry threats. The verse links storm, renewal, and the blue May sky ahead.
A new aspirant for poetic honors is praised in The London Athenæum while his verses reveal poverty and factory-born toil. The speaker laments wealth’s bright world that ignores him, pleading to God for relief as he longs to work and eat. He sees God’s plenty around yet finds no food for himself.
The Revolutionary War ended and officers and soldiers faced poverty after years of service. Baron Steuben aided the distressed and Washington bid farewell in New York on December 8, 1783, with tears and a silent vow to return honor and gratitude to those who served.
An essay-like meditation warns against vanity and self interest urging readers to reflect on life’s purpose. It contrasts fashionable living with acts of kindness and recalls an old man dying in Boston for a bag of wool as example of wasted life. It urges giving time to neighbors and finding meaning before sleep.
A vivid meditation on a magnetic bond shared by two people. After a breakup, each heart remains drawn to the other with an almost magical force that makes near presence enough to soothe longing. They feel fused, existing as one in shared delight.
An 19th century newspaper fragment contrasts pious questions about giving to God with scripture on stewardship. It cites ministers and the idea of “Lending to the Lord” while arguing stewards must account for their employer's funds. It also reports a Congress study noting adulteration of drugs rose after import suppression, fueling counterfeit native products.
The anti Nebraska meeting at Mechanica Institute Cincinnati on the 10th attracted judges, politicians, and prominent citizens. Speakers including Chas Reemelin attacked the Nebraska bill, urged popular sovereignty, and warned against federal control of territories. The piece blends praise for Reemelin’s oratory with broader denunciations of federal policy and slavery expansion.
The president’s message on the Black Warrior seizure raises questions about Cuban revenue laws and American responses. It argues for a balanced view, noting that Cuban practice may have shifted without notice, and calls for full investigation with both sides heard before redress or defense of American interests.
A heated House debate centers on a bill to grant lands for railroad construction in the West. Campbell of the West leads a sharp critique of constitutional wet versus dry land arguments. The exchange includes jokes about schoolyard choices and references to regional church counts, ending with a report of over sixteen hundred fifty tons of cheese shipped via the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad.
Edmund Burke of New Hampshire asserts that the Nebraska bill will repeal the Missouri Compromise and reestablish slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territories. He argues the measure prompts immediate slavery in Nebraska and Kansas once signed, strengthening southern political power in the Senate.
Seven years after the Sham Democracy of New Hampshire carried the state a legislature approved resolutions denouncing slavery as an evil and urging free territory under the Wilmot Proviso. The piece cites Moses Norris and Jared W. Williams and questions their later votes on the Missouri Restriction in Kansas and Nebraska, with the New York Tribune commentary.
Miss Webster, resident on a Trimble county farm opposite the city, was arraigned before Judge Gray on suspicions of enticing slaves. Evidence cited shows 20 slaves escaped nearby, and bond set at 10,000 with conditions of good behavior or leaving the state. she remains in Bedford jail.
The Ohio State Times quips about the Millerites forecasting the world’s end this year with a May eclipse. Readers are urged to pay subscriptions to avoid piling up arrears, joking about moving dates to suit finances and avoid April notes.
The Stark County Democrat reports that Ohio's public opinion is united against ending the Missouri Compromise and inflaming slavery politics, and that Ohio’s public servants in Washington will reflect this stance in action on the issue.
In 1849 there were nine daily papers, 107 weekly, seven semi and tri weekly, and 20 periodicals. Total 161. By 1950 daily papers rose to 24, weekly to 601 semi monthly and quarterly totals, overall 261 publications.
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