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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1895
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Herald of May 2 1895 lists obituary and resolutions of respect at five cents per line with seven words per line, requests readers to supply both old and new addresses for address changes, and invites local news and correspondence from readers in the West and South to keep old friends in contact.
A 236 page Ohio legal reference for farmers landlords tenants and laborers outlining chapters on animals chattel mortgages contracts descent and distribution of property dower drainage fence game grist mills grain warehouses husband and wife homestead landlord tenant mechanic's lien offenses against property wills and more with current statutes supreme court decisions. It highlights landlord and tenant as especially valuable and notes a 1.00 price.
In Athens on Decoration Day Rev Geo Pepper recalls Lammon P. Chase and cites Chase’s praise for Lincoln Grant and others. He notes Know Nothingism’s exposure as prejudice, and recounts Chase’s admiration for Gen Gibson and his own role as an ally and stump speaker.
The period shows fewer commercial failures than in the same months of 1894, with smaller liabilities, while business transactions rise. Amid party politics, real estate transfers occur in Alexander, Bern, Canaan, Dover, Albany, Rome, Glouster and Waterloo townships and villages including Marietta College and local boards, detailing buyers, lots and prices.
This fragment markets Dr Pierce's Prescription to cure female ailments and restore vitality for Yankee women. It contrasts health with beauty and urges relief from weakness and debility. The piece also condemns street paper waste, urging officials to curb the nuisance in known locations.
A call for readers to obtain a complete medical treatise on dreadful diseases by mailing ten cents to the World's Dispensary Medical Association at 663 Main Street, Buffalo, NY. The note also mentions a Baltic to Black Sea canal project costing $100,000,000 and completing in five years.
Count von Schoenborn-Wiesenhoed portrays Prince Hohenlohe as a disciplined, plain eater who feeds crumbs to birds daily. His routine traces from 7 am coffee and letters to 10 pm work, with modest meals, limited social duties, and a life rooted in work, walking, and family entertainments. Prince Alexander Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst will marry the dowager princess of Holms-Staunfels in June.
A new large skunk farm in Tompkins County New York plans to stock 5000 animals next year. They feed mainly on milk water and bits of meat and keep their beds of chestnut leaves and dried grass in a large building. Active at night they can be tamed from kittens. When killed they are chloroformed to remove odor, yielding fur and nearly a pint of oil claimed to ease stiff joints.
A Prince Wiasemsky plans a horse journey from Paris to America and aims to cross Behring Strait in winter on ice after previously crossing Asia on horseback. Neary one third of the earth is in Asia with over half the population. In Deer Park Long Island a blind man woke when a cat alerted him to a burning house last week. The Brooklyn trolley recorded its 108th accident victim.
A retro style advertisement touts Lightning Hot Drops with a bold claim that the product instantly relieves pain and is sold everywhere daily. The copy emphasizes universal availability and strong relief as key selling points.
A short notice reports that Serve New York Romeos were arrested in one week for borrowing money from their lady loves and then refusing to marry them. It also advertises Home seekers excursions to Michigan with May 7 timing and Ohio Central Lines selling tickets at one fare round trip good 20 days. Five hundred mile books available, valid one year from date, price ten dollars.
The musical tree is a West Indian native found on many islands except Jamaica. Its uniquely shaped pod splits along the edge, and wind passing through thousands of shell like pods creates the whistling sound that names the tree. A related acacia in the Sudan carries the same nickname for similar wind driven noise.
A historical note explains how Japanese builders start with a roof on a skeleton frame to shelter workers from storms. The report also cites 53 560 visitors to the British Museum last year. In Albania attire differs by gender with men wearing petticoats and women wearing trousers.
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