This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1854
Page
1
The Athens Messenger lists advertising rates and terms, noting six months and yearly options, card and column pricing, and charges for not marking insertions. Advertisers must pay in advance, with deadlines for Wednesday morning publication and extra charges for candidate names.
Directory items list county officials including Probate Judge J. C. Frost and Sheriff J. L. Kissincen, with offices in public buildings. attendance by notaries, school examiners, auctioneer, coroner, and surveyor. Also notes attorneys A. Culley and Ballard & Sons, plus Dry Goods and Salt dealer listings in Athens Ohio.
A lyrical reminiscence by Thomas Mackellar urges closeness across years. It reflects on youth, aging, memory, and the enduring value of shared conversation amid changing times. The poem contrasts past joy with present miles, noting both loss and continued blessing.
Fragmentary verse laments a missing beloved as night deepens. The speaker craves the return of Thou art not there and longs for the dear home where the beloved sleeps. The broken heart endures a sleepless vigil with images of stars, dreams, and moonlit longing.
In a vivid reminiscence a young passenger gives up his seat to an elderly man on a crowded omnibus. The tale follows a widow Mrs Harris, her son John, and a mysterious benefactor who arrives with a fortune to help them, revealing a village of kindness, family bonds, and moral contrasts amid hardship.
The New York Times article notes there are about 17 000 Jews in the United States and around 6 000 in New York City. It contrasts religious presence with minimal involvement in prisons hospitals and poor houses and highlights charity from Jewish societies aiding the poor during winter. It argues aid reduces crime by alleviating hunger and nakedness.
The Sandusky Register recalls a clergyman at an afternoon service who paused to read a notice for a Woman Rights Lecture. He improvised by revealing a misread line about an alien crowing at six tonight, using the moment to mock women stepping beyond traditional roles.
A series of maxims urging perseverance in work and frugality. It stresses doing tasks with one’s own hands, industrious effort, self reliance, prudent spending, and courteous conduct. It includes proverbs about ploughing deep, not waiting for inheritance, and trusting effort over luck.
Biographical sketch by Thiers recounts Napoleon Bonaparte as a subaltern in the French service living in poverty after Toulon. He shared a coat with his brother Louis, relied on small loans, and received aid from actor Palma while his face bore a virulent skin disease treated by Quivisart.
A fearless figure accepts public censure and threats to act virtuously. He endures a hostile crowd and offers no defense while standing by a virtuous cause. If he remains steadfast, history and philosophy will honor him for generations.
A New Orleans paper reports near nine million dollars spent on intoxicants in the city over the last year with about sixteen thousand arrests related to drink. It notes around four hundred delirium tremens deaths and about seventy murders, plus many vagrants and widespread social damage in the state.
A reflective piece urges friends to support one another on life’s path toward a happier existence, emphasizing mutual care and shared progress.
The Liverpool Journal reviews Britain’s potential to mobilize about 66 000 tons and 16 000 horsepower across Cunard Liverpool lines and other fleets. It argues a ready 24 hour notice fleet could block Russian merchant ships, harass in the Baltic and Black Sea, and disrupt Danube concentrations.
The piece blasts state corruption and incompetence from the governor’s office to the penitentiary, urging immediate reform. It accuses private secrecy, pardoning power abuse, and brutal conditions, and calls for decisive changes to remove the current regime.
A reader questions whether Ohio law tied to a uniform tax rule includes taxing slaves owned by Ohio citizens in other states. The note urges the industrious Finance committee to consider if slave property should be placed on the tax duplicate under the true value in money rule.
The article discusses claims the Whig party is dead due to leaders like Badger Jones and Clayton joining Douglas. It argues the party is not dead, citing northern strength and new vitality, with elections in New York New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island.
The writer extols hydropathic therapy as a gentle frost remedy. He thanks Old Erie for promoting a free water cure that saves blossoms and eases upset stomachs. The note, dated April 21, laments frost damage and praises the morning wet sheet as nature thaws.
The Richmond Whig urges Virginia adopt a more efficient education system. It cites rising ignorance with 1849 uneducated at 60,000 and 1850 at 80,000, warning at current rates letters in the state could be extinguished. The Tribune notes teachers imprisoned for enlightening children.
The text compares U S states to European countries noting Illinois would be forty Rhode Islands, Minnesota sixty. Missouri surpasses New England, Ohio surpasses Ireland or Scotland and Switzerland together, and Missouri exceeds half of Italy.
A Lawrence county woman named Mrs Hamersly was divorced from her husband at 9:30. His court resistance delayed the order. By 10:00 she remarried Mr Wikte, becoming twice a wife and once single within the same hour and legally bearing the names Mrs Hameraly Miss Colton and Mrs Wikie.
The Journal of Commerce reports Genxaat Scott remains robust and vigorous after an interview. He lives on Twelfth Street near his business office and the Army headquarters, where he and his aides stay busy discharging their duties.
In a renowned Connecticut clock manufactory 250 workers produce about 600 clocks daily. Each timepiece passes through roughly 50 hands before completion. More than half of Connecticut clocks are exported to France.
The Pomeroy coal mine diggers strike for an advance of about 30 cents per day, while mine owners refuse to grant the raise.
The Washington Union argues against popular sovereignty as the motive behind repealing the Missouri Compromise. It contends the real aim is to increase slave representation and political power for slavery, citing the Cuba annexation and Texas acquisition as evidence, and condemns constitutional overreach and territorial expansion that favor the South.
The Washington Union notes a long trend where U S sail cloth, once dominated by imports from Russia, was built up locally after Patterson New Jersey began producing sail duck. Globeter town requirements exceed four thousand ads of duck yearly, while Boston imports show heavy Russian trade in 1343 figures.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.