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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1876
Page
6
Farmers discuss using Paris Green to kill potato insects while warning it is deadly poison. Cautions include confinement to farm use and risk of accidental poisoning to families. It is not absorbed by potatoes but remains hazardous if ingested by humans or animals.
The author urges investing in productive local land and improvements rather than vanity items. A $1,000 drainage upgrade could add $60 yearly income, a $100 manure boost may yield $106 extra produce, and a horse costing $150 yearly is a costly nonproductive asset, while a weather vane adds little income.
The Toledo Blade reports crop prospects from 200 points across four states. Wheat looks unusually good in Southern and Central Michigan and in Western and Northern Illinois, but Northwestern Ohio suffers drownouts. Central Indiana and Illinois show heavy winter kill and plowed fields. Farmers hope for a half crop with spring wheat rising and corn and oats plantings likely up. Michigan farmers forecast large oats planting.
Julian Winnie criticizes turning cattle on meadows on warm days and urges keeping cattle in yards until a safe bite of grass in spring. The text notes muck's absorption limits and advises thorough drying before composting with thin muck manure layers and twice as much muck as manure.
Microscopic tests show milk from cows in badly ventilated stables or fed on unwholesome food harbors living germs, a fungus species that spoils cream and prevents butter from churning. Farmers statewide will plant more than the usual corn this spring.
A fanciful parable within a newsprint piece shows a brown jug longing for gentler scenes beyond a saloon. The tale ends with a saloon keeper muttering a poison mix. a strong anti alcohol message follows, arguing alcohol harms health and life.
A proposal urges circulating a petition to employers to switch pay day from Saturday to Monday. Targeted employers include H V R R, M C R R, gas firms, Athens Asylum, Pilcher furniture, Stewart and Herrold mills, O Blen ness contractor, Journal Office, hardware merchants, and others. Signatures invited from all over twenty one at Mayor Golden's office.
In Athens with thirteen saloons and four drug stores selling liquor to 2500 residents, questions arise about who owns the saloon properties. A pledge from property holders to circulate is urged, targeting church members and others who own premises used for liquor retail by the glass. Wives are called to state grievances and seek prosecutions under state law.
Train schedule shows Athens to Parkersburg routes with morning departures from Athens and connections via Marietta. Notes list arrival and departure times at multiple stations, including Cincinnati Express and local stops. The timetable indicates trains run on specific days and directions with accommodations at stations.
Two daily Express Trains depart Athens on Sundays and everyday except ed for the West Straitsville Branch and for Columbus with connections to Circleville Cincinnati Buffalo Philadelphia New York and other east and west points. Agents W A Milla and Geo Karr note the schedule and connections.
The Bee Line railway announces Monday May 28 1871 trains from Columbus to Crestline Cleveland Buffalo Niagara Falls Rochester Albany Harrisburg Baltimore Washington Philadelphia New York City and more with through car to Delaware and Springfield via Columbus connections. Circulars available from E Ford General Superintendent James Parson General Agent Eugene Ford Passenger Agent Columbus Ohio.
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