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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1896
Page
2
The Athens Messenger and Herald lists ad rates for display and classified notices, with charges by column width and duration. It details rates for one column and multiple weeks, special discounts on longer contracts, and exemptions for obituaries and resolutions. notes on address changes and subscription details are included.
A New York politics dispute centers on Thomas C. Platt battling to control state delegates and block McKinley’s national path. The piece traces Platt’s “Me Too” past, his machine tactics, and calls for defeating him to advance the Republican ticket.
Washington column discusses the administration’s stance on bond investigations, potential veto threats, and a push to fund a Grant monument with Senate efforts led by Squire. Mentions Olney protests over Spanish sentences, a revenue cutter order, and a humorous New York police inspector anecdote. Also notes Japan’s waters and a patent medicinal claim prominent in the page.
A diverse, garbled regional summary notes a St. Petersburg firm signaling readiness to do business in China and mentions various local and national topics. It cites 108 manufacturing industries employing 5,507 people, a barbershop debate amid Prohibition-era context, and Ohio merchants planning to send debt collectors to the Woman's Missionary Society. It also references public policy talk, elm tree plantings in New Haven, and the movement of Paor Gok to Ohio State University to found a normal department.
The article surveys natural lubrication by glands in animals and hair’s role in heat retention, notes eye strain from streetcar seating, and mentions a speculative cattle cure for rinderpest from Lansbury Rhodesia. It discusses insect heat retention limits, freezing of creatures, and the concept of living beings resisting cold.
A historical note recounts cases of hearts buried or sent to relics and loved ones. Richard Coeur de Lion left his heart to tin canons at Haven cathedral. Mme Vermienoux bequeathed hers to Jacob Meister. Sir Nicholas Crispe’s heart was interred in Bammersmith parish church with wine yearly. Sir William Temple had his heart buried in a garden sun. Napoleon wished Parma for Marie Louise but fate altered plans.
Practical kitchen hints cover omelet making soft water for soap and bacon on beefsteak. Advice includes sugar and sour before fruit in pies, alum to vinegar for scalding pickles, buttered pie pans with Indian meal, baking coconut custard pies without crust, and browning potatoes by cold boiling then fry turning in butter.
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