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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1895
Page
3
A New Orleans Picayune tale describes crawling leaves in Australia. English sailors saw green leaf shapes fall in midsummer, then move toward trees as insects that blend with foliage. The creatures fold legs, resemble leaves, and can change color with frost. they crawl back up trunks when shaken to the ground.
A detailed 1895 portrait of Ah Ho in Canton and her hair care routine. The feature describes Chinese grooming, tools, deterring methods, and provincial styles, noting dyed, braided and coil arrangements, along with daily washing, trimming, and dressing rituals.
Mr Kemino the Japanese minister at Washington is fond of society and, with the chancellor of the legation a sociable multilingual Japanese, goes out often. They have become popular with the hospitable people at the capital.
A collection of oddities and ads from a historical page includes new gadgets like an electric hair curler and an alarm letter box, a ship buoy device, and claims for Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Dr. Pierce cures. It also lists rail ticket promotions for numerous conventions and excursions across Ohio and surrounding states with limited return dates and one-way fares.
Train arrivals at Athens adjusted on multiple B. and V. U. S. W. routes with new schedules. Buckeye mileage ticket offered good over sixty four lines, enabling eight hours in Marietta with a 9:17 a.m. departure and 4:17 p.m. return. Promotions include Ohio Central Lines parlor cars and Other excursion fares to the Virginias, the Southeast, and western points. Contact N. J. Warwick or W. C. Nisher for leaflets and full details.
The ECCKEVE FLYER is the Business Man's Train for Chicago. Leaves Columbus nightly and runs through to Chicago in day coaches and allman day cars. No car changes. Palace coaches on Express trains between Columbus and Oslo River points. Ticket agents or W H fistien, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Columbus Ohio, can provide full information.
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