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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1895
Page
4
A 2M page volume titled Landlord and Tenant and Other Farm Laws offers commentary and plain language on animals chattel mortgages contracts and property divisions. It covers fences game laws drayage and exemptions with Supreme Court opinions and full repeal updates. Priced at $1.00 with wine colored cloth binding.
The garbled text alleges shifts in Ohio and U.S. politics, listing candidates from Ohio and national figures while claiming Democratic and Republican tensions. It references Foraker, Bayard, Grestam, Cleveland, and a purported party struggle amid cabinet and trade debates.
A Republican editor praises Mr Monnett for attorney general, detailing his education at Becrras high school, QO. WU. at Delaware, Greek classical course, and National Law School. He helped organize the Ohio State Republican League and now would win broad party backing. A note on Mrs Parnell, daughter of Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, adds historic context amid a wider odds-and-ends local dispatch.
Reports from Columbus and Cleveland discuss incorporation of the Bocking Waller and Lake Erie Railroad with capital stock of 2000 and planned links from Columbus to Athens. The Columbus Hoeking Valley and Athens line may evolve with Belt Line access in Columbus and connections to Cleveland and Toledo, aiming to haul coal and traffic.
An athletic exhibition at the university on May 1 features Bert Dalley and S Murayama in a balanced demonstration between the United States and Japan. The program includes sparring between Zip Thompson and Lon Barnes, with Todor Fields and H. E. Muller showcasing boxing skills. Musical interludes and proceeds totaling about 16 dollars accompany the event.
Transactions show multiple real estate deeds in Athens Township and village areas. Names include Josiah P Haines T D Dale George Pailoon Arthur E Pallvoz Nannie G W Ailom Sarah E Coonett M Hudson A W Connett & Son H C Owens Mattie J Owens Addie E Owens Lacy George W Hill Jane McClanahan Rath Pleasant Baca Franklin L Creamer Oscar Eddy Charlies Mink W E Cunningham D S Anberry Mary A Johnson Chester Woodworth Wassall Fire Clay Co Charles F P Robr and others with parcels ranging 3 to 92.1 acres and prices from 70 to 390 dollars.
Severe frosts last week damaged garden vegetables and likely ruined much fruit in several county areas. Wheat injury noted as North and East regions faced general cold, with a nationwide pattern of unusually cool weather and record lows across multiple states.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a route, waterway, and names but lacks clear facts. The readability is too poor to identify people, organizations, places, dates, or events with confidence. No verifiable summaryable events emerge beyond scattered terms.
Fragmentary historical note documents a patient named Thee Bade treated with Castorta and Castor. The text mixes spellings and misprints, mentioning crying, clinging to remedies, and a sequence of medicines like Comorta during illness.
Dreuarent Lizzie Day progress noted as unchanged. Cath purche and fine roel Rev Tamize preached at Lawrence hast Serray. Plattng core api Washing sheep observed. Horse Seoaut's house rented by Bran] Persons with mare soon. Mrs Mary Scout reports two powrst this week. sister Mrs Whit of Cool. Ed Mower, diagnosed with cancer of the oceech, is described as undergoing care. Steamer schedule to Sohans hinted. many residents attend Sebdoe Stoan meeting after sock damage.
Fragmentary text suggests names such as Athens and Remy Pot GA and a price or center reference. Content unreadable in spots but indicates a local notice style with people and places, needing reconstruction to identify exact events or actions.
A promotional excerpt argues that pure blood ensures strength life and ambition with good appetite digestion restful sleep and strong nerves. It also warns many suffer daily from impure blood causing scrofula rheum rheumatism catarrh nervous loss sleeplessness and headaches.
Advertising text claims Reneeee 4 Hood's Sarsaparilia purifies and enriches blood, strengthens nerves, defeats fatigue, and improves appetite and sleep. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best building up medicine for lasting vitality.
A garbled page notes a Newark lawyer Davin Satz convicted of stealing ten cents from a constable's feet, with scattered items on tastes, medical claims, prison life, a Kansas farm water change, a Confederate reference, baseball results at Gallipolis, and a May ticket sale by the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway offering broad regional fares.
Fragmented OCR reads like a wartime poem or speech with garbled lines. It references a march of four leaders, a guard’s form, a rocking chair scene, and a vow not to pass this way again. Mentions springtime, strength, and protests or battles with cryptic numbers and place names.
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