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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1874

Page

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Signers of the Declaration in Philadelphia 1776

A Harper’s Magazine excerpt recalls the Philadelphia convention of 1776 where fifty-one men debated independence. It notes the radical move to equality, separation of church and state, and sovereignty of the people, with European thinkers watching closely and praising American daring.

Peclar Philadelphia Cromwell Hampden Rome Demos Athens Venice Holland Geneva Rousseau Adams Jefferson Virginia Massachusetts Republic Constantine France Switzerland Germany Italy Scandinavia America Republican Party Gibbon Robinson Hume Adam Smith Fox Burke Barre Wilkes Chatham Friends of America Voltaire Paris Vergennes Bunker Hill Washington Atlantic Europe Congress of Deputies Harper's Magazine London Scotland England Social Science Congress Glascow Lyon Playfair Great Britain

Fenton family thefts and cradle pig caper in old county tale

The tale recounts George Washington Fenton accused of stealing a neighbor’s pig and hiding it in a cradle to avoid suspicion while his son John rocked the cradle. Neighbors search fruitlessly. Fenton boasts of the larceny after the incident while a portrait of Prof. Francis A. Walker’s Indian depiction is discussed, contrasting heroic and pejorative traits.

George Washington Fenton Armstrong Fentons Walker John Fenston Fenton Fentom Francis A. Walker Inquirer Binte

Quirky Yon Words and Old-Fashioned Wit in Fractured Note

A collage of clipped quips and odd anecdotes from a bygone era. The text mixes playful malapropisms, wry asides, and social faux pas as a wandering correspondent recounts vignettes. Names and places drift through a mosaic of humorous fragments.

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