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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1907
Page
2
A mixed page features recipes for Eye of Women consomme dressed eggs and chocolate pie with rich cream, plus Butter Scotch cubes and Cocoanut Taffy. It offers housekeeper hints on silk shirt waists cleaning, moth prevention, frying, and baking, with nameless local society notes and names tied to Athens and Willow Creek.
Virginia experiment station results show silage as a good roughage for winter feeding to cattle finished on grain in spring. A moderate grain ration with protein from corn or cottonseed meal develops carcass, not fat. The piece notes cattle shortages in the South and the need for pasture and fencing. It also cites rising beef demand and feeder market prospects, with comments from the Breeder's Gazette and National Stockman. Spain's rail practice of platform tickets is described with humor.
A fragment describing flavoring with grated citrus peel and proper oven handling. It warns against covering a cake during baking and suggests placing a vessel of cold water in an overheated oven to lower the temperature. It notes crisp under crusts for pies cooled in the case.
Squire P. P. Lauer and wife visited Mr. James Sams. Mrs. John Dillinger and Mrs. Frederick Finsterwald from Angel Ridge visited Edward Love. Orestes Fulton and Miss Queen Love were married at the bride’s parents' home Saturday evening. Aunt Dorcas Love is spending a...
A wealthy but tyrannical husband, Sir John Gordon, marries three times for money. His second wife Lady Gordon elopes with Lord Percival. their yacht wrecks, they cheat their way home as Mr Caruthers and wife. Sir John dies months later, leaving debts and a warning to avoid society humiliation.
Iowa Homestead urges hog breeders to focus on feet and legs as a key fault in show hogs. Long pasterns and weak tendons threaten performance and can pass through generations if a poorly footed boar is used. Proper foot structure is essential for all ages and sexes.
Breeding good dairy animals is not an instant science but an evolutionary task. The patient intelligent breeder cooperates with nature to improve stock, a process that cannot be rushed or measured in a few years. It is a life work for a man, often shortening life spans given the long time required.
A juggler mourns show business in Philadelphia Record style, saying performers risk life for applause while monologue acts profit more. He claims high costs, strict personal discipline, and low pay despite dangerous stunts and heavy gear.
A brief dialogue notes authorities who believe singing can prevent consumption while contrasting with the idea of the greatest good for the greatest number as discussed in the Philadelphia Press.
A short tale prints a pun filled joke about Barker and his dog Barker both named Barker. The editor discovers a parody letter about bark and business remarks ending with a humorous twist and a request for payment at 1001 Barker avenue.
The Loudon Chronicle recounts the romance around St Winifred well. Cradocus the prince beheaded a damsel. her head rolled to the church where the spring gushed forth. St Beuno revived her with a slender neck scar. The moss smelled fragrant and blood marks tinted the stones on June 22, the feast day. The well now sits in a rectangular building with water feeding a star shaped basin.
A Spokane Spokesman-Review note muses on love and the ideal mate. It suggests the wooer must refine his voice to find the glad ring and save the diamond price to cover provisions for a first year in a flat.
In a brief exchange, Mrs Gotrox asks Mabel if Mr Woodby truly loves her for who she is. Mabel affirms his affection, citing his restlessness when she is present.
Daily markets report from Pittsburg Pennsylvania on November twenty with cattle receipts and price ranges for prime extra and common to fair stock. Hogs show receipts around two thousand head with prime Yorkers roughs and pigs priced and sheep and lambs receipts about twelve hundred with good to prime and fair to choice lambs pricing.
Mrs Lucy Palmer of Barnesville visited cousin Mrs Annie Dunfee and returned Friday. Mr Green of Carthage spent several days with his daughter Mrs Bowles. Mrs Bahr and her children of Athena spent time with relatives last week.
Visiting relatives and friends are mentioned across Meigs County and nearby areas including Mrs Wilson and Mr Shumway. Milroy Green and Annie Dunfee are noted guests, with church meetings at Troy and Frost area. The M E Aid society hosts a sock social and the Baptist Ladies Aid plans a Thanksgiving dinner. Preaching scheduled at the Baptist church next Sunday.
The bulletin notes a return sleeping car from Chicago every night at 3 30 AM. It specifies the nightly departure time and travel to the destination, reflecting a railway timetable item in the NOL ce Nunes Bulletin.
Fare from Athens is 14 dollars and 60 cents. Further information is available on application.
Train times listed for Athens route showing northbound and southbound departures and arrivals. Daily and Sunday-specific times include morning and evening departures and late arrivals.
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