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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1894
Page
7
A wide OCR collage reports a crop outlook with reduced sown wheat area and drought impact, plus fruit and hog conditions and price remedies. It includes ads for bitters and tonics, a light joke about a Boston schoolteacher, suffrage notes, medical testimonials, and local curiosities on trees, Bibles, cigars, and Tesman-type items.
A detailed guide explains how women can craft decorative home furniture using a hammer small saw chisel awl plane and nails of assorted sizes. It describes making a shoe holder seat from soap boxes packing cases and a back board with hinges and tufted upholstery using denim materials and curled hair with buttons for tufting. It also covers a hanging cabinet from packing boxes with cornice molding shelves and decorative draping, finishing with secure wall mounting considerations and use of bric a brac for appeal.
The article explains practical tests to judge silk quality before purchase. Methods include tearing, scraping, raveling, winding strength, and burning to detect dye integrity, weight, and fiber composition. It notes pure silk should be strong, lustrous, smooth, light, and not burn readily, while waste silk or poorly dyed fabrics reveal flaws.
Practical guide from American Gardening on making an affordable decorative flower stand. Three bamboo legs cross to a ball support, anchored to a one by one foot square pine top, then covered with washing silk. Add silk balls along the lower edge for a delicate finish.
The visiting card of the mother should be sent to relatives with the infant’s card attached in the upper left corner. Traditionally the child’s name appeared on the card, but later practice uses simply A Little Son or Daughter with the birth date added.
A new Italian rifle can pierce five inches of oak at 4000 feet. Aluminum drums prove successful in Prussian military bands, lighter and fuller sounding. Chateaudun receives Legion of Honor for 1870 defense. Springfield experiments use aluminum bayonet scabbards for the rifle, bending well but soldering edges remains unsolved.
A collection of notes on nature studies cites a caterpillar’s appetite and Darwin on insanity in animals. It claims no worm or insect on eucalyptus trees or roots, notes solitary confinement harms mental health, and explains birds’ foot mechanism and hens’ toe action.
Ubrellas of varnished paper gain favor in France while Dourable artificial silk from waste wool or cotton uses chemicals for neat dressy fabric. A pneumatic horse collar suits horses by matching neck motion. M Meyer of Paris introduces a fireproof material called Pater Indestructible, proving its glaze survives 148 hours in a furnace.
The District of Columbia has 10,000 more women than men. Over 90 percent of U S business is conducted by checks. London Zoo houses 650 beasts 1 301 birds and 860 reptiles. France shows population decline in recent years. Washington patents filed last year total 40,000, with 545,000 patents outstanding January 1. Patent Office receipts reach 1 200 000 while expenses are 150 000 less.
Afternoon tea-table covers are described with a valance about eleven inches deep, gathered moderately full and finished with a cord. The wording suggests a decorative yet practical table cover suitable for the five o'clock tea setting.
A petition will be presented to the Athens County commissioners in December 1894 seeking the establishment of a county road along a line from Robt Haning’s late residence in Carthage Township east through Haning heirs and Samuel Haning lands to Guthrie Creek, then up Wakely Run to a bridge near the Delane house. Petitioners also seek Campbell road to intersect the new road at Campbell hill foot and near Edmond Kelly’s land, with abandonment of the old road. MANY PETITIONERS. Nov 1 to 22, 1894.
The advertisement offers free examinations for a wide range of illnesses including head diseases throat and bronchial disorders lung and stomach ailments and female disorders. It promises detailed descriptions of diseases and confidential correspondence with the home office with hours 9 am to 9 pm and reception of written descriptions from those unable to call.
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