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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
2
A lively column mixes songs and sermons on Thanksgiving cheer with sharp social sketches. It lampoons procrastination, college life, and political voters in Athens County, noting the wand of the dollar in elections and the spectacle of opinionless loiterers at polling sites.
Resorts from the county congregations show rising interest in Ohio Sunday Schools. The church view shifts toward the Bible as the primary text and Bible study for all ages, with less reliance on lesson leaves and a home use of the Bible alongside in class recitations.
The fragment argues that silence by wise men would leave the public ignorant of blood circulation. It questions the statement that wisdom lies in speech and hints at the value of informed discourse. The text references Sid and a conditional claim about knowledge.
The text traces Biela's comet discoveries in 1526 by Biela and Gambart, notes similarities to 1772 and 1806 comets, and outlines Clausen's 62.3 year period. It details sightings and misses at 1800, 1806, 1819, 1866, 1872, and the dramatic 1852 split into two nebulosities, with later observations and uncertainties across multiple returns.
A Washington Star report notes a civil service examiner test where applicants must reproduce a printed page without alteration. One candidate scored perfect 100 for flawless copying, including a fly speck blemish that wasn’t present on the original, later becoming a trusted official before defecting from the service.
An elderly war correspondent reflects on soldiers under fire from many nations. He notes diverse reactions to death from the French, Germans, Scots, Irish, Italians, Russians, and Americans, praising courage and describing how individuals differ in the face of mortality. Names and specifics follow, highlighting cultural bearing and personal losses.
A German emperor and his crown prince stage a playful incident over an opera hat left in a vestibule by a visiting scientist. The prince explains papa sometimes sits on it and pretends it returns, then apologizes to the professor and buys a new hat with pocket money. Melbourne experiences its first snowstorm with light but novel excitement.
The article describes Maine’s 50 sardine factories operating four to five months yearly with an output valued at about $3,000,000. It details catching along a hundred miles of coast, brining, oven cooking, two packing methods with oil or mustard, sealing, boiling, and quality checks before shipping as genuine American sardines in olive oil.
A Canadian mounted police sergeant Parker carried important dispatches across winter prairie snow. Stranded, frostbitten, he lay near death for days while his horse stood vigil. A mail carrier found them. Parker survived, but the horse died two days later after risking hunger and cold to guard its master.
Senator Clark of Wyoming notes Hawaii profits in sugar and cane and predicts coffee will pay later. He credits annexation with confidence and stable government, argues for a regular territorial system like Arizona or New Mexico, and criticizes current awkward governance while Honolulu grows commercially and harbor traffic intensifies.
A fragment notes the new explosive lyddite used in the South African war. The chemical is restricted to a small group of engineers. The English government allegedly obtained the secret from walinite investors for early wartime use.
A light exchange in Baltimore about a clock that won't run. She teases that it resembles someone, while he resists implying Sam caused the fault. The dialogue showcases a playful domestic moment from the era.
The piece notes how moca gold is hard to track after an English royalty taxes, and miners use schemes to dodge laws. It extols tetter's Stomach Fitters as a tonic to strengthen digestion, kidneys, and liver, ease constipation, and combat malaria amid hardships and weak systems.
A short note describes women workers in Japan who pick worms from tobacco leaves to prove wage payments. The fragment indicates the practice serves as evidence of earned wages for the labor.
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