Athens Stressenger Ad Rates and Terms
Weekly Athens Stressenger published by A J Van Vorhes on Court Street presents subscription rates in advance and arrearage terms. Advertising rates include one square for three insertions and discounts for longer runs with penalties for unnotified discontinuances. Names of candidates incur a $1.00 fee with payment in advance.
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A. J. van Vorhes
Ofice
Court Street
O. W. Brown
Bao
Athens
Counces
Willce South End
Washington Street
Court House
Pickering & Brown
O. Perkins & Baker
Court St
Ohio
J. Ballard & Sons
N. K
Colege Square
The Long Ago Isle Memory Poem
A nostalgic poem speaks of Time as a flowing river and a sacred isle called the Long Ago. It contrasts winters and summers, lingering memories, broken vows, and loved ones lost, hoping the green soul remains in sight till night and sleep.
Nellie finds happiness by doing good in her home
Nellie Blair laments lack of money and purpose while her farmer husband Willie works hard. He consoles her with love and practical tasks, urging her to contribute by tending the home, caring for siblings, and performing small acts of kindness, proving contentment comes from good deeds rather than wealth.
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Nellie
Wildwood
Willie
Willie Tee
Berlin
Hank
Louekeeper
Nellie Blair
Heclyn
California specie exports show strain on US balance of trade
Commentary argues overtrading drains US specie as exports from California mines and foreign purchases rise. Cites nine months of exports totaling 39 million dollars, a heavy draft versus imports, signaling unequal free trade and pressure on the nation’s precious metals.
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California
National Intelligencer
Journal of Commerce
Meat consumption in New York city reported by Albany Register
The Albany Register notes that in the three months ending the district, 219,613 animals were slaughtered for food in New York City. Over nine months the total reached 707,414, about 17,966 per week, nearly one million per year. Population around 500,000 implies two animals per person annually.
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New York
New York City
Albany Register
Iowa Senator Jones In Turbulent Row Over Lorrimer
United States Senator Jones of Iowa clashed with Peter A. Lorrimer in Bebuque last week. Jones was severely rebuked for calling Lorrimer a liar. H Ristenball of Lebanon PA was robbed of 4500 dollars aboard a Baltimore car on Tuesday.
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United States
Jones
Iowa
Bebuque
Peter A. Lorrimer
Lorrimer
H. Ristenball
Lebanon, Pa
Baltimore
Papal Power Described as a Bloodthirsty Monster
A critic portrays the Pope and the papal system as a multi-headed monster aimed at universal subjugation. The text accuses the church of bloodguilt, corruption, and driving believers into ignorance and fear to worship what they do not understand.
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Rome
White Earth
Papal
Do Not Marry a Man Who Sees Women as Slaves
Advice warns against marrying men who see women as mere housekeepers or inferiors. It condemns pride in female subservience, ignorance, money mindedness, and contempt for women in male company, urging women to seek equality and respect.
Notable Maryland farmer born into slavery earns freedom
Samuel Wilhame, a colored man in Washington county Maryland, is described by the Hargerstown Herald as a man of notable form. Born a slave in Stafford county Virginia, he bought his freedom with his own earnings and later bought his wife and children. By age fifty he secured them and now owns a farm worth ten thousand dollars with additional personal property. He is now seventy six years old.
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Bedell
Bishop Chase
Ohio
Beck
Philadelphia
Ward
Sodor and Man
America
Washington
Seck
Bishop Cha E
Samuel Wilhame
Washington County
Hargerstown Herald
Stafford County
Self Reflection and Mercy Quote by Bishop Heber
A devotional excerpt presents Bishop Heber urging self examination and humility. He stresses that sincere inward scrutiny leads to contrition and the plea for divine mercy rather than self righteousness. The tone mirrors a traditional religious meditation on sin and repentance.
Paper made from Life Everlasting plant by Canadian innovator
Mr. H. R. Andress of Chambly Canada East has produced paper from Graphaliam known as Life Everlasting. The sample resembles ordinary envelope stock but remains uncolored unbleached and unrefined. It is a fair tough serviceable yellowish paper and may become a useful raw material for paper makers.
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R. Andress
Chambly
Canada East
Life Everlasting
Toronto Colonial
Cinnamon Ganpensin Cevion
Description of a cinnamon bush in a sandy landscape of Ceylon with pale tender leaves and a faint aromatic flavor. The scene portrays different greens, delicate shoots, and the morning perfume carried by dew from the shrub.
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Ceylon
A New King or Democasts
In New York a faction calls itself Practical Democrats. The Providence Journal mocks the idea, suggesting such a party would be driven by action over rhetoric, and questions Barnum joining such a group without regard to expense.
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New York
Rocky Mountains
Barnum
Providence Journal
Forty Children Sail From New York for New Homes
About forty children, boys and girls, began a journey from New York on Wednesday afternoon to find homes in the West. They were sent out by the Children's Aid Society, led by Mr. E P Smith. Most are orphans gathered from the streets.
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New York
Children’s Aid Society
E.P. Smith
United States Express Company Indemnifies Robbery Losses
In Cincinnati the United States Express Company via its local agent indemnifies all losses from a recent heavy robbery reportedly involving an agent named Noelne. The company notes no further action against the thieves has been taken.
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United States Express Company
Cincinnati
Noelne
Railroads Transform Borders of towns and markets
The article argues railroads spur regional growth by linking villages to markets, raise land values, and boost farm prosperity. It notes the Baltimore and Ohio line creating thriving stations, new towns, and easier access to supplies and income, with counties receiving timely returns on subscriptions even if stock fails to pay dividends.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling Intellivencer
Ministerial Wit and a Temperance Punchline
A witty clergyman lecturing on temperance passes the pledge for signatures. He jests at a gang by the door, inviting them to join the cause. A drunk man retorts, and the clergyman replies with a chuckle about fish called suckers that do not bite.
Paradox of Smiles Reflected in Faces and Soul
The text discusses smiles as paradoxical indicators of inner character. It suggests a smile reveals the soul’s features and hints at the tension between outward expression and inner state, noting the smile’s power to reveal or conceal emotion.
We Cannot Think Too Highly Of Our Patury
A brief aphorism notes that one should not overestimate their patury nor underrate their own worth, urging balanced self view without grandiosity.
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Gallipolis
J.C. Frost
J. L. Kessincen
Jostra M. Dana
Exmaxim H. Moors
Samari Pickerting
Willliam H. Bankett
Attney
Samuel S. Knowes
Lorenzo D. Poston
York
John Extort
Carthage Township
William Mason
Amesto
Euiakim H. Moore
Oun Acking
Coiusn
Henry T. Brown
Bcticol
Danis
S. Dawa
W. Rip Convey
J. A. Dinevore
Notaries Public
Horace Wise
C. W. Brown
Lonexco Funyon
Amesville
Ww. Walker
Amensville
J. F. Rowe
Washington St
Jn Suas
Lund
Oulley
Athens Coo
Oo Gu
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Pickering & Johnson
Ealers
Pickering & Carley’s
J. T. Stanley
Sbeune
Stewart's
Fortar
S.S. Knowles
Otice
Mary Fuller
Fuller & Walker
W. H. Bor'ter
The
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Pierce
Lare
Crean
Col. Gilmore
Col. Denning
Geo. D. Martin
Capt. Rosenfeldt
T.P. Haret
Masonic Hall
Clinton House
Ferree
Clinton
S. W. Ely
T. T. Scott
John Young
State of
T. Shearer
Little Tiami Railroad Company
A. W. Francisco
Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad
Atlantic
Pacific
J. L.green
Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad Company
W. S. Nye
Marietta & Cincinnnati Railroad
Cincinnati and Chillicothe
Shattuck
Cin. Columbian
Marietta
Hough
City
Cinccinnati
Win
T. Findley
Chillicothe
Loveland
Little Miami
Chilicothe
Cin. Com
U.S. Post-Office
Finance Bureau
General Post Office Department
Baltimore Sun
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Geo. H. Burns
Adams & Co
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Luce
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Stephenson
Britannia Bridge
England
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Canada
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R.C. Fenn
Rochester
Anderson
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Virginia
Mrs Partngton
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New Brunswick
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Prussia
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Mes. R
Trollope
London
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Sons of Tem*perance
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BP. Heber
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