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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1877
Page
3
A Chambers Journal poem reflects on autumn as a metaphor for a heart's passage from loneliness and fear toward renewal. It contrasts death of plants with the promise of spring in heaven, suggesting endurance amid loss and the possibility of future hope.
Fall wheat up and buckwheat excel lent. turnips green. apple crop poor due to bitter rot. Willow Creek flooded with cider from Mr. Jasper Long large press. locals bring fruit for pressing. Rev J W Cummings reappointed to Willow Creek circuit. admired for discipline and leadership, future prominence foreseen.
A dated piece discusses how drink harms shooters, billiard players, and athletes in New York. It cites top marksmen, a road racer Dan Mace, and billiard champions stressing that sobriety preserves nerves, steadiness, and accuracy, with anecdotes on fragile nerves after sipping alcohol.
A reflective meditation on the heart’s burdens and resilience as memories and love shape emotion. Also brief anecdotal items from Payne’s boatyard in Akron with a floating steamer and a water spout, plus clipped notes on military estimates and a Fort Worth Dallas incident, a Oneida infancy practice, Ohio fish law, a love-sick Irish quip, and the French election result.
Jasper Robinett files a petition in the Athens County Court of Common Pleas seeking partition of multiple parcels in Lee and Albany townships Athens County Ohio. The action names Arvilla Holmes and others as defendants and A.D. 1877 is listed as the filing date with the next term set for order granting partition.
James Bell plaintiff sues to annul a coal lease on eighty acres in York township Athens county Ohio alleging nonpayment due since 1872. The defendants linked to New York and Ohio Coal Company face a court summons requiring answer by November 8, 1877.
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