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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1854
Page
1
The Athens Messenger lists weekly issues with advertising terms. Pricing covers one square twelve lines and multiple insertions, various column widths, and business cards. Advertisements require advance payment and continued insertion until canceled. names of candidates incur a $1.00 charge in advance.
Jodee Court of Common Pleas Simeon Nash resided in Gallipolis Probate Judge J C Frost maintains the office in the Court House upstairs listing official positions and locations in the directory.
The piece presents a grieving child expressing sorrow beside a brother Willie’s bed. A maternal voice comforts with religious sentiment, suggesting Willie has died and angels will care for him. The poem contrasts tearful farewell with hope of reunion in the afterlife.
A poetic reminiscence recalls a May dawn when fleurs wept and dawn light crowned a bridelike star. A loved one fades as an angel on watch guides a new song, promising reunion beyond life and heaven.
A reflective miscellany mixes allegorical figures Hope Memory and Immortal Happiness with scenes of aging and moral lessons. It contrasts earthly hope with lasting memory while recounting a gifted life from cradle to old age, ending in heavenly themes and warnings about vanity and deceit.
A reflective missive on the universal demand to “go” for work and duty, detailing how clergy, editors, lawyers, lovers, and workers echo this sentiment. It contrasts bustling urban life with a dying scene and ends with snapshots of common people and a tale of a greenhorn challenged by a knife-wielding bully and a quick rebound.
A curious shop sign in Hong Kong contrasts paradise with perpetual drink. The New York Tribune quotes a Kansas slave-state tale about cow checks and a migrant crossing river passes. Gileadites use the Shibbeleth test to catch Ephraimites. Know Nothing activity in Massachusetts builds to a state convention and a Texas troop request for Indians draws support.
In Lucas County Ohio the Democracy seek to hang together by a discreet policy. They resolve that the Territorial policy of the present Administration warrants differing opinions and that they should not be held responsible for individual views. The Maine Dems nominate William Kimball for Congress at Paris on the 15th.
An early report extols the La Salle bridge of the Illinois Central Railway, spanning the Illinois River from bluff to bluff at over half a mile long and seventy feet high. It notes a cost near 760000 dollars and describes a two level design for vehicles and carriages. The piece lauds American railway enterprise.
London writers describe Prince Albert as a hen pecked husband after a Cambridge visit. Victoria allegedly ordered him home by eight, while the city promised entertainment until twelve, prompting a jest at royal discipline. In Ohio a man named Beard was shot by Robinson during a buggy ride. Beard died, wife unharmed, robber fled, no arrest reported.
The Statesman quotes S Cox urging Democrats to support Olds and oppose the Nebraska bill, warning of defeat and slavery rhetoric. The Toronto Colonist notes eight people admitted to a somatic asylum after consuming camphor to prevent cholera, detailing methods and lethal risks.
The article outlines salaries in Washington departments, mileage and per diem totaling 1.245 million, plus 1.9 million for pay and expenses of the two Houses. It notes 4 thousand per member subsistence, printing costs, books, and reporting debates, with judicial expenses near a million, claiming this reflects an economical administration.
Mr. Van Beren former U S president has concluded a three month stay in Naples and departed for Florence and the baths of Lucea.
In Aug 1864 Athens Messenger letters attack Dr Nebraska Olds as a congressional candidate, calling him emblematic of post offices and spoils and praising anti Nebraska figures. The writer mocks local figures Galloway Dennison Stanbery Renick and Land Bill Allen, predicting a defeat for the anti Nebraska slate. The note also describes a late night spiritualist meeting at High and Rich streets, detailing mediums and a disturbance with personnel chased by the crowd.
The National Democrat in sharp editorial voice accuses a cadre at the Custom House of corruption and threats. It warns that if investigations rattle those in power, revolvers and retribution could follow, implying dire consequences for reformers and rivals.
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