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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1875
Page
4
The piece from New Castle Pennsylvania dated August 8 1575 urges soldiers to reject alcohol and shun rum lager and wine. It calls for abstinence to avoid sorrow and a drunkard's grave and warns of divine wrath.
An aged bondage survivor, Brother Harkliss Jones from Sou' Caliny, visits a northern minister to urge action not money. He speaks of faith, Satan, and Christ, recounting his painful path from slavery to liberation and the moment of grace in the cane brake.
An aging enslaved man, Harkliss, visits a minister and reaffirms his belief that the Lord has written his name on him. The minister, moved by the encounter, rewrites his sermon, then chooses to seek out others hidden in his flock rather than dwell on the visitor’s tale.
The Henderson Reporter notes Louis Burke of Burkesville died after uttering blasphemous words over crop losses from flood and drought. The report also mentions a Sillow tree planted at Andrew Johnson’s grave, grown from Napoleon’s grave twig, and a riddle about sums.
H Carpenter a medical doctor with practice at Atold Brick on the West store side and L Gorslene based in Athens Ohio appear in this line of 1876- IST record. The item lists offices and professions for both physicians.
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