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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
6
A miscellany of brief items covers licensing pools in Louisiana, odd local name readings in Winthrop Maine, summer Mount Megunticook tales, a coffin wedding and other curiosities. It notes royal and literary figures, prices, inventions, and regional anecdotes with quick, quirky blurbs.
Curious domestic tips mix with scattered anecdotes from Joplin Missouri to Paris France. Advice on stain removal ironing tableware and watering pots contrasts with reports of fires strikes and theatrical events including opera house fires in Paris and Wagnerian debates.
Melon mice threaten Newport neighborhood crops in Douglas county Kansas. Farmers train horses to cut pointeds sold at 11 cents while corn stands at 17 cents. Friedensville Virginia mines pump 37 500 gallons per flywheel rotation. Western cherries come east from Oregon though not all from California. England oak now produced in Germany. Winchester cathedral root beans renewed with Stettin oak cut 421 feet long. Dublin exposition shows farm machinery equal in strength to Britain but lighter. Dublin consul cautions Irish farmers prefer heavier gear.
A fragmentary science clipping describes using Roentgen jars to inspect a gold bearing rock interior in an Oregon town, noting visible alloy veins as if on the surface and recommending life boat precautions with citric acid and salt. It also surveys Spanish linguistic lore and a mix of era trivia, with various stray notes on sculptures, thieves jargon, and European figures.
A jumble of clipped dispatches recounts oddities from Eastern lands and Britain. References touch on shahs, Ottoman decline, India’s prison population, Moroccan guards, St Sophia, ancient mosques, and coinage trivia. Casual notes mention Latter Day Saints in England, English legal judges, Canadian coins, London dog seizures, and a Norman keep at Hedingham Castle offered for sale.
A gang of 21 burglars in Paris, active over three years, attacked churches and priested houses with no violence. They operated with careful organization and were recently arrested. ForMontpelier France bans wrapping food in white or straw paper. Paris completes drainage system modeled on Paris at 23 million francs. Paris spent 20 thousand dollars at the Salon this year for pictures, 32.8 thousand as the top price. The Bend belief leader is thought to be in the United States.
A jumble of health advice mentions simple foods for digestion and sleep aids such as dandelion tea, with notes on lettuce, water, and apple based diets. It references remedies like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for stomach and kidney troubles, Hood's Sarsaparilla for vitality, and Hood's Pills for digestion, plus a report on a memorial tribune fundraiser for Lugens Fieh Lt. The tone is promotional and instructional.
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