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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1880

Page

2

Journey to Oakland West Virginia from Parkersburg

The author travels by train from Parkersburg through Kanawha to Oakland in the Allegheny mountains. He describes Oakland as a small town of 900 residents with a seasonal influx of visitors, a largely poor economy, and a climate praised for cool air. He notes the air quality, limited immediate sights, and locals’ modest offerings while sharing humorous anecdotes and daily routines.

Solomon Adam Eve Noah Lot Sodom Abraham Sarah Isaac Rebecca Moses David Ohio River Parkersburgh West Virginia Ohio Kanawha Grafton Cumberland Cumberland R. R Occason Deer Park Allegheny Mountains Dividing Ridge Oakland Maryland Cheat River Germany Golden Lion Munich Ireland Handel Iceland Turkey

Contented Hours of a Quiet Day

A reflective note on slow days with no trouble or strife. The speaker values cool, pleasant hours and long contentment as the source of happiness. Ends with a farewell to D. Z.

D. Z

Ancient cave bones found in Missouri iron ore vein

Reports from the St. Louis Republican describe a spring discovery in Franklin County Missouri by Dr. R W Booth near Dry Branch station showing a buried human skeleton at depth of eighteen feet, with ribs vertebrae a skull and flint arrow heads and charcoal. later bones found at twenty four feet, all within a iron ore chamber likely a cave bed with fibrous matting and bedded by loam and ore layers.

Missouri Kansas St. Louis Republican Franklin County R. W. Booth Dry Branch St. Louis and Santa Fe Booth

Workingmen Vote for Democrats Endangered Industries

A campaign message declares that Workingmen who back Democratic candidates will vote to extinguish fires of every furnace foundry and factory nationwide, framing the policy as a threat to industry and labor.

Same Old Story and Odd Notices From a Clinic

A Oxford graduate tale ends with an old guest revealing the same old story about the sister in a college room. Also mentions Dr Bull’s Baby Care medicine and a German mirror photography claim. A passing stranger asks who is dead near a churchyard and learns nobody is unhappy.

Oxford

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