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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1894

Page

7

Gettysburg charge tale from Pickett longstreet

Veteran recalls meeting General Pickett after Gettysburg and recounts an anecdote about Longstreet delaying orders to charge. The account suggests Lee might have changed fate if Longstreet had acted earlier, noting the impact on troop consolidation after the pause.

Pickett Ongetreet Bess State Street General Pickett Gettysburg Ickett Smething Hawever Genongstreet Longstreet Geeral Tam Lee Veteron New York Herald

Dr King’s New Discovery and Other Remedies Featured

Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Jynction City UL credited Dr King’s New Discovery with curing consumption after doctors said hopeless. San Francisco man Mr Eggers reported similar success with a dreadful cold. Ads tout olive oil with mustard for snoring, Electric Bitters for liver and kidney ailments, and Ayer’s Sarsaparilla for cleansing the blood. Also notes European education gains and a Westminster Abbey anecdote about Tennyson and Browning.

Phoebe Thomas Jynction City Dr. King Eggers Florida St San Francisco W.H. McKee

Indian Gambling Among Chiefs and Warriors Described

A Pittsburgh Dispatch summary details Native American gambling as an omnipresent vice among tribes. It recounts bets involving possessions and even family, notes intricate stick and bone games, emphasizes gamblers' stoicism, and describes matches lasting days with high stakes and elaborate cheating avoidance.

Orich Mering Pittsburgh Dispatch Fethe Imauke Macon Tentrone Navajoer Cte Los Pool

Fragmented Editorial Snips From an Old Paper

A garbled collage of 19th century quips and items mentions churchgoing Puritan days, ammonia production in Newark, and streetcar price drops. It notes a Denver ore shipment valued at about four hundred thousand dollars, a perfume gimmick, a New England joke, a railway station name, curious exchanges, and light social banter about kissing and money in marriage.

Newark Denver New England Uxerk Tox's Atlantic City Somers Point

Snakes and Snake Tales Among Local Reporters and Farms

A garbled tale recalls encounters with rattlers across Greene county and Port Jervis, with witnesses including Joms D. Pepueeens and drummer Taorspre. Reports mention deadly self-inflicted rattlesnakes, a Greene county ten acre lot given to snakes, and witnesses Ike Layman, G. 8 Eyre, George Rawley, and Alex Stewart noting multiple snakes and hidden eggs from Newark to Binghamton.

D. Pepueeens AL. Taorspre Cincinnati Cou. NeVaveres Greene County Boybury Ike Layman Port Jervis Eyre London Rattler George Rawley Binghamton Alex. Stewart Newark

Simple, Sure Remedies From An Old Remedy Note

A fragment of old household remedies suggests bicarbonate soda in cold water to ease mild headaches and hot water to check bleeding. It mentions bee stings and wound care with juice or honey, turpentine and lard as an irritant rub, chest rubs, and a nervous headache remedy using a small amount of sugar on the tongue followed by water.

O'Dowd Hilkenny Kilkenny Sheehan Westminister Gazette W. H. McKew

New Zealand Meoris Claim Vast Land Holdings

The article states that New Zealand Meoris own about 19,000,000 acres of land and that the nation remains the most densely populated on earth. It notes a system of taxation and brick costs in the United Provinces at around £30, with references to sales and urban development.

New Zealand Cs Estat Turas United Procupts

Unclear Text Summary of Material Matters

Fragmentary OCR text discusses topics on cooperation and balance of points. Mentions couples, skaters, and notes about fairness and natural judgement. Lacks coherent events, individuals, or organizations to anchor a specific news item.

Governor McKinley’s Masonry Tale At Winchester Center

The Dayton Journal recounts how Governor McKinley joined the Masons at Winchester, Va, amid Civil War turmoil. It describes contested rites, special dispensation, and the exchange of Masonic labor between Northern and Southern lodges as armies moved. A Hartford Courant anecdote about Putnam and Amherst adds a wartime resolve tale, followed by a comic roadside exchange.

Dayton Journal McKinley Renton Corner Vince Winchester Sheridan Johnny Reb Magons Sexer Winchester Lodge General Putnam Canada Hartford Courant Amherst Putnam

Appointment of acting commander of hospital corps reported

Cartarx W. of Wy lamsport has been named acting commander of the hospital corps in Major Welch's absence. Neation approved the corps rank of knowledge in medicina as Captain Wes tervelt sends a report that the men must pass inspections in medicine and surgery and, being ignorant currently, should study before inspection.

Cartarx W Westenvint Wylamsport Een Welch Neation Westervelt Tits Chilhieothe Daily News

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