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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
2
A collage of quips and political banter mixed with satirical sketches. The piece lampoons weather forecasts, campaign chatter, and social foibles while noting odd regional anecdotes about Athens Ohio and local politics. It blends humor with sharp social commentary.
The article chronicles the rise and collapse of the Athens county peach industry sparked by Mitchells orchard expansion, yellow disease, and failed commission merchant dealings. It notes mass orchard plantings, widespread varieties, and eventual destruction of trees, urging a pivot to apple cultivation as a more reliable, storable, and profitable alternative. It also mentions broader regional economic shifts and a brief reference to New York politics and a crime arrest in Kentucky.
In a Troy Ohio testimonial Mrs K T Sxyprz credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with curing a long standing scrofula on her neck. She describes a bench, pain, lancing, and a running sore followed by general decline before finishing after six bottles. She claims lasting health since the treatment. The ad asserts the medicine fights scrofula and related symptoms.
A reader explains the buoyancy effect in air showing a pound of feathers must be heavier than a pound of sand when weighed in air. Using an air pump and a bell, the feather pan sinks while the lead pan rises as air is exhausted, proving feathers require more bulk to equal a pound.
The flying fish leaps from warmer seas and sails up to 500 feet above water, using its large translucent pectoral fins as parachutes rather than wings. The tail provides propulsion, and a 4 foot Ryling Ash with fins nearly to the tail folds its fins neatly when not airborne.
A reflective piece on human impact and heredity. It argues humans balance harm and aid to animals, highlighting beekeepers lengthening bee tongues and providing beekeeping innovations. It extols perseverance and moderate gifts shaping success across harsh beginnings versus pampered ones.
The Ohio University Board of Trustees invites sealed proposals for erecting the central portion of the 2 Normal school building at Athens Ohio. Proposals due October 17 2002 at 12 noon CST with bondequal to fifty percent. Plans and specifications available from Architect Frank L Packard Columbus and University Secretary L M Jewett Athens. Proposals must comply with Ohio public building statutes and be accompanied by bond. The university reserves right to reject any or all bids.
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