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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1895
Page
3
A poem by Ela Wheeler Wilcox in Woman's Journal laments modern haste and the longing for rapid wealth. It contrasts striving and patient effort with chasing premature pleasures and warns of moral decline from restless ambition.
Milo Warren chases a birthday gift for Nellie Newton in a playful, roundabout tale of romance. A lunch misdirection reveals Nellie as Milo’s own sister, while an urchin nephew finally pins down Nellie’s birth day as Saturday, prompting a comic bargaining exchange.
Milo buys a bicycle for Nellie on her birthday after a secret scheme. He learns to ride, endures near-disasters, and finally meets Nellie when she rides with ease. A comic chase through city streets leads to romance as Nellie reveals the wheel was a gift from her brother. The tale ends with a playful twist about Nellie's altered birthday and Milo's renewed affection.
In a comical scene from Le Nain Jaune a physician proclaims a patient suffers disordered stomach and nervous spasms after a visit to a lady who reveals the illness is actually her uncle. The doctor remains unabashed and presses his temperament assessment.
Special to Our Lady Readers. A Brooklyn woman shares how Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and related products helped her after years of female troubles. She recounts severe monthly agony, bladder issues, hysteria, and other ailments, noting she spent $200 on doctors with no cure and $5 on the medicine that finally cured her, even after pregnancy.
A compilation of electrical observations notes how magnetism weakens with mechanical treatment of steel, copper resistance rises with heat, flames and hot air conduct electricity, charging limits for batteries, and the behavior of electric arcs. It cites Leyden jars, German silver brittleness, zinc and gold alloy effects, and Atlantic cable transmission rates.
Reports from Jamnagar say Rajput heir to a fortune is Mr Ranjet Sinhji who is playing cricket in England. Across the Levant Ur of Chaldees is linked to Abraham as ruins of a temple near Aleppo are unearthed. Borxu’s new sultan defeats Rabah to reclaim Kuka. Rabah’s base remains at Dikwa.
The passage notes that both Greeks and Romans used prisoner exchanges in ancient times. It also recounts that in 1383 the so called fighting bishop of Norwich led a storm on Gravelines and massacred the town’s population.
Changes in train times at Athens with new north and south bound departures and direct connections to Marietta. Ohio Central Lines offer daily excursion rates to Lakeside Park for groups of three or more and promote the Buckeye Mileage book covering extensive routes including B&O and Big Four.
Trains depart Athens at 6 55 a m 12 25 p m and 5 05 p m with arrivals at 10 30 a m 6 00 p m and 8 55 p m. Ohio Central 500 mile books valid for one year from sale day cost $10, available through F H Hyser Agent in Athens Ohio.
Nightly service from Columbus to Chicago leaves at 8 30 p m Tickets and full information available from any ticket agent or by writing W H Fisher General Passenger and Ticket Agent Columbus Ohio
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