28 Sep 1871
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1871
Page
1
A detective reveals Attila Burton, a 26 year old wife and mother, murdered four people last night and tried to flee to Canada aboard a moving express. The woman leapt from the train near Cairn turnpike road and died from the fall while police search Bayswater. The tale unfolds with a dangerous pursuit and a grim verdict on justice.
Ohio-born George P. Belden known as The White Chief was killed near Grand River Agency Dakota Territory. He left armed, with $50 of goods, for a Sioux camp and was found dead with a bullet wound the next day. He was 29, famed for language study and frontier life, with a wife in Atties Indiana and a bereaved mother. His assassin is believed to be an Unkpapa.
British Commission reports on air temperatures in mines and other heated workplaces, noting temperatures from 114 to 125 degrees in hot mines and 180 degrees in some ship stoke holes. It suggests 98 degrees as a practical limit with cooling, and depth estimates for maintaining safe air temperatures.
A fragmented column from a 19th century paper quotes a boy misreading a Bible line and a child’s prayer moment, then comments on American politics and a Parliament member's death. It mentions new street wear in vague terms and observations about Berlin coins and a Californian freight firm.
The Bedford Pennsylvania Inquirer reports Isaac Wentz and Isaac Cort of Pavia Union Township began snake handling on Wentzs premises. They killed forty rattlesnakes, thirty nine in a leg of a hollow log and one more elsewhere, aided by clubs. Six were old and thirty three were young, seventeen to twenty inches long. Reliable parties vouch for the tale.
A ninety year old man near death decides his bearers list and for humor or caution strikes off one name, Wiggins, because he was never punctual or on time. The tale underscores the value placed on punctuality even at life’s end.
The text advises keeping crumbs from the carpet to avoid untidy rooms and saving cleaning time. It recommends storing thread ends in a work-box division and preventing drops on the door. A house stays far cleaner when all family members wipe their feet thoroughly as they enter.
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