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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1905
Page
3
An old ad pitch touts The Green Seal Paint as more durable than hand mixed paints. It also promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best seller for children, railroad workers, and the elderly, with claims of quick relief and wide use in Eldon Iowa and McKee's drug store.
An ad notes Green Seal Liquid Paint available for sale by H. Wheaton and claims favorable market pricing. A local social snippet reports Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Smith of Stewart visiting Mrs. Smith's mother Mrs. Amelia Walker, with Mrs. Smith also visiting Cincinnati last week.
Local notes report numerous visits and hosting events across Mellonville. Residents welcomed relatives from Straitsville Cambria Columbus Lancaster East Clayton and Union Furnace while others traveled for business or leisure. Notable mentions include Miss Theresa Coleman returning from Columbus and T N Finley purchasing the Ed Wallace property on Fayette street.
Local residents and visitors are listed with names including Fowers, Flowers, Caldwell, Kincade, Blair, Stout, Day, Newman, Runnion, Russell, Guthrie, and Person. Highlights mention music lessons in Coolville, a sister visit, a Virginia business trip, a Columbus operation, and oat sowing as farmers begin field work. Rev. Crabbe conducted services at Lawrence Chapel.
Five prominent Marion men Earl Wilson Nathan Ranck Edward Trot Fred Snider and Will Knapp were paraded on a razorback mule through main streets as part of a drunken “hazing” at Tallyway Friday night. The mule party ended in barrooms with large amounts of beer and whisky poured down the rider’s neck amid chaotic antics.
A Ky resident J M Coleman credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing back pain after using the product during a Jamboree in April. He cites his daughter also improving after half a box. The ad extols the pills as a cure for backache and various kidney related diseases.
Pekin Indiana resident W M Smithart once given up by leading physicians as incurable now credits Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with saving his life. He reports using it over ten years and calling it a marvelous throat and lung remedy. Guaranteed exact cure for coughs sore throats colds and pneumonia prevention. Trial bottle free. McKee’s drug store offers 59 and 1.00 bottles.
Miss Nora McCoy of Gallipolis visits Mr and Mrs M Sidders and family over Sunday G B Hawk travels to Middleport on business. Dal Road begins road trip for International Harvesting Co. Miss Dollie Barker of Columbus and Fay Barker of Athens visit Joe Barker and family. Allis Sneden accepts clerkship at Snedden Road store. Mr and Mrs Dave McCollister of Athens visit John Snedden. Miss Rhoda Barker to attend college at Athens this spring. George Hopkins and Maude Crossen visit Hebbardeville with Mr and Mrs Clayteri Vorhes.
Traders weigh price direction as values of commodities respond to demand for purchase versus sale. Analysts note liquidity and market sentiment influence bids and offers, shaping short term swings in pricing and trading activity.
The ad notes thousands of gallons of Green Seal Paint sold annually as practical paint. sale advertised by H. L. Wheaten.
A pithy saying contrasts marriage ideals and flaws, highlighting humor in domestic life. The remark critiques traditional roles by implying a faultless partner is impossible, and a problematic spouse unexpectedly complicates the notion of happiness.
Advert segment touts Green Seal Liquid Paints as lasting surface protectors sold by H. L. Wheaton. Testimonial claims include Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets easing indigestion and liver issues, with Mrs. F. L. Pheipe of Houston endorsing them. Some men are described as preferring fireside living.
An advertising note touts Cham berlain's Pain Balm as a popular remedy for rheumatism promising quick relief after one application and claims of many permanent cures cited by sufferers. Sold by local sellers.
E. H. Wolfe of Bear Grove Iowa credits Electric Bitters with curing kidney trouble and relief from debility and nerve trouble. He recalls two years of pain and anxiety before finding a complete cure. McKee druggist guarantees them at 50c.
The famous small pills are praised for gentle action on the bowels and liver. They relieve biliousness and constipation without weakening the stomach or causing griping, and are described as always preferred. Cline's Pharmacy distributes them.
James P. Wood Jr. of the University of Oklahoma law school is spending his vacation in the city.
Through sleeping car leaves Athens at 3 36 p m daily via the Ohio Central Lines on train No 5 arriving Chicago at 7 10 pm via L 8 M 8 Ry. This route offers through day coach and sleeping car passengers a Toledo connection with L A M S Ry for same train to Chicago. Confer with Ohio Central Lines agents before travel to Chicago or the west.
A terse notice cites a commission and an outfit named American Nursery Growers in Kalamazoo Michigan. It highlights agents and steady operation under a high commission structure. The fragment suggests a business alert or promotional item from a local period source.
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