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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1904
Page
6
A historical testimonial touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound easing ovarian inflammation and menstrual pain. Patients recount severe symptoms, refused surgery, and eventual recovery with the remedy, praising its life-saving effects and urging other women to try it.
The article recalls Nikola Tesla proposing to use clouds as a battery and the globe as a transmitter to deliver messages and human speech globally for commercial power and communication, claiming results in a year or two. The writer notes familiarity with the inventor.
The article notes that abdominal cramps after improper meals or ice water are caused by gas distending the bowels. It states Perry Davis' Painkiller provides quick relief and that careful housekeepers place it in the family medicine chest.
Marietta Beman Dawes of this city received the Republican nomination for Congress in the Fifteenth District on the district ballot.
For sale by H. L. Wheaton a warm coat of Green Sea Paint promises extra comfort during cold season for your house.
A promotional notice from C B Henderson advertises Dr Howard's Dyspepsia Specific at half price, from 50 cents to 25 cents per bottle. The seller promises sixty doses per bottle and offers a money back guarantee if the remedy fails to cure constipation, dyspepsia, or liver issues.
A man’s life is weighed not by what he did but by what he could have done and left undone. The refrain echoes through memory as opportunities unseen shape identity more than bold acts.
Carl Beal, about 14, spotted a washed out trestle on Ohio Central lines near Glouster as floodwaters rose. He flagged southbound No. 4 just feet from disaster, earning thanks from trainmen and passengers. No. 4 arrived two hours late to Athens after trestle repairs paused by rain.
A careful painter, noting the end of day, ensures all pots wiped, brushes washed, rags and waste cleared, leaving a neat, organized shop. The copy promotes Green Seal and Paint, with sale by H. Wheaton.
The Ohio Experiment Station explains lime is essential but not a fertilizer replacement. It corrects soil acidity, frees nutrients when mixed with manure, and can boost yields only with proper fertilization. Overuse or substituting lime for manure harms soil, while clover benefits from liming on unfertilized land. Lime is used as a soil amendment, not a sole crop booster.
An 8 paragraph promotional notice urges readers to treat consumption early with Scott's Emulsion. It claims neglected consumption is incurable and promises the product can turn the tide toward health in thousands of cases. Readers are invited to obtain a free sample and to buy the emulsion from druggists.
The article warns that lime does not act as a fertilizer. It states manure or farmyard manure must precede lime to gain any lasting benefit and cautions against methods claiming to mitigate lime's injurious effects. Such methods merely worsen soil impoverishment and reduce crop value over time.
General Conference at Los Angeles Cal and May 31 04 National Association Retail Grocers of the United States May 3-8 1904. Hocking Valley offers April 22 round trip to Los Angeles or San Francisco for 60.10 with return by June 20 1904. For details contact ticket agents. In Paris Colombia asserts potential war over Panama canal property transfer.
A playful line contrasts Shakespearean verse with Green Seal Liquid Paint, suggesting refinement and wasteful excess, implying the product’s practical appeal outshines literary wit.
Notice states the undersigned has been appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of John E Th agate of Athens County Ohio, deceased. Dated April 4, 1904. April 14-13.
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