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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1899

Page

3

Golden Medical Discovery PromisesHealth and a Boy Named Bierce

A Georgian clergyman reports his wife conceived after using Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. The ad touts Dr Pierce’s thirty years as chief physician at the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute. It claims global recognition, lists the World’s Dissension Medical Association in Buffalo, and offers a mail order copy and Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation.

Georgia Brerwu Pierce Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo Nyy

Judicial Convention Notice in 3rd Subdivision District

Republican electors of the 7th Judicial District are notified of a convention on Wednesday May 2 to nominate a candidate for judge and to transact other business. Representation will be by one delegate for every twovoters or fraction over one hundred. attendees listed include Rishi Srd Palla, Hoc, Roy Wlld, Vint Lrgashi, and Stiens. The meeting aims to select delegates and discuss county affairs.

Republical Gynyeration Heidan Cin Nailin Allens Olin Tae Fir Amd Fur Charles Rinn Roy

Local Briefies on business and court actions

Mr Leopold Friday returned from Cincinnati on a business trip. Miss Olive Charter has been in Nelsonville working at the telephone exchange office. Mrs Susie S Patterson has filed suit against B&O SW Railway for 5000 dollars over her husband A D Patterson’s death, while he served as yard master at Portsmouth. Attorney H G Stalder leaves for Mt Clemens to rest an injured eye. Attendees from the city joined Earnest Gamble’s concert in Athens. Infirmary Directors Tever age Mokter and Metansk in Morgan county over Mrs Virginia Smith Tippie paternity case. Tippie married in jail, later fled. the county owes hospital costs. would be argued at McConnelsville with Provost Sayre.

Leopold Cincinnati Olive Charter Nelsonville Telephone Exchange Susie S. Patterson Twamdéen Enterprise B.& O. SW. Railway Company A. D. Patterson Portsmouth H. G. Stalder Mt. Clemens Mich Iris F. Teverage John Mokter Jobe Metansklin Morgan County Virginia Smith Tippie Athens County Chauncey McConnelsville Sayre

An Incident at Santiago In the quick-coming dusk

A fragmentary narrative describes a colonel examining a wounded soldier during a tense moment at the Tenth, a fallen comrade remembered, and a line about dispatching a note to a captain. The passage shifts to local notices about Sartin clothing, a theft recovery, and brief names mixed with unrelated items. It ends with a Klondike boundary note.

Santiago Tenth Stoier

Isolated Proverb Ads Highlight Hood Sarsaparilla Display

The passage praises Hood Sarsaparilla advertising for its proverb prefixed display style used across papers. It notes the clever adaptation of centuries old wisdom and the distinctive typeface. Also mentions a ship relocation: the battleship Iowa returning from repairs to Manila, with the Oregon set to San Francisco upon the Iowa’s arrival.

Iowa San Francisco Manila Oregon

Purified blood touted to cure skin eruptions and boils

Advertiser claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood and cures humors boils pimples and eruptions. Nearby Magnolia in Crawford County Indiana reports land slowly sinking driving many families to move away amid rising alarm.

Hood Magnolia Crawford County Ind

Frightful Mumber and California Sea Lion Measure

A dubious claim for Bucklen's Arnica Salve promises quick pain relief and healing for wounds and sores, with a 24 cent box offer. Separately, the California Fish Commission in San Francisco plans humane steps to reduce growing sea lion herds along the coast.

W. H. McKee California Fish Commission of San Francisco

Peruna credited with saving a life in chronic consumption

Letter from Mrs. IT. A. Tyner of Four ks NC describes her daughter Mrs. L. Keene recovering from severe consumption after taking Peruna with rock candy. She reports initial weakness, gradual strength gain, and return to better health within months, claiming Peruna saved her life.

Peruna IT. A. Tyner Resti Pu Perana Mrs. L. Keene

Not an Appropriate Epitaph A Yorkshire mer diel tale

The widow, after her spouse’s funeral, hires a stonemason to add a fitting epitaph. She desires a handsome, celebrated tribute rather than a plain inscription, referencing names and dates hinted in the fragmented old yorkshire narrative. The piece notes an October 1380 date and an aged death.

Yorkshire William Wil Biel Uchicago

Grain-O claims quick relief for coffee drinkers

An old advertisement touts Grain-O as a harmless coffee substitute. It promotes Grain-O as easing stomach upset and digestion while strengthening nerves, priced at 25c per package. The piece also notes Moody urging kindness to criminals and mentions a theft incident at his vicinity. It also cites an ordnance contract for 8,000,000 smokeless cartridges and a Georgia school board decision on discipline policy.

San Francisco Evangelist Moody Wbie

New Life Pills Advertised For Sick and Nervous Heads

An ad promotes Kings New Life Pills claiming relief from headaches and nervousness. The copy touts “easy to take” tablets priced at 24 cents and promises stronger nerves and better health.

King

Remarkable care of rheumatism in West Virginia wife

In Kenna Jackson County West Virginia three years ago a wife suffered a rheumatic attack confining her to bed for over a month and making walking impossible. A neighbor recommended Chamberlains Pain Balm. After using a fifty cent bottle as directions prescribed, she walked to breakfast the next morning without assistance and has not had a similar attack since. A. B. Parsons reports this. Pain Balm sold by W. B. McKee. plus notes on a New Yorker donating three $1000 bills to a conscience fund last Tuesday. Also a line about many Spanish submarine mines in Santiago harbor being overgrown with marine vegetation.

Annie E. Springer Howard St Philadelphia Dr. Mivn W. B. McKee Driy KENNA Jackson Co W. Va A. B. Parsons

Sudden Assumption of a Stat Shocks a South Side Youth

A tale of Mashta Chicsaro Youth Explains a dramatic incident where a young man’s bold actions to aid a fair companion lead to social consequences. The narrative blends romance and danger as the couple navigates a treacherous sidewalk and a dramatic rescue claim. Included are testimonials about Electric Diters and a Philadelphia man’s health scare, plus political notes on currency policy.

Laundries Clash in Brooklyn Over Sign Prank Feud

In South Brooklyn on upper Third Avenue two laundrymen compete amid growing tension. A rival displayed a window proclamation inviting customers with a crude sign promising ten dollars for dirty shirts, prompting puzzled spectators and discussion of the rivalry.

Brooklyn New York Times

Piano room decor tip from an old guide

The excerpt describes rearranging a room to fit a piano neatly. It suggests placing an upright piano across the doorway, hanging tapestry over the deck, placing a box behind it, and adding cushions to create a compact, stylish setup.

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