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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1899
Page
3
Fragmented recollections tell of a Confederate soldier sparing a fate at the moment of a fatal shot. The piece touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as life saving, citing a Stillwater Minnesota man who claims recovery from consumption after using the remedy.
The Republican electors of the resub division of the 7th Judicial District of Ohio will meet in Athens to nominate a candidate for common pleas judge for the November election and to transact other business. Delegates to the convention are to be chosen by district subgroups. Local party officials and committees are listed as organizers.
Ex Recorder Leroy Gean returns Thursday from a Cincinnati business trip. Orriz Jacobs plans a several days visit at his Richwood home. E B Benny was in Columbus on business. Miss Lessie Winters arrives from Jobs to take a Graham’s restaurant job. Dr and Mrs Z L Benny of Amesville hosted relatives. Lina McVay arrives from Columbus to visit. Ellsworth Day leaves for Long Bottom to visit Mrs Sarah Day. Ethel Martina Ruley and Nona Southerton visit Nelsonville. L D Vickers of Logan, postmaster, visits Athens on business. A A Amos of Cincinnati spends days in Athens for courthouse business. Rev J B Mattingly returns from Columbus after Bishop Watterson’s funeral. Will McDaniel injured hauling brick, breaking both bones in right arm. Dr W H Henry of Mineral visits Athens. W B Huntley, Pomeroy postmaster, appears in city. George DeCamp and Deane come from Gallipolis for a Sunday. Dr E A Secoy to practice in Guysville. Seeny moves there. L M Breeden of Tenumantana Giaenesseal Co. in town. travels extend to lakes and Chicago.
A description traces a traveler who visited Washington Virginia Canada the Everglades without rail fare. It notes Athens Serene Lodge No ? to mark the 50th anniversary with music speeches and refreshments. The lodge comprises about one hundred members and will celebrate the founding anniversary in their hall.
The Ter. & O. S-W announces May first new schedules for through trains from Cincinnati via Mitchell to French Lick and West Baden. Travel time drops to five hours and fifteen minutes one way and four hours and thirty minutes return, with several daily options for connecting trains and local business service. General Passenger Agent McCarty notes the improvement will handle greatly increased travel to the springs.
Charles A Blackston and William A Blackston both 12 were brought before the probate court on incorrigibility charges. Their mother Matilda Blackston feared they would run away and skip school. The pair were committed to Lancaster reform school and taken there Saturday morning. A farewell scene occurred Friday evening as the mother returned to Buchtel.
Bumark's iron nerve owed to fine health. Indomitable energy requires organs working well. If you seek these qualities and success they bring, use Dr. King's New Life Pills from W. H. McKee's drug store. The Peace Congress opens with a song invoking Jesus' Name. The Army and Navy Forever.
Grain-O advertised as a delicious nourishing drink to replace coffee. It claims to taste like the finest coffee when prepared and to aid digestion and strengthen nerves without being a stimulant. Sold by grocers, priced about two dollars per period.
A reader touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best in the world after a severe cold and cough. They purchased a bottle from W. H. McKee and report it cured them before half the bottle was used. The advertisement cites availability in local papers and endorses its effectiveness for colds and coughs.
Do you feel like screaming before and during the monthly sickness Are you easily irritated Do you get the blues and wish some times you were dead If you answer Yes to any of these questions you should seek one dose of guidance and treatment from a doctor or pharmacist to relieve distress and restore balance.
An advertisement promotes Ebradfield's Female Regulator as a cure for irregular menses leucorrhea and uterine troubles. It states the product costs $7 and is offered by Ebradfield Regulator Co in Atlanta Georgia.
A fragment discusses methods to gauge train speed including engine wheel circumference counting, telegraph pole spacing, and rail joint timing. It notes counting signals to estimate speed and gives an example where counting seven poles in twenty seconds suggests about thirty six miles per hour, with caveats on prairie conditions and measurement accuracy.
A reader recalls a rheumatism attack that confined his wife to bed for over a month. After using Chamberlain's Pain Balm, she could walk to breakfast the next morning and has not had a similar attack since. Also cited are testimonials for Electric Bitters and Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption with local druggists marketing them.
In a London report a Turin noble, Livio Cibrario, died while climbing the Montalous peak in the Maritime Alps. A clairvoyant account claimed to see his fall, prompting a family to doubt the vision until the fatal crevasse accident was confirmed. The account notes the father’s distress and questions telegraphy or occult phenomena as explanations.
A newspaper note praises bright well constructed ads from Messrs. C F Head & Co of Sursaparilia fame. They begin a series using quaint proverbs turned to fit subjects like waiters. The public enjoys this lively advertising as it sparks discussions.
A New Haven fruit dealer recalls receiving a bag from a New York wholesaler. He says the “peach stones” shipped as almonds fooled customers, nearly breaking jaws and harming business. He laments Connecticut earning the nickname wooden almond state.
John Chandler of Allen County Kentucky near Sumner County line heads a remarkable family of 192 descendants. He has 29 children with 23 living and 35 great grandchildren, averaging five children per family, making him grandfather to 155, a record seldom matched.
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