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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
3
fragments recount a hospital case, a Nelonville postmaster resigning for merchandizing in Columbus, a fishing resort misquote, a prisoner capture attempt at Tunnel, a Marietta infant death near Front Street, and a Racine Pomeroy blackberry season prose piece detailing rural life and chiggers in vivid local color.
At the Democratic state central committee meeting in Columbus C V Harris of Athens won a seat on the state executive committee with twenty of twenty one votes. H C Garber of Darke and G S Long of Miami received all twenty one votes. Twelve members were to be chosen from fifty candidates. C E B Peoples of the Pomeroy Democrat was named to the campaign literary department.
A fragment filled with misread text and advertisements. It cites George D. Williams of Mancheter Mich praising Electing Bitters for his wife's five-year illness, claiming quick cures for nervousness sleeplessness and headaches. It also contains garbled statutory dates and a testimonial about GILALNO powder.
The New Lexington Herald reports that ill visits to Athens cut costs for the Hocking Valley, yielding no gains while losses mounted from mine closures. The stampede from Nelsonville and nearby mining points helped drain funds, with losses possibly around eight thousand dollars due to mine shutdowns.
Mrs. George Long of New Straitsville Ohio suffered nightly coughs and pneumonia fears until Dr Kings New Discovery cured her and then cured Mr Long of a severe pneumonia attack. The bottle is 50 cents or 1 4 dollars with a guarantee. Free trial bottle at W U Melkee drug store.
The Canaan township Sunday school convention will be held in the M K F church at Canaanville on Saturday Amneth. A program of fifteen items is arranged for an all day meeting with a basket dinner at noon. It is hoped every school in the township will be largely represented.
An 11 the best medicine for nervous people, claim the old remedy. The advertisement promotes Jlood’s Sarsaparilia as a cure that purifies the blood and ends nervous issues.
The Pom eroy Tribune Telegraph notes editors cannot fit a story titled A Heart's Preferment due to space and copying issues. It warns that future submissions resembling the piece will be punished, while referencing a separate health ad for Foley's Kidney Cure and a Canada Chinese immigration tax proposal in brief notices.
Charles E. Thorne director of the state agricultural experiment station warns the chinch bug is spreading beyond wheat to corn in Ohio. He notes disease cultures are distributed to farmers free on application and that damp weather accelerates the fatal fungal spread harming crops.
A minister recounts curing a severe case of colic with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after another doctor failed. He cites a neighbor who improved after using the remedy. The ad notes the product is sold by W. H. McKee and links to a broader remark on cotton industry growth versus regional factory expansion.
Mrs C y Dutton of Danville recalls her children suffering from whooping cough and credits Foley’s Honey and Tar with relief after using a 50 cent bottle. The note shifts to British India where 15 percent of the population is government supported.
A 25 cent remedy claims to cure sick and nervous headaches by purifying blood and boosting health. The ad notes satisfaction or money back and lists W H McKee as the druggist in Tarpepine. It also touts Florida pineapple crop forecasts, praise for GRATNO and Lfee To products, and mentions Foley’s Medicine and Hood’s Sarsaparilla. The piece includes assorted testimonials and census data, plus a reference to the Tennessee Supreme Court allowing women as attorneys.
A disjointed report discusses rapid rail development and heavier rails, noting higher locomotive speeds and 1000 pound capacity freight lines. It laments aging steel and mentions a blast furnace to converter process, plus experimental casting and heat treatments, with a stray reader testimony about cold weather and a patent medicine reference.
A Nebraska contributor shares practical potato growing methods. He emphasizes saving and selecting large tubers, planting with one eye per piece, and placing seed at four inch depths. He recommends four furrows per foot apart, hoeing to control weeds, and cultivating three times without disturbing plants after blooming.
A French adventurer freed after forty years among Central African cannibals plans a book. The tale pairs with praise for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia, constipation, and biliousness. A Minnesota cooperative dairy in Litelfield demonstrates shared milking, weighing, testing, and timely pay, boosting farm profits and land value while reducing work for farmers' wives.
Twenty nine officers and men report Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals scratches bruises cuts and burns fast. It also relieves skin eruptions and stiff joints and is sold by W H L McKee, druggist. Ecroor notes wheat production and consumption worldwide.
A garbled scene shows characters including Mrs Smythe and Mrs Vorkins discussing marriage, talent, and domestic duties. Fragments mention a girl, hunting, a fiancé, and Mrs Smythe's quips as names like Tommy Chicago Trine appear in a muddy, old-time newspaper voice.
An advertisement extols Doan's Ointment as a cure for itching eczema and skin diseases. It includes a testimonial from F W Dubbs of Reston Music Store praising relief from rectal irritation and recommending the product. Available from Foster Milburn Co. at 50 cents a box in Buffalo, NY.
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