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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
2
A rustic scene praises Martha milking Jerseys and charm beyond looks while contrasting a cheerful steadiness with a sunlit field. The essay extols silence as virtue, urges keeping one’s own counsel, and paints travel vistas and everyday life as a grand panorama. Also offered is a cheeky guide to breaking a colt through practical, humorous methods.
Campaign chatter in 1900 centers on popularity and possible dark horse contenders. Mention of Hustetter's Stomach Bitters as a popular remedy and praise for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy based on a Greene County Pa user. Sold by W. H. McKee.
An advertisement extols Peru-Na as a cure for female weakness and pelvic catarrh. It quotes testimonials from Lizzie Peters of Mascomah and Eliza Wike of Akron praising recovery, weight gain, and renewed vigor after taking the tonic, and urges readers to request the Health and Beauty book from the Peruna Medicine Co. of Columbus Ohio.
Lieut Peary recounts a tale of two Esquimau children on Greenland's west coast between Melle Bay and Kanebaggin. The people share meat and bread, offer possessions for tools, and divide hunted game among neighbors. Their life includes wrestling and strength tests with heavy stones.
Mrs. Luther Luts endured seven years of disease and three months of sleepless suffering before finding relief with Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Two bottles cured her. trial bottles available at W. H. McKee's drug store in Shelby. Regular sizes 50c and 1.00, every bottle guaranteed.
A collection of humorous snippets and sayings about Irish life and characters. Jokes reference Mr Mac Donagh, Carey the informer, and a light view of Irish humor in America, with quips about Dublin, navvies, and political figures.
A London academy correspondent reports a bookseller in a large provincial city found an assistant arranging four new copies of Walt Whiteman's Leaves on Grass on gardening shelves. The Chicago Record notes Paderewski denies rumors of marriage and jokes about hair.
A white Angora belonging to Mrs D A Moore of College Street earns a fearsome reputation after defending four dead kittens killed by rats. The Athens cat, normally peaceful, attacks any dog in sight, chasing rivals from the street and guarding her litter with dramatic zeal. The tale, from the New York World, recalls the cat’s violent retribution and local lore.
A tabby cat enraged by the loss of her kittens hunts down neighborhood dogs in a bloody rampage. She attacks five dogs including a pug on a blue silk cushion and a bull dog famed as a fighter. Crowds watch as bets rise and the battle nears a butcher’s shop.
TRE insurance company abandoned its attempt to prove death by showing the burial. Edward Baxter aged 11 and Ethel Alden aged 13 married at Rockford Texas. they are step siblings with parental consent. Clara Barron, Red Cross leader, may be ill from Cuba relief work.
A violent encounter unfolds as a dog fights for survival against a feral cat that swoops from above and slashes with claws. The town dog is defeated, the cat flees, and the feline claims victory while leaving dogs wary of any further confrontations.
The Dewey fund committee announces subscriptions will close prior to the Admiral’s arrival and that the house will be purchased with the funds on hand regardless of the amount. A scientists’ Alaska trip under E. H. Harriman reports discoveries including a new bay and four major glaciers. TRE President orders precautions on yellow fever spread. Honolulu to gain the first national bank outside the continental U S.
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