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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
7
The description outlines a natty golf costume in reddish brown linen with white braid. A short hip length skirt features plaited back fullness and decorative braid above the hem with pearl buttons. A white cambric shirt with embroidery pairs with a cropped Uton jacket, red Viren braid edging, and a white and red cord crown accent with long quills. Helen Grey-Pace.
A novelty hat called the White Wings imitates a wing decoration with no feathers. It features a wide white silk sash ribbon cut into a circle and trimmed to resemble wings.
A fragmented page shows a description of a white wings hat with rough straw, chiffon brim, silk ribbon rosettes, and dark elastic accents. The piece also includes snippets from "Rov the Siident Cyohet" and reflections on saltwater baths for athletic stress, plus a brief Indianapolis Journal exchange about parental respect and self-regard.
A letter from Mrs Bopp thanks Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for complete relief from crippling headaches, chills, and weakness after doctors offered little help. She says she now feels strong, sleeps, and has no internal pain, praising the remedy as wonderful and recommending it to other women.
A discussion on the enduring reproach of mothers-in-law and their habit of controlling family affairs. The piece notes the natural conflict as sons and daughters go to married life and mothers adjust after years of close involvement, acknowledging the challenge of restraint.
Summary of varied clippings on military medical science opportunities in army posts and new territories, notes on the malarial parasite discovery, and the mosquito as disease carrier. Includes light anecdotes about Harry Tinan Wen, a joke about a Jersey and fresh cow, and advice on perfumed baths and removing fly specks from gilt frames.
A poetic piece from Pall Magazine contemplates aging lovers and enduring devotion. The speaker asks if love can endure when youth fades and beauty wains, hoping the partner remains their queen as time alters their lives. The poem affirms steadfast affection through aging.
The long pursuit of O Rourke and Sullivan for a famed Coeur d Alene mine centers on a mule that carried them west from Missouri. After years of hardship and near starvation, the mule becomes a symbol of endurance as they travel toward the Kootenai hills amid misfortune and dwindling supplies.
In a remote hillside camp Sullivan and O Rourke chase supper hunger while a mule distracts them. A rock they mistake for ore reveals a silver and galena vein and a mine is found. The duo strike rich, stake a claim near Spokane, and later profit from the Banker Bill and Sullivan mine while the mule gains fame.
A New York dispatch reports Washington weighs whether Secretary of State can allow Minister Buchanan to take 20000 pounds offered by Argentina and Chile for arbitration services. Law forbids acceptance without Congress action and the State Department fears harming Buchanan's standing. It suggests Breenen may wait until retirement to accept the sum.
The Philadelphia mint reports fiscal year coinage totals of 60 794 401 79 in value with 19 919 189 in gold 39 018 331 05 in silver and 956 930 14 in base metal. Gold pieces 4 091 648 silver 26 596 526 and base 49 332 088. total pieces 96 524 570.
The San Frencisco Examiner lists a total cost of 3 930 218 dollars for Pacific coast transport services since the war began. Of this, 4 223 400 dollars covered chartering 12 vessels and 733 951 dollars were spent on vessels held in port at San Francisco or Manila. The remainder bought vessels and fittings for coal and water.
A British Medical Journal notice announces an international congress on taberentosis and its treatments to be staged in Berlin in December. A so called “personal” ad in daily papers seeks a respectable widowed house keeper for an aged invalid, claiming she has had three husbands and is willing for a fourth before he dies.
Bargain event as the large wash goods room is cleared for the new season. 82 inch dress ginghams and Madras offered at 5¢ per yard, plus 20¢ fine Madras 10¢ yard stripes and plaids. Priestly’s black dress goods 10 to 42 inch at 60¢ per yard, with various neat designs.
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