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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
3
A garbled 1920s style ballot snippet lists several state and county ticket names. It references a governor candidate from Clarke County, a treasurer from Hancock County, a public works figure from Kruz County, and judicial and municipal posts with names that resemble Weis Jones and Galen Pry.
A jumble of notes reports visits and travels including Mrs Eli Duntle and party planning a trip to Atlantic City. Football recruit DeWeese signs with Ohio University while plans at Athens campus stir local interest. A drunken arrest ends with a six day jail stay and eventual exile for William Tedrow as police note campus turmoil and public chatter persists.
An odd letter from Michigan thanks a patent medicine maker for cures and mentions Perruna and Maneelin. It references a long-ago nervous fatigue and a claim of recovery, plus assorted local notices, a book by Dr Hartman, and various small anecdotes about health cures.
Mrs B Greets of Chi honne Va touts Dr King New Discovery as lifesaving after years of coughing fevers and failed remedies. She details con sumption symptoms and repeated trials before relief came through the medicine, noting relief for relatives and neighbors who also tried it.
A San Francisco Argonaut tale recalls a German general testing his troops by asking a junior officer which foot wore a sock. The officer correctly pointed out socks on a booted foot, revealing the soldiers’ contrived kit with a sock on one foot and a bandage on the other.
Train line promotions tout cut rates to the South and West via GC MV and C and MV Ry. Exposition dates in Nashville and Tennessee interval. Special low return trip tickets offered to residents with one car change, depots unchanged. The text also blends ads and unrelated commentary on social topics and moralizing.
The new Whitehall Terminal entrance into New York City opens for business via i and O SW Ky lines. It offers direct connections to Second through Ninth Avenue Elevated Roads and East and West Side Belt Lines with access from South Ferry. Tickets to New York via BL & Gy SW are available.
Disjointed quotes discuss women’s attire and appearance, noting how a shirt waist and corset influence a woman’s look. Ads reference Hood’s Pills and travel rates from the South. The fragmentary text blends overheard opinions, sales pitches, and travel notices from the era.
Bucklin’s Arnica Balm claims to heal cuts, sores, fevers, eruptions, pimples, and piles with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Sold by W H McKee with a promise of honest weight and value.
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