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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
2
A column of jokes and wry observations ran through the Athens County section. Vignettes cover turkeys and dogs, weddings and music, weather, education, thrift, and local manners with pointed quips about society and daily life. Herr Krupp’s death is noted with correction of a rumor about suicide.
A historical ad extols Scott's Emulsion as the best treatment for consumption and weak lungs. It urges early action, fresh air, rest, and eating well, promising free samples and labeling guidance from Scott & Bowne, chemists in New York. The message emphasizes treating early and maintaining regular use for best results.
A reader reports severe itching and eczema vanished after two days on Hood's Sarsaparilla. She says the blood purification helped her arms clear and she has had no recurrence since.
The piece condemns gossip and moral slander as ruinous to individuals and society, urging readers to seek the good in others and promote restraint across literature religion and education. It notes rail safety concerns with watchmen at dangerous crossings and praises arbitration in the Pennsylvania coal strike leading to worker wage gains and recognition of unions.
A homeowner from Athens Ohio extols Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills noting nervousness dizziness sleeplessness and family use as a tonic and wealth builder The pills sold at 50 cents a box carry the portrait of A W Chase M D Septimus Winner the composer of The Mocking Bird died in Philadelphia after earning 35 dollars and wealth for his publishers from the song
Mrs S H Newsom of Decatur Alabama credits Electric Bitters with curing three years of indigestion and dyspepsia and says her family now eats heartily and has gained 35 pounds. The tonic is advertised as a positive guaranteed cure for indigestion loss of appetite stomach liver and kidney troubles at 50 cents a bottle from W H McKee.
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