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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
5
A collage of satirical and speculative notes surveys evolution debates, future riches, and the coming century. It ponders whether humans sprang from monkeys, mocks critics, and predicts a roaring 20th century of invention, wealth, and risk for men aged 30 to 40 while cautioning others about bold ventures.
Disfiguring symptoms described as scrofula are claimed to improve with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Testimonies from Misa Ker Te McGvinn of Kentucky and Scate A. Hark srox of North Carolina tout eye restoration, neck swelling relief, and overall vitality after taking multiple bottles.
An advertisement claims cancer is hereditary and can be cured by a specific blood treatment from The Swift Specific Co of Atlanta Georgia. It recounts a case where a jaw lesion progressed to a large cancer but supposedly healed after taking the product with no further signs of cancer.
A long analysis of wool sales in Boston cites average yearly tonnage of wool traded and the relation to manufacturing activity. It notes higher average sales in four years versus the prior nine, questions the fate of sold wool, and suggests much wool remains unseen on public backs. The piece references the American Wool and Cotton Report of November 14, 1490.
Consul Winter at Amberg notes German shipbuilding has grown into a large industry with new, bigger wharves replacing old ones. Current wharf capacity cannot meet merchant marine demand. orders still go abroad. Twenty two ships are being built in England for Hamburg alone. Dock owners and shipbuilders in Stettin Kiel Flensburg and Bremen raised capital by 1 378 000 in the first half of this year. New wharves near Nordenham on the Wesel and in Stralsund are planned, and a German Belgian syndicate may build an Antwerp wharf under Bremen Vulcan works. Germany now has 1 200 steamers totaling 2 159 919 tons.
A historic call to action urges readers to seize the coming decade of the twentieth century. It warns that without effort and preparation, the wheel of fortune will turn by others and leave individuals with empty hands as the new century approaches.
The wool market shows little strength three weeks after election day with general business unchanged. Weather and seasonal uncertainty heavily affect wool sales, while over speculation from recent years adds to the complexity. Boston market figures from January 1 to date over the past thirteen years are cited to illustrate long-term trends.
A New Year's Guide recommends Hostetter's Almanac from The Hostetter Co., Pittsburg, as essential for households. It notes eight million copies for 1901, in multiple languages, with ads for Opstetter's Stomach Bitters. the almanac can be obtained free from druggists and dealers nationwide. Reptiles in Captivity describes New York Zoo alligator pool, 33 by 9 feet, 4 feet deep, heated to 90 F, with six alligators led by Jumbo. the pool features a jungle setup and warm water feeding conditions described by Dr. W T Wornaday.
The piece cites 1836 Russian law punishing tree cutting with Siberian exile and notes Russia later repealed it. It contrasts this with 2 million dollars in forest-fire losses that year, while forest revenues stood at 300 thousand. Additional items include an ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills and Nevada population figures from 1914.
A trio of brief items notes bee history in America from European imports to experimental Cyprians and Carniolans, with climate limits. It also recounts an equine exchange where a carriage horse mocks a work horse over meals in a street scene narrated with a tongue in cheek pun.
The article touts Boschee's German Syrup as a universal cure for severe lung troubles and urges warmer climates if possible. It also reports a Reno county Kansas school district where a single teacher, Miss Mary Scroggins, educates no pupils because area Catholic children attend a parochial school.
An advertisement claims Banner Salve is the best salve in the world, prescribed by a famous skin specialist and effective against piles burns scalds ulcers and other skin diseases. It cites C. I. Henderson as a maker. A separate note reports Chinese belief that evil spirits possess mountain peaks and prevent women from climbing. Vancouver BC endures six feet of early snow.
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