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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
6
Local notices list numerous visitors and residents traveling for holidays and business. Names include FE H Parsons Guysyville Columbus visitors Grace Rhea Wales and others, with multiple Thanksgiving arrivals and moves in Nelsonville Athens and nearby towns.
An Idaville Indiana man praises Electric Bitters for restoring strength and appetite, claiming it helped his health after years of ailments. The adlette mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as remedies, and notes a cameo about Hayes joining relief efforts and a General Chaffee staff appointment.
The piece notes many patients suffer heart sickness without chronic heart disease. It explains stomach disease can affect multiple organs and mimic heart, liver, or kidney problems. It warns inexperienced doctors treat the wrong ailment, a common complaint from Dr Pierce's correspondents.
Massachusetts Historical Society heard Rev Normanvie report officiating at a wedding of a descendant in the eighth generation from the first white settler in Flox bury, noting the family still occupies the old homestead land.
The Supreme Court sustains a General Assembly act requiring narrow tires on wagons under weight limits. Lower courts voided it, but the high court says the law is constitutional and enforceable to curb road damage and high road taxes. County commissioners and citizens urged to note that narrow tires with heavy loads must be abolished.
One way settlers tickets and round trip homeseekers tickets are offered at reduced rates via Southern Territory. Tickets sold late and on Tuesdays monthly. Contact Ohio Central Lines agents or pass. agts. S. G. Harvey Toledo John Moores Findlay W A Peters Columbus E B Heiner Ki M Ry Charleston.
An advertisement touts Dr Rankin's Kidney Tablets promising immediate pain relief and permanent cure. It lists E R Lash druggist in Athens Ohio as the seller. The notice pivots to a British Consul report noting machine made Italian macaroni exports to Britain and the United States.
Jell O The Hew Dessert offers Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry flavors available at grocers for 10 cents each. A mixed social interest runs through early steam navigation history from 16th century Italian attempts to 1807 Fulton voyage and 1838 ocean crossings. Hood's Sarsaparilla is touted to cure nervous troubles by enriching the blood amid siege era events involving allied missionaries at Peking.
A call to observe Decision Day on the first Sunday of the new century urging every Sunday school teacher in Ohio to present Jesus Christ as Savior to every class member. It stresses no rival motive, aims to emphasize the primary object of Sunday school work, and invites teachers to begin planning and praying for many souls. Details provided by Joseph Clark, General Secretary, Columbus, Ohio.
A nostalgic note extols Green's August Flower as the remedy for indigestion and head pains, claiming it was common before modern medicines. The census recounts an eastern state case where an enumerator logged only two deaths in 1300 residents, prompting a supervisor’s rebuke, and the enumerator quips four more deaths were among widows.
Question arises daily in families. Try Jell O a delicious dessert prepared in two minutes. No baking simply add hot water and set to cool. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry. At your grocers. Octs.
The article notes flogging remains common in English schools and that boys accept it as a preferable punishment to others. It recalls an early 19th century Eton master who boasted of flogging many high officials, including ministers and secretaries, in the kingdom.
A. H. Thurness of Villa Creek Coal Co. reports Foley's Kidney Care relieved years of kidney and bladder trouble with brick dust and pain, stating it did him 1000 dollars worth of good. C. B. Henderson cautions against substitutes. California prune crop fixed at 150,000,000 pounds across California Oregon and Idaho per California Fruit Growers Association officials.
A coalition of Chicago ministers passed a resolution urging the President to urge Congress to enact legislation to prevent lynching, aiming to protect Black communities from mob violence and ensure federal safeguards.
Thackerville resident D B Blanton paid doctors over 8400 in two years to cure a running leg sore. One box Bucklen's Arnica Salve reportedly cured it. Also noted: a woman who attempted to kill Emperor William at Breslau sent to an insane asylum. A Chicago drainage canal ice line stretches thirty four miles. Dr Rankin's Kidney cure advertised. New York state population figures cited.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for blood and skin diseases including ulcers eczema and syphilis with promises of permanent results and free trial bottles. It stresses rapid, complete blood purification and urges readers to request personalized medical advice while citing 30 years of testing and 3,000 testimonials. The note ends with a separate line about Klondike gold output.
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