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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
3
Local Brevities From Athens Area Highlights Many Visitors
Local notes report numerous residents and guests in town for the weekend and Thanksgiving. Names include Miss Mayme Warden, Miss Daisy Watkins, Miss Mayme Dunbar, Dr. T. A. Copeland, Nora Light, Miss Jennie Sprague, W. Cornell, Miss Elizabeth Carpenter, Nell Baker Bodkin, and Mr. Herbert Dickle among others. Visits span Logan, Amesville, Millfield, Guysville, Columbus, and Cincinnati, with Sheriff sales of farms near Athens and Dover townships and social gatherings at Logan and Carpenter Station. The Manila Times and Philippine Magazine items are mentioned as mailed to Mrs. Putnam by Earnest Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mijas
Mayme Warden
Cincinnati
Daisy Watkins
Logan
Mayme Dunbar
Amesville
T. A. Copelant
Jerseyville
Nora Light
Guysville
Jennie Sprague
Millfield
Athens
Wednessay
Elizabeth Carpenter
Carpeter
Nell Baker Bodkin
Bertha Walker
Herbert Dickle
Parkersburg
Mary RicCole
David Putnam
Glen Elon
G. I. Putnam
Congress Street
Mrs. Putnams
Earnest Thompson
Company C, 17Th W.s. Innfantry
King's New Life Pills Advertisement Claim
An ad proclaims a health pill that converts weakness into strength and fatigue into energy, promising mental power and vigor. It touts a glossy coating and rapid benefits, selling at 25 cents per box through W U McKee with a casual line about preferred creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WU. McKee
An Antique Game Described by Curtis
William Eleroy Curtis of the Chicago Record traces football’s origins to Roman times and Britain where it spread to Canada and the United States. The history notes early descriptions in 1175 London and mentions in Shakespeare and King Lear, with King James I banning it for danger, suggesting conquest drives its spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Eleroy Curtis
Chicago Record
Britain
Canada
United States
London
King Lear
Tames I
The Horse Less Farmer Of Kokomo Indiana
William Johnson, a Kokomo farmer, has not used a horse for thirty years. He cultivates six acres by hand, grows corn potatoes cabbage celery melons and vegetables, and markets by wheelbarrow with three trips daily. His boyhood kick by a horse led him to avoid them ever since per the New York Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Johnson
Kokomo
Ind
Johnson
New York Tribune
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures War Wounds Newark Hero
A Civil War veteran from Newark Michigan suffered two years with painful ulcers until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed his wounds and skin eruptions. The ad touts arnica products for cuts bruises burns felons piles and skin eruptions and notes a 25 cent price per box. It also promotes a portable capital inquires about Aguinaldo Taizon Syracuse and relates a wartime ball hit story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Steadman
Newark
Mich
Bucklen
Arnica
W. HL McKee Druggist
Aguinaldo
Taizon
Syracuse
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Promoted For Disease Relief
Reports claim Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures scrofula dyspepsia and rheumatism. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm gains reputation for rheumatic pain relief as D B Johnston of Richmond Indiana credits it after 1861 injury. W E H McKee sells Pain Balm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
D. B. Johnston
Richmond
Ind
W. E H. McKee
Land appraisers elected in Athens county face filing penalties
Only one of the teen land appraisers elected in Athens county on November 7 has filed the required expense account with the county election board. The law demands a sworn written statement detailing all sums and promises of money or value connected to the campaign, to be filed within ten days after the election. Failing to comply could yield a fine up to one thousand dollars, with penalties allocated to the county school fund. The list of those who failed to file includes J. M. Patterson, Alexander, A. L. Johnson, Ames Pickering, Bern, Robert Smith, Caanan, Edward Campbell, Carthage, C. P. Closter, Dover, A. C. Dailey, Lee, Levi Wilson, Lodis W. J. Linton, Rome, L. C. Curfman, Trimble, J. A. Gibbs, Troy, T. J. Allison, Waterloo, and Johan Rider, York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
County Election Board
Athens Township
Congress of the
United States
J. M. Patterson
Alexander
A. L. Johnson
Ames Pickering
Bern
Medtric Bitters touted as restoring strength and appetite
An excerpt touts Medtric Bitters as a cure for stomach, liver, and kidney troubles and general weakness with testimonials from J. W. Gardner of Idaville Indiana praising renewed appetite and vigor. The note mentions ABELL workers' laws and a gossip line about a local woman, all in a clipped, era newspaper voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gardner
Idaville
Ind
W. BR. McKee
Contrasted at the Top Speaker Henderson new style vs Reed
The piece contrasts Speaker Henderson with Reed noting Henderson will differ in approach and social ease. Reed was a parliamentary autocrat, cynical and haughty, while Henderson is amiable, cordial, and more a mouthpiece of the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Henderson
Reed
Teed
Reid
Simon Pure
House
Millions Given Away and Warwick Furnace sold in Chester County
The article notes Dr. King's New Discovery has given away over ten million trial bottles with guaranteed results for coughs colds and lung diseases. It mentions W Br McKee druggist offering free trial bottles. It also reports the sale of the Warwick farm in Warwick township Chester county Pa for $12 000 and describes the Warwick furnace with its Revolutionary War cannon history hidden in meadows to keep them from the British after the Brandywine battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lfe
Dr. King
W. BR. McKee
Warwick Farm
Warwick Township
Chester County
Warwick
United States
Meadows
Brandyxine
Washington
Editor prints his paper with news and pay in mind
An editor writes in the Leader’s Courier at Gscoea Mills Pa about a cough remedy. He claims it acts magically and finds none better for household use. If you have a cough, try it. For sale by W H McKee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaders Courier
Gsceola Mills Pa
W.H. McKee
Vender Claims Universal Medicine Cure on Exact Use
A vendor of universal medicine asserts a literal following of his prescription guarantees a cure in certain cases. He states the medicine should be taken internally, externally, and eternally. This claim appears in a fragment from the source.
Exota Gotphran Sails from New York to England in Anarchy Ascetic
Exota Gotphran, famed as the high priestess of anarchy, reportedly sailed from New York to England in an assumed name after December. The mysterious figure’s voyage and motive draw curiosity from followers and authorities alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exota Gotphran
New York
England
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