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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
2
A column offers reflections on an epitaph found in an Athens county cemetery and notes on the cost of living over forty years. It discusses changes in per capita spending, etiquette of winter evenings, and urges disciplined work planning to improve efficiency, signed E. O. Wordsworth.
The Possum Club No 1 held a grand Thursday banquet at the den with most members present and invited Buesta heads in attendance. Members recited texts praising the club and its aims while a magic act entertained, songs followed including a Possum themed number, and a bill of fare featured oyster soup celery roast possum sweet potatoes and German beer.
Mrs Sophine Reydo of Martinsburg West Virginia reports her husband Reydo vanished in Grafton after taking all her cash. She traced him to Athens Ohio seeking their daughter Ava Washington, believed to be in Detroit area, and pleads for information. The husband claims to be a mind reader, which she dismisses as a fake.
The steel vessel builders on the Great Lakes are assured a year of great activity. The contracts for 1902 aggregate a carrying capacity of 3,000,000 tons. This will be an addition of 10 percent to present tonnage.
An advertisement promotes Clinic Headache Wafers claiming quick relief from headaches. The text asserts safety for all ages and describes toning effects on the nerves and heart, priced at 10 cents at C. B. Henderson. It then notes a Moscow society of physicians and laymen forming to combat tuberculosis using scientifically indicated methods.
A London theater crowd scene shows a standing woman fainting and another seated woman offering her a seat and later drink. The beneficiary refuses to relinquish the chair claiming it, while a bystander praises a husband who returns the seat to its rightful owner. The anecdote contrasts social courtesy with entitlement and ends with a nod to agricultural success and communal interest.
A drummer visiting AL de Witte demanded essential information for selling his goods. After refusing and a failed bluff, guards escorted him to Nevsky Prospect. Witte later relented, saying a polite approach saves trouble and that he would share the needed information. A closing note touts White Shick white lead for mending pottery.
An odd exchange between Fredds Ma and Mainnin about appetite and timing hints at a humorous dispute. The judge character notes the tension and clarifies dining urgency in a compact, dialogic scene.
Low rate round trip Home Seekers excursion tickets go on sale at all major offices on the Ohio Central on the flat and third Tuesdays in December 1901. Tickets are valid for return within 21 days, with some regional return restrictions. For details contact Ohio Central agents or note the listed passenger agents in Columbus and Charleston.
Describes the South’s game and fish in detail and lists state laws, with information on guides, hotels, and routes. Secured by sending two cents to G. B. Allen, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Southern Railway, St. Louis Mo.
Fragmentary note states a cure claim within two minutes by Ir and Pais. The text is garbled but implies a rapid recovery or cure. No clear names, places, or dates can be confirmed from the legible portion.
An article extols chintz decor in a young New York area housekeeper’s home with windows, curtains, and dressing tables covered in chintz. It features a handmade cigar box dressing case and suggests coordinated room styles with flowered cretonne. The piece also includes a testimonial for Dr Seth Hart’s Croup Syrup from J B Clayton in Athens Ohio. It ends with a geopolitical remark on Monroe Doctrine implications.
An 19th century advertisement claims Dr A W Chases Nerve Pills revitalize nerve centers to cure neuralgia caused by impoverished blood. It asserts permanent relief from head and facial pain, suggests use for women with related disorders, and notes availability at 50 cents a box in Athens through C B Henderson with endorsements from Mrs J H Warrick of Delphi IN.
The Burlington announces its Nebraska-Colorado Express leaving St Louis at 2 15 p m and arriving Denver 3 15 p m next day, a three hour quicker run. Morning arrivals in St Louis give half a day for business or World’s Fair visits before reaching Denver next afternoon, with Coastia connections. The line also operates another Denver train at 9 00 p m and through California excursions via Scenic Colorado each Wednesday.
The great daily through train runs northwest from St. Louis and Kansas City to Montana Washington Tacoma Seattle and Portland.
The notice invites readers to plan trips to Kansas City St. Joseph Omaha St. Paul Minneapolis Denver with best equipped trains. It promises guidance on least cost and free printed matter. Names L W Shaw L Wakeley Ww M Shaw and Howard Elliott as agents and managers in St Louis and Cincinnati.
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