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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
2
A collage of jokes and social quips on Christmas, money, marriage, and politics. Poking fun at wages, gifts, women, and hypocritical boasts with satirical one liners and farcical observations from rural America.
The text argues proper feed boosts farm animals and children alike. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a scientific mixed food with cod liver oil to build flesh blood and muscle, plus lime and soda for bone and brain, calling it standard for delicate children.
Mrs. K. T. Sxypex of Troy Ohio recounts a long battle with scrofula including neck swelling pain and skin disfigurement. After six bottles Hood’s Sarsaparilla she reports complete healing and no recurrence since.
A satirical column mocks the season of vacations and social envy, contrasting town and country folks over a misfit dog and lazy study lore. It debunks the overblown charge that hard study harms children and lampoons political chatter about foreign debts and rulers.
A guidance piece by Helen Clifton argues for single clear commands to children. If a rule is violated, a single admonition followed by appropriate punishment is advised, while constant nagging is discouraged to prevent sulky, fretful behavior.
Work on the Church proceeds with contractors pushing to have the new Presbyterian church ready for occupancy by year end. Henke reports near completion though delays linger due to delayed art glass and late organ construction. The organ, costing 82000, was to begin over a week ago but progress has stalled.
Messrs Thompson and Scott form a partnership to run a men s clothing and furnishing shop. They rent the south room in the Lawrence Worstel building and aim to open about March 1 next year. Thompson led the clothing department at D Zenner Co for 15 years. Scott was a bank bookkeeper at First National Bank. Both resign January 1 and will buy stock in New York early next year.
A smallpox case appears in Mrs. Stewart's family in Millfield with her son George showing a clear illness. The home is quarantined to prevent spread, following the brother’s infection after a prior return from Pennsylvania.
A country house design by R De La Baume features rum oak woodwork, wainscoted walls, and beamed ceilings. A long window with multiple panes, red leather upholstery, and a carved routed chair set accompanies a stone fireplace and Persian carpet for a warm, old time effect.
The text describes low cut bodices with fur lined opera cloaks or capes and season waistlines not in a pouched shape. It highlights neck adornments such as a row of flowers or swans down puffs, and notes lace detailing for a soft snowy finish.
In the ant family the incessant hustling tellers that do all the work of a colony are neuter and do not reproduce, forming the worker caste. The passage highlights their ceaseless labor and central role in maintaining colony function.
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