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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
2
E. C. Woodworth argues that men who raise families with limited means often provide more true value than the self styled successful who accumulate wealth. The piece praises perseverance, education for children, and the unseen impact of steady labor over flashy riches.
A Wisconsin woman faced a perilous illness described as frigitful atom ach trouble with yellow jaundice and gallstones. After doctors failed to help, she used Electric Bitters and was wholly cured. The ad claims benefits for stomach liver and kidney issues and lists W H McKee as seller. A Portland charter commission and Spokane council salary notes follow in the same text.
A Minnesota man H C Chresteso of Hayfield reports relief from severe dyspepsia after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, stating he was bedridden and told he could not live before improvements began with the product. A second note mentions rising locomotive running costs per mile reported by experts at a New York engineering society session.
They claim the wafera prevent low spirits after headaches and act as a heart tonic. Claimed safety for children or the weak, with a contact in Henderson. The text notes rising car ownership in New York and a certificate of ownership filing requirement with the secretary of state noting over 1,800 names listed.
A fragmented Civil War era scene depicts a blind drummer guiding his three daughters Ruth Mary and Esther as they defend a barn with muskets against approaching forces. The drum cadence and chants mark a doomed last stand ending with the daughters slain and the drummer’s resolve holding to the end.
Survivors recall the American Revolution scenes with drums at Brooklyn Heights and White Plains. A blind narrator describes battles at Treaton and Princeton, the dead at Beth, Mary, and Esther, and the deep patriotism felt by those who faced death with muskets held high.
George McKee of Athens Ohio testifies to the life saving effects of Dr Seth Hart's Croup Syrup after his son swallowed a nickel on July 4. He credits the syrup with relieving cough choking and asthma like symptoms and aiding recovery after the accidental ingestion.
A deaf mute sues a street railroad in New York claiming loss of two fingers cripples his speech. The defendant counters that modern methods of sign language render one hand useless for mutes.
A New Year guide extols Hostetter Almanac 1902 from Hostetter Co. Pittsburg with eight million copies in multiple languages and free distribution. notes its health hints and Stomach Bitters. Also describes a common lizard changing color from black to gray on weathered rails and greenish tint on green foliage.
Home Seekers excursion tickets will be on sale at all important ticket offices on the Ohio Central Lines on the third Tuesdays in December 1901 for round trips to the West Southwest and South. Tickets are valid for return passage within 21 days from sale date, with lines south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi allowing return journeys only on Tuesdays and Fridays. Stop overs are allowed within the listed territories during the going limit. For full details contact Ohio Central Line agents or address W A Peters, Columbus, E E Heiner Charleston W Va.
A shore book titled Hunting and Fishing in the South describes the best game and fish in Southern states and includes game laws, guides, and hotel rates. It is available by sending two cents to G D Allen Southern Railway St Louis Mo for distribution.
A mosaic of geologic agents includes wind water ice and heat shaping rocks landscapes and coastlines. Rivers seas glaciers and volcanic processes wear build and transport sediments while humans alter plant and animal distributions and forests. The article links these forces to cave carvings tombstones and global climate, citing geologic cycles and the metamorphism of rocks under heat and pressure.
The Burlington introduces the Nebraska-Colorado Express allowing travelers from St. Louis to reach Denver by 7.15 p.m. next day, three hours faster than before. Morning arrivals in St. Louis give half a day for the World's Fair city before evening Denver arrival. A second Denver train leaves St. Louis at 9:00 p.m. and through California excursions depart Wednesdays.
The Burlington Northern Pacific Express runs daily linking St Louis and Kansas City to Montana Washington Tacoma Seattle and Portland as a great through train service.
The Burlington routes advertise the best equipped trains to Kansas City St Joseph Omaha St Paul Minneapolis Denver readers are urged to write about trips and receive free printed matter W M Shaw L W Wakeley TPA Vine St Cincinnati O170 St Louis Mo Howard Elliott Gen Manager promotional notice from a railroad company in St Louis Missouri
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