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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
6
A long discussion by Frank Gifford for the Amesville Farmers Institute argues draft horses yield the most profit for farmers in the current markets. He contrasts draft and driver classes, notes market standards rose, stresses size, action, and finish, and advises winter feeding and timely sale before harvest.
A serviceable calendar for 1908 from the Chicago & North Western Railway shows large, clear figures with days of the month and day-of-year both displayed. It targets business men and manufacturers and can be obtained by sending four cents in postage to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Manager, 22 Fifth Avenue. Also promotes a Century Dictionary at half price through Patnam’s.
A fashion feature describes a mixed suiting costume with a white peau de soie vest trimmed in black braid, novelty braided strapped collar, pockets and matching cuffs, and a box plait skirt with postillion back. Skirts use narrow top plaits widening toward the feet, soft pliable materials, horizontal inserting bands and five gore foundations.
The account follows Mrs. Rekate and husband Fred Rekate from Portland to Dawson and Klondike mining where she becomes expert in all mine work. Their fortune of 40000 in gold vanishes when Fred drowns after the Islander wreck. Legal battles with two wives unfold, then the widow returns to civilization, plans another season, while other notes praise labor reforms and women entrepreneurs in Minnesota and Cambridge.
By order of the Kaiser German officers reaching the royal theaters in Berlin must take their seats before the performances begin.
An advertising notice from Cline’s Pharmacy touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve by E. C. DeWitt & Co. of Chicago as a universal remedy for piles eczema cuts burns and all skin diseases while warning against counterfeit imitations and urging customers to ask for the genuine product.
Saxony maintains a top forestry regulatory system with annual forest net profits surpassing 42 million. The sizable earnings underline the efficiency of forest management and the region's commitment to sustainable resource use.
The Hostetter Company of Pittsburg publishes a multilingual medical almanac for 1903 with health reading, testimonials, anecdotes, and notes on Stomach Bitters. It recommends obtaining a copy from a druggist and trying the Bitters for dyspepsia indigestion constipation or nervousness, claiming a cure.
Homer Hall of West Point Iowa suffered a severe cold and stubborn cough believed to be consumption. After using Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption he was cured and gained to 227 pounds. The product is guaranteed for coughs colds and lung troubles with trial bottles free at W. H. McKee's.
Registered births in England and Wales reached 927052 in 1901, yielding a birth rate of 28.7 per 1000. The figure stands as the lowest on record, reflecting a historical decline in births. MecKees Drug Store showcases a 30ft counter display.
Auction style notice lists one new cook stove used one year two beds a secretary and book case a square piano for sale this week at no. street Athens likely by E G Eaton on West Caryenter street remarks 00
Message to Mr and Mrs Newsom of Athens Ohio. Class sizes and pass rates reported for Cincinnati and Columbus exams. Seventy enrolled in Cincinnati with sixty five passing while one hundred six enrolled in Columbus with four failing. Signed J H Sharer Secretary.
The text argues dyspepsia reflects a weak stomach, not a bad cook, and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy. It claims the tonic strengthens the stomach, cures dyspepsia, improves appetite, and makes eating pleasurable.
Notice that at the next meeting of the State Board of Pardons an application will be made for the commutation of George Shiner convicted in Athens County April term 1901 of burglary and larceny and sentenced to four years in the Ohio Penitentiary.
Notice announces L H Glazier appointed administrator of the Peter Hixson estate from Athens county Ohio. The administrator qualified on December 6 1902 and the notice is dated December 11 2502.
Notice announces the appointment and qualification of Jerome B. Stout and John E. Stout as executors of the will of Sarah M. Stout, late of Athens County, Ohio, deceased. Public notice period appears as December 11 to 25.
Several farms offered for sale in Fairfield county Ohio. Cheap and well improved in good cultivation state. For full description and terms contact H J Kineisley at 439 N Maple St Lancaster Ohio. December 4 to 25 1902.
A Kansas City arrival offers pit mules from 46 to 58 inches high and 4 to 6 years old. Hefty and workable, weights range 600 to 1000 pounds, offered by W. B. Eblen of Wellston Ohio.
Probate notice lists final accounts for estates of Minerva A. Gould W A Adair J F Brodt and guardianships for Catherine Gould Arthur A Ned J Wolfe Loyd Howard. Hearings set for Saturday January 10 1103 before A S Bethel probate judge.
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