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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1907
Page
6
A mixed collection of beauty and home advice covers facial steaming and wrinkle care, insomnia coping, bath routines, coffee and potato tips, and step by step processes for making oilcloth aprons, yeast bread, stove polishing, and cleaning methods. Practical tidbits emphasize simple household solutions and thrift, with names of common ingredients and everyday tasks.
Nelsonville daily notes visiting officials from Glouster Logan Tuscon Ari zona and Athens including Dan Soliday and W J Curry. Mrs J K Brown of Tucson extends stay with her mother Mrs John Stephenson. Cihlen telephone office workers plan Christmas shopping in Columbus. Economic note offers Nelsonville cows by mail for 10 cents a week.
The Home Council advises thrifty room items made from a box converted into a cot or sofa. Cover all sides with cloth, add a double cloth ruffle, attach with brass and carpet tacks, layer cotton batting or old quilts, top with black oilcloth, and secure edges to form a neat ward robe and couch.
The article describes shoe dressing products that soften time on leather items and extend their life. It notes applicability to trunks, valises, bags, belts, book bindings, carriages, opera glass cases, cameras, and instrument cases, including leather upholsteries. It adds that black dressing works on tan or russet items to renew appearance.
A homemaker describes spring sewing routines turning scraps into quilts and comfortables. The gathering includes quilting frames, sharing pieces among friends, and a polite social custom introducing guests at a bays exchange.
Advertises DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills for back pain, fatigue, and urinary issues. Claims relief for weak back, bladder inflammation, and neck kidneys. Sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
To clean tubs wipe over with paraffin then scour with crystal soap. A clean cloth with hot water and a saucer of bran quickly removes white paint without harming it. The bran acts like coal on dirt acting as a gentle abrasive.
Free mailout of trial catarrh treatments by Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin on request. The ads claim the tests show the remedy’s value and note it is widely known by druggists. Henderson Crider Drug Co distributes the remedy.
Friday notes show EB Sanders from Athens visiting Nelsonville with T E Bradbury and B P O Ellis on duty inspection. Local figures Hartman Karg Parkins Ridenour Earhart Dowdy and Wells visit, plus new 100 inch mangle at Nelsonville Steam Laundry. Students Magill and Marsh return for holidays. Don Was attends Ohio State University law program. Ben Hur screening draws locals, and CHM Wallace plans Capitol City trip.
Prolific notes list numerous figures visiting Athens and surrounding communities Friday through Monday. Business visitors include J. Toster of Athens and A. Kessler. hospitalities extend to Miss Neva Omina and Mr. Robert Dean. Several Lancaster residents attended Royal Arcanum lodge events in town.
Violet, a six foot tall waitress at Mrs. Brent's boarding house, learns charm and skill with Grace Saunders and Grace's tutoring. Grace helps Violet transform her image and prospects while Professor Hinds notices a spark that blooms into affection.
An overview traces balloon and airship ideas from medieval cloistered thinkers to Renaissance Jesuits and Bartholomeo de Guzmao. It notes early balloon experiments by Charles and Roberts, 6,000 feet in 35 minutes, and military use of balloons from Fleurus 1794 to Solferino 1859 and other actions around Paris and Washington.
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