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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1904
Page
2
A dense collection of humorous and speculative snippets on politics, science, manners, and daily life. Features jokes about Ohio legislature, ground hogs, deception in marriage, a Panama labor scheme, nature’s renewal, and professor Gates’s questionable soul theory, all in a breezy editorial tone.
Notice to Athens County residents that a petition will be presented at the March 1904 meeting of the County Commissioners requesting the vacation of a county road in Canaan Township between the Athens and Sand Rock road and the North South road through Sections 5 and 6. The petition argues the road is now useless due to nearer routes and poor condition reducing travel.
A Boston woman writes of fibroid tumors and pain seeking advice from Mrs. Pinkham. The reply recounts a patient cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and urges trials for other uterine troubles. The letter also argues for continued charitable giving after disasters and highlights acts of community generosity in western Pennsylvania Marietta and Athens.
A vintage health advisory discusses adolescence and female vitality. It urges safe tonics for languor nervousness and weakness at puberty and cites patient testimonials praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It notes a reward offer for cures and provides mail order details from Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo NY.
A brief, stylized note credits E G Woodworth with an over-wrought imagination and a steady reading of Marie Corelli’s spirit wandering tales. The line hints at a persona shaped by literature and mystic themes.
Toledo resident Harry L. Lewis, a dentist, testifies that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his years of kidney disease after trying many remedies. He describes a long illness, initial slow improvement, and gradual full recovery following six boxes, with night awakenings finally ceasing.
Probate Court of Athens County Ohio orders public sale of Rome township property. The one o’clock auction at the courthouse front door will offer 47.97 acres in Ohio Company's Purchase appraised at 475.64 dollars with cash terms. Charles D. Hopkins administrator of Mary Burke estate sets February 4 to March 3 as the sale window.
A farm offers a stock of dry goods and groceries valued around $1500. Write E. 8S. Byron, Stewart, Ohio for particulars. Lock Pox 9, Feb 414.
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