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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1903
Page
2
This clipping collecting quips on life hat tips to vanity gravity and marriage offers a collage of wry observations. It mocks flatterers believes in dreams and bemoans weather and politics with satirical quips from a bygone era. The tone is humorous and reflective, echoing a curious miscellany of social musings.
An array of topics runs through the piece from nutrition advice touting Scott's Emulsion as a science based food for children to a broad survey of Central America focused on Honduras. It covers feeding, health, and economic resources, then shifts to history and politics in the region and finally to U.S. constitutional themes as discussed in Scribner's Magazine.
Mr G W Towsley of State Street Athens Ohio testifies to Dr A W Chase’s Nerve Pills helping nervousness dizziness sleeplessness and family use. Pills cost 50 cents a box with Chase portrait and signature on each package. The piece notes farmers directing machines and changing agricultural methods to favor brains and science.
The piece notes Lincoln's inauguration and the Civil War, highlighting a surge in executive power. It remarks that a republic born from resistance to an English king produced governance as arbitrary as Cromwellian rule, yet Lincoln was a capable lawyer who revered the Constitution and laws.
A vintage advertisement extols jewels as a woman's lure and health as a risk. It praises Dr Bochee's German Syrup as a prompt remedy for coughing and bronchial troubles, claiming it arrests early consumption and heals lungs. Available at druggists priced 25 and 75 cents.
Greville recalls a tale not in his Memoirs where Lord Alvansey, as guest, quips that he would prefer more carving and less gilding amid a meager dinner and freshly furnished dining room.
In a witty exchange, the Cannibal Chief jokes about past missions with the writer of books and a former editor, then asks for a football player next as the medicine man notes too much brain food, prompting a judge’s remark.
A quotation from Bishop Candler in Atlanta News reflects on family duty and the aim of men to be great. He notes it is easier for a father to support many children than for many grown children to support a father. He calls little men a disappointment in God’s purpose.
A report notes that fatalities from venomous bites occur more often inside homes in India than in agricultural fields or forests, highlighting domestic risk and public health concerns.
A pithy aphorism notes that idleness becomes the tomb of deceit, urging diligence and truth. It frames moral consequence around personal effort and integrity.
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