The Grafters Chapter Continues in Political Chess
Kent and Portia push a high stakes campaign to cripple the Bucks machine. Kent enlists the Argus editor and a hidden secretary of state maneuver to expose a Universal Oil front in the Belmount field while public pressure grows around Rumford and the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston
Benning
Bucks
Trans-Western Railway
Wid Kent
Railroad
Aining Loring
Old College Cham
Cen
Loring
Capital
Pter II
Kent
Lorin
Eve
Perce
Ana Hters
Elinor
Penelope
Bosstart
Brookes Ormeby
Trans-Western
Aby
Kllmer
McFarlane
Aton
Buck
Ur Bt Crescen Biles
Read
Major Uilford
J Pre
Ormesby
Elinor Brentwood
David Kent
Jeffrey Hildreth
The
Argus
Belmount
Bucks Ring
Capitol Gang
Universal
Secretary of State
Backache Trembles Away With Dodd's Kidney Pills
Mrs. W H Ambrose reports relief from chronic backache after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says one box drove away pains and she has remained free of trouble. The ad touts kidneys as the first indicators of illness and warns of possible progression to diabetes Bright's disease or rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodd
W.H. Ambrose
America
W. HB. Ambrose
If Lovers Understood Each Other Fewer Divorces
A witty old bachelor states that better mutual understanding among lovers would reduce divorces by lowering marriages. He argues miscommunication drives breakups and that clearer dialogue could prevent marital dissolutions.
Counterfeit Dr King’s Remedies Warned By Bucklen Co
Fraud exposed as counterfeiters imitate Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds to deceive customers. Bucklen Co warns that only products bearing their name on the wrapper are genuine, noting 35 years of proven cures and urging vigilance against imitations in Chicago and Windsor Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Dr., King
Bucklen
H. E. Bucklen & CO
Chicago
Ill
Windsor
Canada
Women and Life Insurance Age Disclosure Issue
The remark suggests more women might obtain life insurance if policy applications did not require stating current age, highlighting a concern about age disclosure in underwriting. The idea implies potential changes to practices to attract female applicants.
Green's August Flower and Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Copy
An old advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a cure for intestinal indigestion and related ailments, and promotes Rocky Mountain Tea via Cline's Pharmacy. It contrasts a statesman who argues with sense and a politician who wins with spending.
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Claim of Curing Scars
The advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for cuts barns boils and piles claiming it clears fever sores quickly. Miss H M Middeton of Thebes Illinois says it cured a painful fever sore in under a week and it is sold by Cline’s Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
H. M. Middeton
Thebes
Cline
Political Candidates Like Watches Run On Their Works
A fragmented editorial compares political candidates to watches, suggesting their performance depends on deeds more than appearances. The piece reflects on the impact of actions over rhetoric in evaluating public figures.
Examinations Schedule For Elementary and High Certificates
Notice to teachers lists exam dates and locations. Elementary certificates exam on the first Saturday each month in Athens, high school and special certificates on the first Saturdays in September December March and June. Additional exams at Stewart Nelsonville and Glouster on first Saturdays in May June and July. Boxwell exams in Athens and Guysville on the third Saturday in April and in Athens and Glouster on the second Saturday in May. By order of the Board of Examiners. M. M. Bryson, Clerk. Our idea of an easy mark is a man who buys a bottle of hair tonic from bald headed barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
Trans-Western Railway
Western Pacific
Loring
Capitol
Kent
Gaston
Red” Callahan
Union Station
M’tosh
Callahan
Athens
Stewart, Nelsonville
Glouster
Boxwell
Guysville
Board of Examiners
M. M. Bryson
Bond and CD Services Offer Confidential Finance Deals
We buy and sell government bonds including municipal and first mortgage bonds. We issue certificates of deposit with interest payable semi annually. We loan money on favorable terms for long or short time. Your business with us will be strictly confidential. We can sell you bonds at three percent interest per year payable semi annually.
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Francis Lynde
the Junketers
Agua Caliente
Breezeland
Breezeland Inn
Tally-Ho
Gov. Bucks
Megilp
State Line
Ormsby
Scott
Inn Automobile
Celerity
Ise van Brock
Alameda Square
Evine
Meigs
Miss van Brock
David
Pennsylvania
Universal Oil Company
Belmount Field
Jove
Aly
Hildreth
the Argus
Portia van Brock
Hendricks
Rumford
Hunnicott
Portia
Junta
Foot, Horse and Artillery
Cline’s Pharmacy
New Orleans
VIA
U. S.W
E. McCarty
Cincinnati
First National Bank
Athens, Ohio
D. H. Moore
Bingham
la M . Cashier
Capi
Ee Ataessets
the Bank of Athens
United
J. D. Brown
W. B. Golden
A. Hibbard, Undertaker
Office
Warren Building
Postoffice
J. S. Basom
D. D. S. Dentist
South Court Street
Athens Ohio
Fire and Life Insurance
Ohio
Chas. W. Secoy
W. B. Dailey
Bell
LAW
L. H. Clark
Drs. C. H
Edna Thompson
James C. Jones
F. B. Modie
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