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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1902
Page
5
Editor Bob McKay visits. J B Henderson and many others arrive for business and social visits. Dr. C L Jones welcomes twins. various residents travel, visit relatives, and attend meetings. Athens suffrage society, Knights Templar reception, and Ohio Oil Company activity noted.
Local notice touts a cure for catarrh claiming a blood purifying tonic combination. It credits F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and urges readers to send for testimonials. Drugs stores allegedly carry Wall's Family Pills.
The Akerstrom Comedy Company headlines a three night engagement at the opera house starting Monday January 5. The troupe promises top quality performances with My Oriental Friend as the opening comedy and urges a full house to kick off the run. Ladies tickets will be exchanged at the usual place on Saturday January 3.
A fragmented, partially garbled report outlines a plan affecting German oil profits and tree-based production strategies. It mentions Winter June and Black wabist terms, with references to Germany and CNLe Priments. The text is unclear and many terms are uncertain.
T. J. Lursscott of Linscott visited Athens on business. A 4 year old finner owned by Micheal Murray of Hereford Missouri stands 18 hands high, about six feet at the shoulders, and weighs 1705 pounds, slated for exhibition at the World's Fair.
Out of town news lists relatives visiting and returning for Christmas plus funerals for Cliff Vorhés and Cliff Yorkes. Local social events and visits from Athens Charleston Columbus Lookout Station Albany County political notes include Wyoming Justice of the Peace election and a medical prediction about nationwide insanity in 260 years.
A marauding band led by the infamous Thomas Cavendish planned to massacre Santo Dominego’s inhabitants and seize treasure. As they neared land, they saw countless moving lights in the forest and, fearing Spaniard knowledge, retreated to their ship without landing.
The article notes red as the dominant mourning color in medieval Europe with black only gradually replacing it. It cites Abyssinia using red brown for mourning, Turkey favoring violet, and Maori in New Caledonia using red for sorrow. It also mentions red body pigments and red markings at burial sites in early practices.
An Irish clergyman on his first curacy finds the parish ladies too helpful and leaves. He meets his successor who asks about the Indies. The reply notes the joke about safety in numbers, with a pun on the word insidious that underscores the humor.
A fragmented Washington Star item shows a quoted exchange about gambling. Mrs Torkres asks for a definition while Jone’ sated replies that gambling is betting money and losing it.
A garbled Baltimore newspaper quote references Napoleon and a museum, with speaker Jinks claiming others lack knowledge and that the one who insults it to New York has two.
A Kansas City Star excerpt notes how methodical development reshapes society, animals, and architecture. It highlights breeding and training improving beauty and utility, and cites the American Beauty as reviving memories of nature with scented borders and garden blooms.
A Chicago Post tale describes a miserly native critiquing a man who stores winter power in revolving doors at his own building. The tenants labor for him for free as he uses saved energy to run elevators, avoiding heat waste in winter and even denying summer mud.
A New York registered parcel containing a large sum of money arrived at its destination but yielded only waste paper. Investigators traced a distinct odor from the post offices odor and matched it to a culprit later caught with part of the stolen funds in an office near the destination.
A peculiar beacon on Amish rock near Stornoway shows a lantern tied at the summit. Light from Lewis lighthouse window reflects on a mirror in the summit lantern, creating the impression of a lighthouse with no lantern or keeper.
A clipped excerpt shows Mrs Stanton and Elizabeth Cady Stanton discussing modesty and public speaking at a suffragist convention. The dialogue alludes to expectations of women speaking publicly and contrasts with political rhetoric presented at a later gathering.
Several farms in Ohio offer 170 acres with good mineral lands and a new seven room house. Features include a large barn abundant water and a strong neighborhood with three males from Tharston. Also listed are additional farms nearby with herd debt concerns and quick replies requested. The ad mentions Grove and Breen Shoe tampons moving locations on Court Street near D Zenner & Co.
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