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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
2
A fragmentary poetic meditation on seas and longing. A messenger, lovers, and a shipwreck story loom beneath a vast ocean sky. The speaker yearns, recalls a sweetheart, and waits as the sea answers with moaning depths.
The article argues that education complements farming, boosting any farmer's prospects. It cites a college student who plans to farm and believes hard work with liberal education improves outcomes, noting many youths see education as essential to broader mental horizons and better preparation.
A Martian visits an underworld park in Athens and is guided by an Athenian through a showcase music hall. They witness electric orchestration and a grand conservatory opened by electricity from Washington. The hall features mosaic floors, preserved busts of notable figures, and walls adorned with fine art.
An Athenian guides a Martian through a marvel where a National Orchestra in Washington plays for citizens 500 miles away. The hall’s walls act as receivers and wireless transmission delivers the concert to ten thousand towns without local instruments, saving public expense.
Chronic coughs and wasting diseases may be relieved by Vinol a wine of cod liver. The ad claims Vinol strengthens digestion supports flesh tissue and blood and includes a customer letter from Boston praising relief after four bottles. McKee's Drug Store offers refunds if not helped.
A fragment touts the dawn of the Twentieth century as the era of invention and discovery. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the celebrated remedy for dyspepsia indigestion and related woes, claiming broad physician endorsements and urging buyers to ensure the genuine bottle with a private revenue stamp. It also notes Grosvenor Square's millionaire density and 1,090,000 barrels of American flour shipped to Hong Kong this year.
A historical ad praising August Flower as the largest selling medicine in the civilized world. It claims mothers relied on it for indigestion and biliousness, with doctors scarce in the past. Mentions Green's August Viewer and a paternal trade thread concept, plus a note on German tors sales in Britain.
A boastful ad asserts Poleys Honey and Tar is the best remedy for throat and lung diseases. Dealers guarantee customer satisfaction with authorized endorsement from CB Henderson.
The article notes the American commission's Paris expenses reaching nearly 31,000,000. It contrasts with medical claims claiming Banner Salve cures piles with money back if not effective. Also mentions Henderson and Pennsylvania anthracite mines operated continuously since 1820.
A distillation of Ruskin's labor philosophy argues wealth lies in lifelike goods, not wealth accumulation. It envisions state guided marriage regulation, universal well-born citizens, and expansive education funded by the state with artful schoolhouses. Labor is organized for all, with education shaping able citizens and compulsory work to avoid untrained inefficiency.
Fragmentary text describes government standards shaping shop and factory work with private enterprise pressured toward state norms. Mentions an aristocracy of a fashion, salaried classes, and a plan to fund them from state provisions, hinting at centralized control over production and land.
A lengthy description explains how a luxury butter sold for eighty cents per pound in quarter pound packages, produced from cows housed in a sand-floored, odorless barn with strict regimes. The process included sunning cows, fixed exercise, specific feeding, careful milking, rare color addition, and a methodical cream production, all to justify higher costs and potential returns for farmers.
A watch should be wound daily at the same time. Avoid placing it on marble or near extreme cold. Sudden temperature changes can break the mainspring and affect timekeeping. Keep the case clean and the pocket free from lint. Sudden jars and rough handling can gradually cause it to run out of order.
The article states France has 45,100,000 hens valued at 112,000,008 and 4,000 francs at 2.50 francs each. One-fifth yearly consumption equals 22,506,004 francs. Two million cocks worth 5,006,000 francs are sold as well. Laying hens number 35,000,000 with egg value 183,000,600 francs. One million francs equals 200,009 dollars.
A historical claim labels Austria as the most lenient country toward murderers. It states that in ten years over 00 persons were found guilty of murder and only twenty three were executed.
An advertisement touts blood purification with S. S. S. claiming it aids hidden blood loss symptoms such as poor appetite digestion and weakness. It features testimonials from PJ. FF Doerr of Kuceton and urges readers to send for a free book and medical advice from The Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Georgia.
Sheriff C H Porter offers the property in Athens village Athens County Ohio on Saturday January 5 1901 at 1 oclock p m Lot 973 and Grosvenor addition described real estate including Lot 979 appraised at 240 Lot 940 at 910 terms cash day of sale attorney Hoprine Plitt and deputy S E Beper public notice listing parcels 973 979 940 in Athens Ohio with appraisals and sale conditions
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