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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
4
A clipped La con it Journal joke ponders wives waists and buttoning as a comic social aside. It contrasts men with or without wives and buttons, ending with a playful line about rabbits.
A local columnist critiques door to door peddlers as competing against steady stores while urging merchants to matching hustling and modern sales methods. The piece also dissects the state Republican organization, criticizing its handling of Taft and the Charles barrel episode and predicting its decline.
The Columbus Dispatch summarizes the country life commission findings, noting farmers nationwide seek better schools and roads. It highlights state disparities in school funding, and ranks parcels post and postal savings banks as further aims. The piece argues the commission’s work will influence public opinion and push improvements.
The Round Up serial story began in yesterday's Daily Messenger and is described as the most fascinating feature yet. It promises life like realism and broad appeal across reader classes. Readers are urged to obtain Monday's issue and begin from the start to ensure ongoing engagement.
A public note urges Congress to curb what it calls exorbitant prices in the American egg trade. It argues the infant industry has fattened on extortionate demands and calls for urgent relief from factories and the consuming public.
The piece commends a recent editorial urging a YMCA in Athens and argues it is needed in towns with sufficient population. It encourages churches and organizations to discuss and promote the idea and notes the Masonic fraternity might consider funding a permanent YMCA site alongside its own temple, aiming for a facility on par with the Nelsonville YMCA.
Residents show unanimous approval for a new Athens YMCA building and vow to proceed. Organizers plan to proceed quickly, urging volunteers and funds to begin construction at the earliest opportunity.
An Ohio State Journal essay defends press confidentiality but condemns leaks. It notes the President's reply to Congress on the Secret Service was leaked by one paper, provoking nationwide press indignation over breaching professional trust. The piece argues news must be shared with the public, even if painful for those involved.
A letter from W. RK. Lipscomb of Washington describes his brother’s long battle with what was believed to be consumption and recovery after using Dr. king’s Discovery. It claims relief from coughs colds bronchitis la grippe and other bronchial ailments with a trial bottle offered free at McKee’s Drug Store.
A quotation from Engineering Magazine portrays Admiral Porter as a staunch sailor who insisted on sails over steam. It claims he removed four blade propellers to two blades, argued ships were faster under steam, and urged Roach class cruisers to have full sail power with steam as auxiliary, reflecting outdated judgment despite age.
The account notes the subject's large appetite and preference for bread and meat when abundant. It records a morning routine of a neat drink of rum or whisky. In old age his hair gray and posture bent, with a thin chest, glimpsed a year before death in Alexandria.
A countryman visiting London exchanges with a seedy stranger who boasts of being a sharper. After a brief test, the con artist returns half a crown promised as payment and asks for five shillings, but the countryman outsmarts him by keeping the half crown and leaving.
An old advertisement extols Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney weakness causing aches, fatigue, urinary issues, and potential diabetes or Bright's disease. It cites Mrs. R B Hutchinson of Athens Ohio reporting weight loss, sleep problems, and health decline improved after three boxes. Sold by Henderson's drug store for 59 cents.
The article cites Rufus of Ephesus on Nile water quality and ancient sterilization methods. It describes boiling water in baked earthenware, cooling, reheating, and using clay filtration pits in camps to remove impurities. It notes ancient skepticism toward river water despite Nile water appearing muddy.
The founder Mohammed born in Mecca, died aged 72 and took the name meaning predicted Messiah. A tale from Brewer’s Phrase and Fable recalls an angel with 70,000 heads and tongues praising God, and Mohammed’s test of prophets with miracles and a mountain’s obedience.
A letter to the editor denounces the Brack-Door peddler racket preying on poor households in Athens. It cites mass purchases at doorsteps, hollow promises, and the siphoning of local money to canvassers in Chicago and Buffalo, urging local merchants and authorities to curb the nuisance.
An old advertising blurb touts a product named Thomas Beleverie TM Ov claimed to prevent pain and cure wounds. It asserts universal availability through all druggists and positions itself as a cheap preventive remedy.
An advertisement proclaims a top selling 5 cent cigar with growing trade and merit. It urges readers to try a box for 2.50 from Henderson Crider Drug Co.
Fragmentary OCR lists several individuals with ages and occupations including miners teachers merchants and mechanics from various Ohio towns such as St Clairsville Glouster Trimble Murray Nelsonville and Nelsonville with references to permits to wed. The text ends with the number 74.
A classified note promotes farming and home ownership with $75 down in North Carolina and irrigated lands in Wyoming. Excursions from Marietta, Ohio run twice every four months to areas south and west. Contact John M. Doan at 434 Fifth St Marietta Ohio for details.
Readers are offered winter fashion tips with white organdy daytime dresses and pale yellow crepe de chine options. Fur trims and wraps are highlighted as stylish for cold weather. C C Shayne & Co. promotes January fur reductions, ensuring coats like pony, caracul, and broadfall hold fashion into next winter. The Merry Widow hat competes with sealskin and ermine toque styles.
Verona Clarke reports on dressmaking trends highlighting lace around skirts and sleeves, Persian embroidery on shoulders, embroidered front bands, and front yokes. The piece covers accessories like muffs, belts, hair styling with barettes, aigrettes, and evening slippers with satin and plaited chiffon accents.
A survey lists graduates and their paths across the U S. Rev Anthony Windsor class of 1863 lives retired in Bellefontaine Ohio. Henry Atkinson 1865 remains a New York City lawyer. Dan Matthews 1876 farms in Carthage Missouri. Francis Carley 1838 finances on Wall Street New York City. R L Hooper 1878 ex superintendent of Glouster schools ranches in Whittier California. Frank Batterson 1898 missionaries in Bahia Blanca Argentina. A W O Young 1865 physician in Webster Groves Missouri. Charles Blake 1891 on faculty at Johns Hopkins College of Physicians and Surgeons Baltimore. Charles Creighton 1871 ex chancellor of Nebraska University now pastor in Buffalo New York.
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