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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
2
A collection of aphorisms and wry sayings appears in the issue. Lines poke fun at business, honesty, generosity, and human behavior with a Victorian style twist. The compilation reads like a humorous moral sampler from a historic newspaper page.
Sufferers face inflamed joints in fingers toes arms and body with rheumatism. Pain worsens after inactivity and in damp weather. A Sidney Iowa resident notes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the only medicine that helps her father return to field work.
A collection of humorous opinions and wry observations on politics science and society from Athens Ohio. The piece riffs on New Year resolutions public figures and daily life noting the progress of the Pacific cable and the human development of oratorical skill with examples from Poe Byron and Patrick Henry.
The article recounts lacemaking as a late medieval craft with uncertain pre fifteenth century origins. It relates a Venetian legend of a fisherman and his betrothed who crafts lace from wrack grass beads on his net, inspiring bobbin lace as a decorative art.
An old time advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a remedy for weak pale children. It likens the product to a penny in the turn and claims it is milk with cod liver oil and hypophosphites designed for delicate stomachs. The copy emphasizes taste and natural appeal to kids and cites price as $1.50.
The nine month old child of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Gold of Mechanicsburg died Friday. Funeral services were held Sunday at Cumberland Presbyterian church with interment at the same location.
The article traces hat origins from Asia where felting began and various materials used in India, China, Burma, and Siam to Rome and Greece with brims. It notes English adoption after Roman conquest, mid twelfth century thievery hat, 1340 Edward's court hats, and Chaucer era mentions of beaver and fancy hats.
An Indiana man recites a Chicago Chronicle story explaining Hoosier as a nickname born from rivalry with Kentucky rivals. He recalls Kentuckians taunting Indiana youth as new purchase greenies and a Lor an hussar lecture linking hoosier to German cavalry terms.
The article traces early thermometer use from 1707 in Edinburgh with cold douche therapy for typhoid, noting ridicule by German peers. It credits Santorius of Padua with the first clinical thermometer, describes its open end, and explains later adoption by Boerhaave and De Haen, who popularized it, leading to widespread use by 1850–1870.
The article notes Victor Hugo once misused the term firth in Travailleurs de la Mer, calling it Premier de Quatre. The English translator corrected him, but Hugo declined to amend the error, defending his use despite the translator’s letter.
The article notes that Korean farmers' wives wear enormous rain hats during the rainy season. These coverings can reach seven feet in length and five feet in breadth, offering protection as effectively as an umbrella while working in fields.
A London restaurant displays a striking sign across its dining areas promising that any incivility or inattention by staff will be treated as a favor if promptly reported to the proprietor. The cheeky directive highlights a quirk in the establishment’s culture.
A cryptic notice discusses legal exception terms and the value of lawful counsel. It contrasts how ignorance of the law is costly with prudent legal advice, suggesting prudent spending now saves later.
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