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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
6
A detailed description of a tan and brown mixed suiting street costume. Includes jacket and skirt with brown velvet piping and ecra cloth applique, a biscuit embroidered vest with standing collar, brown blue and black galloon, a wide velvet girdle, and a puff sleeve. Recommends covert cloth for durability and a three quarter length coat as an additional garment.
Ohio's Grange closes the year with 445 chapters and about $11000 in treasury. The organization reports 193 new Granges organized and 86 reorganized, no drops, and stronger halls and rituals. State Master Derthick notes continued prosperity and outreach.
Mrs R Bean of Lancaster St Athol Ohio reports severe nervousness sleeplessness and dizziness. After using Dr A W Chase's Pills purchased at Henderson's Drug Store her nerves steadied sleep returned and dizziness ceased. Pills sold 50 cents a box with A W Chase signature on each package.
A described anxious mother unable to calmly care for children is warned her nerves and uterine issues undermine family harmony. The article promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to strengthen her system, steady her nerves, and restore calm, hoping children mirror the change.
Mrs May Brown of Chicago praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relieving run down nerves irritability and aches. She cites other women from the Literary Union who were cured of serious female troubles and notes one case avoided surgery. She sends thanks and invites a visit to Chicago.
A letter recalls Grange founding in Allensville and praise for rural delivery, noting Roosevelt’s stance and rural unity. It highlights Athens county’s Civil War contributions and local leadership, with plans to publish more on regional organizations and a rumor about Carrie Nation writing a temperance play.
In Stockport on January 2, Wesley McKibben recalls Athens County as the banner in furnishing soldiers. His brothers Samuel John and George served in Co C 36th O V I, with Wesley joining at 17 during Hunter's Raid at Lynchburg. Norman and Charles McKibben served in Co I. Norman was killed at Gettysburg and Charles was captured at Jacksonville and confined at Andersonville for eleven months. Their father Joseph McKibben is noted as loyal and now deceased.
Filipino children near Manila wrote Miss Dolly Roach asking for acorns to see their edible kinds. Letters praise their teacher and describe Navatas Rizal school life. The page also includes medical claims for Hood's Sarsaparilla and brief notes on a divorce decree reversal and crime in Bachelor girls.
A letter from 1902 discusses a 13 year old girl, Margarita Felice of New Haven, who left school to marry. The note mentions longing for American acorns and fruits, and a garden, with a casual remark about her mother’s reaction.
Probate Judge A. B. Bethel schedules final and first accounts for the estates of Minerva A. Gould J. F. Brodt and W. A. Adair among others. Executors and guardians file final or first accounts with hearing set for Saturday January 10 190.
An old advertisement proclaims the Bromo Quinine Tablet cures a cold in one day with a no cure no pay guarantee priced at 251 cents. Separately a line about farm work for fallen women is presented as a supposed cure-all urged by Lady Somerset.
The Wister diamond, valued at 25 000 dollars, is identified as the property of a Philadelphia matron.
Hostetter Company of Pittsburgh presents the 1903 Hostetter’s Almanac in English and several languages. The medical treatise covers health topics and testimonials for Stomach Bitters, with anecdotes and reading to interest readers all year. It urges readers to buy from their druggist and try the Bitters for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and nervousness.
Anna Held wife of Flor ence Ziegfeld has secured a life insurance policy valued at $100,000. The coverage is described as substantial, aligning with Held's public prominence and the couple's high-profile status in theater circles.
An 1868 advertisement promotes qoschee's Germany Syrup as the universal remedy for consumption and lung troubles. It claims superiority over ordinary cough cures for severe coughs bronchitis and croup, noting its long popularity and a new 25 cent size alongside the regular 75 cent bottle available at all druggists.
Examinations occur on the first Saturdays of September October January February April May une and July and the first and third Saturdays of August Primary tests occur in May and August Boxwell tests are on the third Saturday of April and second Saturday of May By order of the board of examiners CC H Brvson clerk
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