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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
7
A compilation of teacher survey results from Ohio on promotion exams duties and school practices. Topics include examination frequency incentives, discipline, pupil secrets, instructor autonomy, penmanship timing and textbook usage across districts. Results show varied opinions and practices among respondents.
The article argues that a discerning buyer would not seek a bargain baby. It claims every woman desires a healthy, handsome child and must recognize that the child’s health is her gift and depends on her actions to ensure it.
A reader dispute cites a Paulding editor and a Boston Journal remark about Adam and Eve apples. The piece proposes Eve eight and Adam eighty two making a total ninety nine, arguing earlier totals are wrong.
Supt and Mrs N W Baker hosted New Year’s Day dinner at the county Infirmary at Chauncey. Guests included local dignitaries and neighbors from Coolville Glouster Amesville Athens and Chauncey. The visit highlighted the home for the homeless poor and the Bakers’ capable farm and management of the facility.
List of uncalled letters at the Athens Ohio post office dated Monday January 5. Names include Marie Ament Edward J Brown Lester H Baughman Thomas Dailey L Sellia Garnett H Gillan Kate Herron Mrs E Johnson Silas D King Harve Love H A McKee Richard Mathews Louis Stevens Annie Walker Mary. Advertised letters must be claimed by recipients per postmaster C D Gist.
A six foot high, eighteen hand tall male horse weighing 1 705 pounds, belonging to Micheal Murray of Hereford Missouri, will be exhibited at the World’s Fair in St Louis. The creature is billed as the largest male on earth.
An advertisement claims Vinci and Vintax regulate bowels and aid weak, fretful children and tired mothers. It asserts rapid benefits within a day, notes safety for children, and offers a money back guarantee if results are not seen. It also mentions benefits for older people and emphasizes low cost.
W H McKee druggist advertises mall orders for Sappien at a per bottle express price. The brief notice highlights mail order availability and a specific product purchase option.
Indiana girls from Fort Shaw travel through Montana meeting teams in basketball events. The tour showcases northern travel and competitive matchups as the group plays against local squads.
Fully described and illustrated book issued by the Chicago and North Western Railway. It highlights commercial industrial and transportation advantages and outdoor life in the Coast climate. The piece targets readers planning a trip to the State and offers four cents postage to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago.
Mrs Patrick Campbell argues that a good woman on the stage is a dramatic impossibility, asserting a sharp critique of conventional female roles in theater.
The advertisement extols De Witt’s Little Early Risers with claims they ease constipation biliousness and sick headache and improve liver issues. H Williams of San Antonio Texas recommends them for family use and promotes Cline’s Pharmacy as the source.
Melba sang in Melbourne Australia for a single performance charging 15 dollars per seat. The concert showcased her vocal range and drew local attendance at the venue.
Kodol aids digestion by supplying natural digestive juices and relaxing stomach muscles, enabling food to be transformed into rich red blood. Cline's Pharmacy promotes the remedy. A Hartford home for working girls opens under the Catholic Women's Association.
A Cheater Michigan postmaster reports a child nearly strangled by croup regained consciousness after doses of One Minute Cough Cure. The remedy claims to reduce swelling and mucus, clear throat and lungs, and aid recovery. Cline's Pharmacy markets the product.
Phyllis Wheatley is named as the first Black person to publish a book with her work appearing in 1773, marking a landmark achievement in American literary history.
One Hundred Dollars a Box is the value placed on DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve by H. A. Tisdale of Samerton D. C. He claims twenty years with piles ended after using the salve and notes its healing, antiseptic, and skin-healing properties for piles and various skin ailments. Cline's Pharmacy sells the product.
Local druggists receive notice of a law effective January 1 prohibiting sale of poisons without registration. Morphine and cocaine cannot be sold in amounts under an eighth of an ounce except on a private prescription. Sellers and buyers addresses must be registered and labeled, with three antidotes listed on the label.
The Hocking Valley Railway and Michigan Central Railroad offer a daily through Pullman drawing room sleeping car service between Columbus, Toledo, and Detroit. Depart Columbus at 10:00 p m reaching Toledo 5:30 a m and Detroit 7:45 a m with southbound service from Detroit at 1:00 a m and Toledo at 12:30 a m arriving Columbus 6:50 a m. The line touts a top roadbed and punctual service entering Union Station in Columbus.
The Erie Lines offer the best Columbus to Chicago train service with a morning through high class vestibuled coach leaving Columbus at 9:45 a.m. and arriving Chicago at 5:20 p.m., the fastest yet. The night through Pullman drawing room sleeper departs Columbus at 7:00 p.m. and arrives Chicago at 7:35 a.m. No change of cars on either train, with direct Chicago connections to St. Paul Minneapolis Milwaukee Omaha Kansas City and the West. Writers may contact W. R. Moore Athens or W. H. Fisher Columbus for travel details.
Fragmentary timetable notes indicate train No. 6 bound for Lancaster at 10 10 and another service to Lancaster. References to daily operation except Sundays, with schedules through All trains, plus officials C. M. Bennert and P. M. Wilkinson and a ticket agent.
Advertises homeseekers excursions on the Burlington Route during the first and third Tuesdays each month with round trips to western territories east of the Rocky Mountains. Also lists one way settlers rates, California through sleeper tours, and travel guidance from agents W M Shaw L W Wakeley and D P A at Cincinnati St Louis offices.
Agents of the Ohio Central Langs offer Homeseekers Round Tri Excursion Tickets on the first and third Tuesdays to northern western points at special low rates. Fall shares may be obtained through local agents or by addressing L. P. Lewis Detroit Michigan D J Cargo Toledo Ohio John Moore Findlay Ohio W A Agent Columbus Ohio NW C Pass Agent Charleston West Virginia.
Short line route connects Columbus Toledo Chicago and Northwest with through cars between It at Columbus and Toledo. Riddell General Superintendent EB Pinch General Passenger Agent.
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