Cure for lingering coughs and weak lungs advertised
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as curing most cases of weak lungs, chronic coughs, bronchitis, and contaminated blood. It claims the stomach and blood need purification to prevent consumption and invites readers to request a free medical guide by sending a stamped envelope to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
W.A. Sanders
Eog
Hem
Mason Cn
W. Va
Fen Bothes
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Local Briefs Highlighting Cross-Country Travels and Injuries
Editor C V Harris returns from New York trip while W Davis of Marshfield and John Gossetter of Albany visit for business. Numerous Athens area residents travel for work, with Charles Crown of Columbus and Henry Zenner returning from trips. A hand injury ends Fred Landis’s week as he loses a middle finger while operating a faulty feed cutter. Recorder Elmer Golden uncovers long-ago deeds recorded late, revealing several dated April 1 1845 and other entries from 1840s to 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Harris
New York
W. Davis
Marshfield
John Gossetter
Albany
John Matheny
Hixon
Court House
Toney Heeley
Chicago
Charles Crown of
Columbus
Athena
Henry Zenner
C. C. Henson
Oak Bill
Jackson
Charles E. Moore
Nelsonville
Town
Harry Allen
Athens Timber Company
Thurston
J. P. McVey
Huntington
Athens
I. Crossen
Mebbardaville
Crossen
W. A. Herron
Messenger-Herald
Indianola
Iowa
Herron
Elmer Golden
S. W. Shulley
Isaac
William Lindley
Halas Dailey
Amor Thompson
William C. Lindley
Hon. Jerry Carpenter of Meigs County
Ohio State Journal recounts a humorous tale about former Meigs County legislator Jerry Carpenter of Carpenter Station. He denies running for office again and jokes about hospitality, noting his wealth in land and cattle. His wife supposedly has raised a Democrat, prompting lighthearted chatter among friends.
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Carpenter
Ohio State Journal
Jerry Carpenter
Meigs County
Carpenter Station
Meigys County
Lie
Jerry
Mefws
Wayne
Mrs. Carpenter
Electric Bitters for health and beauty advertised
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as the best medicine to regulate stomach, liver, and kidneys, purify blood, and improve skin and nerves. It promotes a healthy complexion and strong appearance, sold for 60 cents at W. H. McKee's drug store. The piece also reports Henry Barrows of Kilvert detailing local industrial plans, including Laundle Coal Company's imminent coal shipping and oil development prospects. Grain-O cereal drink is advertised as a coffee substitute, highlighting digestion and nerve support for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McKee
Henry Barrows
Kilvert
Laundle Coal Company
S-W
Trenton
Grain-O Grain Drink Promoted as Coffee Substitute for Children
An advertisement extols Grain-O a grain based drink for children claiming it nourishes and can replace coffee. It promises similar taste to coffee at lower cost and notes grocers sell it for a cent to sue. The piece also cites large U S agricultural outputs to illustrate industry scale.
Briton Consul Accuses Moers Supplies Shipments
The Britiah consul at New Orleans charges that Moers supplies are being shipped from that port to Rotterdam and thence resent to the Transvaal. The claim points to illicit trade routes and potential war era tensions affecting commodity flows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britkah
New Orleans
Rotterdam
Transvaal
Bucklen’s Amica Salve Cures Skin Eruptions Quickly
Volcanic eruptions are grand yet skin eruptions spoil joy. Bucklen’s Amica Salve cures them and a wide range of sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, warts, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds, chapped hands, chilblains. Drives out pains. Only 25 cents a box, two boxes may cure. Sold by W. H. Meskee druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fife
W. HH
English market leans on American apples for winter stock
The Farmers' Review notes England's apple crop is short and mainly summer varieties, not keeping well. Forecasts from Germany to France vary, with fall apples likely to flow east. U S growers face smaller crops, risking inferior fruit and higher prices at home. The piece urges expanding late winter apple production in the United States to maintain export leverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
England
Germany
Belgium
Holland
France
Great Britain
New York
Pennsylvania
What We Eat and Hood's Sarsaparilla Benefits
A discussion on digestion links nourishment to blood and body strength. The piece asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses blood, aids digestion, and supports organs that convert food into nourishment, claiming relief from dyspepsia and various diseases arising from impure blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
End of the Century in an Athens school
A schoolroom dialogue in Athens county humorously tests arithmetic concepts about time and money. The teacher steers Quaker-like questions about when a dollar saved yearly would reach milestones from the Christian era to the 1000th dollar, ending with a quip that a century has as many years as cents in a dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Christain
P. S
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Boosts Local Sales
Manager Martin of Pleraon drug store reports strong demand for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy amid influenza fears. Five bottles sold to one customer, praised for rapid relief of cough and sore throat. South Chicago Daily Calumet notes growing sales with positive user satisfaction. Further: Raine, Wisconsin resident sues Chicago hospital claiming misadministration of medicine left her invalid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Pleraon Drug Store
Chamberlain
South Chicago
Dr King’s New Life Pills Endorsement Claim
An advertisement asserts Biusmark’s Iron Merve stemmed from health, praising indomitable will and energy. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy to develop brain and body, priced at 2 cents at W. H. McKee’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slowach
Dr. King
W. H. MckKee
Record shipment of geld ore arrives in Denver from Cripple Creek
A large Thain load of broad-gauge ore cars from Cripple Creek reaches Denver. The shipment, valued at about $24.00 per car for thirty tons, is described as the largest ore shipment ever sent from a mining district. Five armed guards accompanied the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Denver
Curious Flaking Wheel Used To Catch River Salmon
A curious ashleg wheel operates on the Columbia riser near Portland Ure to catch salmon. Three receivers submerged by current rise with the fish and lift it to a wooden chute where it slides into a boat, catching thousands daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Portland
Ure
Life and Death Rescue and Cough Remedies
Hannibal citizen Lilly credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving him from typhoid pneumonia and sufficiency to recover fully. Ads tout Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a universal cure for cough and croup, with testimonials from Liberty West Virginia and local sale by W H McKee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Chamberlain
M. W. Fisher
Liberty
W. Va
Chamberain
W. H. McKee
Attorney General Opinion on Colorado Mineral Lands Use
Attorney General Campbell asserts the state through Governor Thomas as trustee should begin exploiting field mines on mineral lands held by the State Land Board to benefit the public school fund. This view frames mineral resources as a source for school funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
State of
Colorado
Gov
Thomas
State Land Board
Rheumatism Pain Relief Praised by Alpharetta Resident
A reader testifies that Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieved rheumatism after other medicines and a doctor failed. He calls it the best liniment known and notes thousands cured by the remedy, with one application renewing pain. W. H. McKee distributes.
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Eclatica
Chamberlain
Alpharetta
W. H. McKee
Sugar Planters Back Annexation But Fear Labor Costs
Hawaiian sugar planters welcome American annexation yet oppose the infusion of American labor, deeming it too costly. The stance highlights economic pressures shaping colonial era labor and governance opinions amid territorial change.
Scientific Nuggets From Old Journal Clippings
The document discusses lower air temperatures, a Dewar exhibit of cold air, sterilizing drinks with chlorine peroxide, and barometric readings corrected to true atmospheric pressure. It notes Ostend successes and the universal applicability of gravity corrections to intercurrent barometers for global comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewar
Periodigal
Ostend
Weather Bureau
Notable Oddities and Facts from a Historic Chronicle
A compilation of curious figures and claims: a Redditch needle factory turning 70 million needles weekly, London street accilenta, a British Museum throne from Queen Natsu, UK matches usage, oceanbed sounding by the British government, large scale charting in Asia Africa and the South Pacific, fertilizing field experiments with boneblack soda and fluoride, a Chinese emperor’s seasonal orders and domestic rites.
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Redditch
Accilenta
Tondon
British Museum
Natsu
Nile Valley
Christ
United Kingdom
Asia
Africa
South Pacific
Train Echoes In Mountain Tennessee Rail Work Legend
In the mountain district of Tennessee, many locals have never seen a train and watch workers as rail lines extend toward the Cumberland River. A tunnel is being built across the river while bridge material arrives, and a local menacing tale spreads about trains dashing through the hole. A new German railway timetable sign shows a bicycle to denote express trains with wheels.
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Mountain
Tennessee
Cumberland River
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Citzen of
Stewart
Mrarowto
Mus. Wenmerts Pnl.irs. of
Racine, Wis
Chicagoe
Biusmark
Merve
Hobere Meer
Ancwents, Tenn
Hess
Dickey’s Mountain
W. EH. McKee
Assembly of the Knight of Libor
National Assembly
McKinley
Lilly
Hannibal
W. B. MelKee
Ivallans
Sandy Munk
New Caledonia
Australia
Faibans Company
Louis
Mow Terk
The
M. G. Kaine
Fara
Fireside
China
Marinee
Abe
Ricciarce Couray
Allama
Georgia
Hocking
Hocking Valley
Toledo
Detroit
Michigan
W. JL. Fisher
Gen
Pass. & Vkl Agt
Columbans
BRS
Alma
G. Mathis
Toledo & Ohio Central Extension
Tim Tabs
Rae
SOUTH
Paris
Amenville
Bharpabuig
Weer Rene
WM. M. Horse
Supe
T. D. Dale
Martoetta
Moore
J! Vincent
Cutler
Weglun
Stewart Junction
Eernee Sharpaburg
Amesville
Aetee Taee
Ee Naeenes
Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad Co
Pasbender
Zee
Lancaster
C.M. Sexnatt
FY. M. Wiixixsox
Gen Ticket Agt
Ohio
Chillicotheand
Parkersburg
St. Louis
Sun Way
Ieee
Fast Mail
York
Bidarney
Geamme
Chillicothe
AISP
Chillico
Atay
Bos
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