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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
7
A compact essay defends honesty as central to success. It cites industrialist Henry Bessemer as an example of honest method creating widespread wealth, employment, and advancement in steel manufacture. The piece contrasts past sayings with contemporary business virtue and wealth earned through morality.
A speaker argues that advertising builds wealth, citing John Wanamaker and Commodore Vanderbilt as examples. He warns against dishonesty, says honest effort outlasts quick schemes, and emphasizes that true success comes from serving public demand and investing in quality and proper marketing. He quotes the line honest wealth lasts, while dishonest gains fade.
The article urges airing clothes to remove odors from long use. It argues brushing fails and scents are inadequate, recommending airing garments inside out on lines or poles to use wind and sunlight for disinfection and deodorizing instead of perfumed powders.
A gold punch bowl set with monogrammed diamonds and rubies becomes a must have luxury for refined entertaining. The piece is shown as a symbol of status and fashionable taste, attracting attention among society ladies and collectors alike.
On a Liverpool to New York voyage, Harry Weir experiences a возник sensation as he plays whist with friends. He believes he sees his mother beside him and later learns via a cablegram that she died at 3 o clock that morning. The vision coincides exactly with the moment the news arrived. He and his brother Marston recount the strange event and its confirmation.
Weir awoke pale and haunted by ill news from home and refused to discuss it, signaling a troubled mind as the ship neared New York. Aboard, the party spotted Marston and a health officer as the tug drew closer, hinting at a tense reunion and unseen worry.
In Wiltshire a nomad widow pretends to foresee visitors by noting pigs in a distant cart saying they are in the road. A visitor praises second sight. she modestly says she trained her ear to pigs. Other anecdotes include a ministerial student, a boy spurned by a benefactor, and a fatally funny tale of yeast swallowed by a cow.
An infant should take more than 20 minutes to finish a bottle and should not be forced if refused. Do not save leftovers for later feeds. discard and wait for the next regular feeding. If digestion is weak, a few teaspoons of hot water before feeding may stimulate the stomach. Published in Harper's Bazar.
A defense of women's suffrage arguing that progress over fifty years has increased happiness for women and families. It contrasts past subservience with future citizenship and equality, asserting education, property rights, and voting power will elevate society and liberate women.
A Mexican war veteran and editor endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy claiming it prevented pension increases on renewals. The note cites quick relief for diarrhoea and urges sales by W H McKee. Other letters endorse Pass Kidney Care. Pro C E Bessey notes California redwood growth rings and questions any tree nearing 2000 years.
Advertisement for Dr Rankin's Kidney Tablets selling in Athens Obio by E R Lash druggist. Claims quick pain relief and permanent cure, targeting women as prospective wives with emphasis on strength and lacking back weakness. A compact 19th century patent medicine pitch printed as a classically direct solicitation.
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