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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1901
Page
2
A humorous montage features a weather man railing at rain, politics, and earth healing, interlaced with quick sketches of reporters and spectators. The bit concludes with quips about electioneering, distrust of trusts, and a mock celestial winged ascent.
A reader essay argues Sundays feel hotter due to mental inactivity and relaxation. The author notes calm, blue skies and the urge to rest alter perception, causing heat to appear more intense while work and outdoor labor fade. Weather of Sunday glare allegedly amplifies the sensation across fields and streets.
White man from Lexington Kentucky is described as turning yellow with jaundice. After failing with doctors, he credits Electric Bitters with a full recovery after two bottles. The ad promotes the remedy for stomach liver and kidney troubles. Additionally a Missouri fraternal congress outlines plans to build a grand fraternal building in 1903 to serve member societies and visitors.
A bugler style ad promotes Jell O as a quick two minute dessert with no baking and four flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers in 10 days. A separate note reports William W. McGlahis of Watertown New York suffering brain fever and imagining he was a circus tumbler leading to confinement in an asylum.
A historical advertisement promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a cure for severe threats and lung troubles. It claims warming climate helps,/heals tissues, reduces expectoration, and offers a good night’s rest. The pitch notes wide druggist endorsement and directs readers to Green's Prize Almanac for the supplier.
A London Chronicle idea piece describes how sudden fortunes drive eccentric acts. Rich individuals indulge in lavish shoes, grand feasts for workers, gift outfits with gold tokens, or romantic projects like the Beggar’s Bridge to aid neglected causes. Others vent anger by dangerous pranks or public displays, such as driving by former employers or inviting tramps to raucous gatherings, sometimes ending in trouble with the law.
A sailor warns against whistling as wind rises and a gale nears while at sea. The tale recounts mutterings on maritime superstition and shipboard etiquette about signaling and weather through song or whistle.
The article notes De Mor tet's claim on mankind's age at 238000 years with 78000 preglacial, 100000 glacial, 44000 interval, 10000 two last epochs, and 6000 years since historic Egypt beginnings.
In St Paul the troupe meets William the piano tuner who learns his brother died two weeks earlier. Miss Kellogg urges him to stay, but Clara guides him through mourning rituals creating a gleeful transformation as he returns in full mourning attire, consoled and content.
A Georgia folk fragment lists beliefs about tides and cat eyes, signs of death, moon planting rules, birth forecasts, umbrella curses, august sun timing, banded pairs fate, scissors clues, remedies for whooping cough, freckle lore, and pebble counting as cure or curse. The tone mimics regional superstition lore.
A physician warns that any injury, however slight, can be dangerous depending on health and vitality. He cites cases from minor cuts to amputations and notes that the notion of “not dangerously hurt” misleads patients. The piece contrasts health outcomes with age and strength, reflecting old medical caution.
Two fishermen from El Dorado return to their camp beside the creek to find a note pinned to the grub basket. The note claims they took the jug and pistol and jokes about following to shoot for the drinks, implying a lighthearted hijack rather than a real crime.
Town trustees discuss charity funding methods noting broader benefits from a well maintained Mason home. The Grand Lodge of New York adds officers and leaders. Missouri names Thurston and Dungan as grand high priest. Masonry counts 106,255 members. New Orleans temple debt rises to 31,100 with 30,000 uniformed Knights anticipated in Louisville. Masonic home inmates at Utica numbered 211 with annual maintenance around 189.53 per capita. New Jersey home shows 283.40 per capita maintenance and a permanent fund of 19,525.08, with 59,666.34 invested.
Members of the order are urged to note the suspension list in their judges and to secure the return of those who drop out. Each lodge should maintain a suspensions committee and visit brothers to win back memberships. The New York jurisdiction opened a building at Buffalo for visiting fraters. Grand Organizer Sackett reports success. California’s extension committee includes Morrison and Spencer. St Louis lodges show rising workmanship activity.
Modern Woodmen, famed Woodmen quartet from Kelbyville, attended the national convention in St Paul Kansas City camp, with 1836 members the largest in the order. The group promotes progress and advertising, Governor McLean of Connecticut joined. A report by the society’s audit board on Head Clerk Hawes and Head Banker Crocker states vouchers and books balance to a cent.
Francis H. Welch of Belfast is named the new great sachem of the Maine reservation and is described as a bustler. Delegations from Pennsylvania New Jersey Ohio Tennessee and other reservations will visit the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo on Red Men's day this August.
The order named Knights of the Golden Eagle was founded in Baltimore. By 1878 the supreme castle was organized to aid members and dependents, including widows and orphans, with weekly sickness benefits and death benefits funded by the organization’s finances.
The Order of Sparta announces three membership certificates worth 1000, 1500, and 2500 dollars. New members will pay according to age at joining, making costs cheaper for younger applicants and only slightly higher for those over a certain age.
The ad claims unseen blood illness shows no external signs yet causes poor appetite digestion weakness and weight loss. It says S S S rebuilds blood nourishing elements and improves the system. A testimonial from J F Dorr of Princeton Bo praises the tonic and purifier effects.
A 1901 probate court calendar lists executors and administrators filing first or final accounts for Mary A. Deasley Agnes K Vanden Bohm Jinza Bator Maria A Carew George B Walker Phebe R Rogers Benjamin Orme and others. Judge A S Bethel sets hearing for Saturday July 13 1901.
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