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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1899
Page
3
A vintage advocacy piece urges expectant mothers to seek the Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta Georgia guidance. It promises a free book titled For a Baby is Born with valuable information and reassures pain and danger can be prevented. The tone targets women awaiting childbirth and promotes the regulator as essential reading.
Mr T J Pickering of Broadwell visited Athens Saturday on business. Mr and Mrs C O Moore returned from Charleston. Capt A B Dickey and G W Perry of Chillicothe came for political business. Armindale post office opened with Dr Wikbane as postmaster. Dr C A Wilson of Indianapolis hosted Athens friends. Miss Nettie Norris visited her parents in South Canaan. Dr Campbell and Will Keynes from Logan called on Major Townsend. Mrs B C Dumble visited Middleport after a Charleston trip. Prof S F Coultrap lectured at Dundas and stayed with Judge Coultrap. Holly Grim moved to Marietta to join the cigar factory and Marietta band. June rains boosted Athens county meadow yields toward normal. James Witham of Oberlin, Kansas, stayed with relatives. once a Jerseyville resident, he sold cattle well in Chicago. Captain George Brandle of Chillicothe was appointed captain in the regular army, with prior Spanish American War service. Remains of Grant G Vincent were taken from Athens to Guynville for funeral. Miss Wille Pickering, injured at a Glouster mine, returned to Athens and recuperates with Pickering relatives. a near-fatal shaft accident spared worse.
Eleventh district centennial advisory board met at the Neil house Columbus on Thursday to organize and elect officers. John H Blacker Chillicothe was named president. V Harris Athens secretary. Ida Hitchcock New Lexington assistant secretary. executives include Lewis Green Logan and T R Biddle Athens. Bay View park chosen as site. next meeting planned at New Lexington. Colonel James Kilbourne hosted luncheon.
The New York Herald notes five years of stage progress with businessmen funding shows. Lawrence Barrett faced many obstacles with Boston supporters, Viola Allen gains praise in The Christian funded by New York printers, and a Chicago magnate backs the comedy Farce A Wise Woman for a continental tour.
Grain-O touted as a coffee alternative made from pure grains and priced 15 and 25 cents, aimed at children as a nourishing drink. The piece also notes mahogany gift boxes for presidential invites, Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a health tonic, and a plan to recruit 10,000 men for Philippine service under Gen. Otis, with coal company stock and bond figures referenced.
The B and C SW will sell excursion tickets to Mountain Lake Park Maryland August 1 to 30 with fare from Athens Younes Prorie's Cuntstras Cx10x Us Ted Presatteri ax church Ayquat. The B and O SS will sell excursion tickets to Pittsburg Pennsylvania August 1 to 5 with return by August 31 and fare from Athens 4.59.
Laborers needed for four months to work with pick and shovel. Wages set at 1.50 per day with board costing 3.30 per week. Applicants should write Ed Reichenbach, county surveyor, Jefferson, Wisconsin. 2014. Coris P HoNmeron has purchased land in Hanover county Virginia and plans a reformatory for Negro children.
A long OCR page lists exam questions across physiology hygiene arithmetic language grammar and literature, geography and science from a college teachers' test held Saturday. It includes physiology tasks on blood and lymph, US political history, arithmetic, geometry, grammar, rhetoric, and psychology with many dated 1899 references and mixed subject prompts.
A Sylvan Valley News editorial praises Chamberlains Diarrhoea Remedy as a preventive measure for cholera and diarrhoea. The editors report twenty years of family use, noting it can save suffering before a physician is needed and recommending keeping a bottle on hand. Sold by W H McKee. Also included: among 1200 men of the 20th Kansas regiment, only eighteen are foreign born and most are Anglo-Saxon farmers.
An old ad touts Dr King s New Life Pills as restoring strength and vigor by improving stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims indomitable will energy and success stem from better health and notes the price as 25 cents at W H McKee s drug store.
A boy at church watched the offertory with his father and whispered that some collectors had not paid. The child’s remark highlights his humorous view of the collection.
An article extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for poor blood appetite and debility, claiming it purifies enriches and vitalizes the blood and improves digestion. It cites testimonials and urges readers to try the medicine noting it surpasses a six week vacation in benefit. It also mentions unrelated notices about a mountain avalanche story and a local remedy testimonial.
A war book titled Spanish American War Panorama depicts officers, men behind the gun, hospital scenes, Red Cross heroines, and Cuban locales Havana and Santiago. The 5x8 inch album weighs 12 ounces, mailed free in the United States Canada or Mexico for 17 cents. Available via Big Four Route ticket offices in Cincinnati Ohio.
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