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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1899
Page
7
A brisk overview notes creponette fabrics as the season’s leading value under 30 cents, offering smooth and wavy textures. It warns damp weather may ruin crinkled varieties, while smooth finishes remain a safer investment. The illustrated stylish frock features a gored skirt, curved braided trim, embroidered yoke, a silk ribbon neck band, and a silver belt clasp.
A brief note on a new bicycle jacket described as a smart, affordable garment for seashore or mountain trips. It emphasizes portability, fabric cost, and the challenge of fitting a cycling waist that remains smooth and unbroken for the season.
The passage describes a tobacco brown pique jacket with straight lines, no lining, double stitching, a left shifted vest front for a double-breasted look, a striped silk gingham yoke, and a brown bigue bow tie. It then details a green white bedroom with silvery green walls, dotted muslin frieze curtains, pale green bedspread with green fox pattern, and green silesia lining with lace and decorative motifs.
A string of letters confessing illness and relief through Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Denizens from Denmark Iowa Riverside Jaws and others describe long monthly pains, backache headaches dizziness and ovarian trouble. One writer reports restored strength after two bottles and renewed ability to work.
A New York Times cited actress explains that the secret to a safe fall is to relax. She recounts slipping in public while repeating Delsarte principles, noting she often paused to ask if she had relaxed, and bore bruises yet remained convinced the method holds.
A Chicago Tribune report from Fischhaus er East Prussia notes a village girl, aged percent, left in straits after her father's death and mismanagement of a communal estate. She endures hardship but does not despair as the emancipation question surfaces.
The New York Herald cites a nervous condition blamed on five o'clock tea socializing. Bright women at gatherings interrupt, switch conversations, and abandon unfinished phrases and cups, producing a restless, unsettled mood and a sense of national unrest.
An early discussion on the impact of machinery, noting how improved devices boost output and lessen labor. It cites Russia's doubled output and American factory growth from 1870 to 1890, praising inventors for transforming production from loom to printing press and shaping daily life.
A reader proposes a method to recover liquid manure that previously drained into runoff during heavy rains. The plan aims to annually reclaim substantial fertility lost from the barnyard, addressing how to save the runoff water and nutrients rather than letting them wash away.
Ira Graber explains methods to conserve liquid manure. A furrow from water run B and a high earth bank at F direct yard runoff toward D. Rainwater plus runoff from run B feed the field in pasture, improving fertility. E can be lengthened when land around D yields enough fertility.
A London caterer warns about commission fees paid to join clubs societies and smoking concerts. He says firms recruit members, push agents, and provide funds to secure contracts for bean feasts and entertainments. He details registering convivial clubs and paying subscriptions to over 300 bodies.
A returning sailor recalls a beer shipment sent to Manila fighters after a battle. He notes two pictures of a girl in a shirt waist shown to enlisted men, while discussing a roadhouse exchange with a brewing company agent.
The article recounts Rudyard Kipling seeking practical engine knowledge from a New Haven mechanic named Cressy. Bentley notes Kipling’s eagerness to learn technical names and how a sketch and discussion clarified for him the workings of brake valve gear, illustrating his intense grasp of machinery.
A report notes a California pine tree with seed cones opened by fire, alongside Australia’s wattle Acacia decurrens whose seeds germinate only after intense heat. Soaking seeds or roasting can trigger germination, and bushfires often lead to new forests within a year. The wattle’s fire sensitivity allows it to be eradicated if destruction does not promote regrowth. The teak is said to require intense heat for seed sprouting.
A 300 year old sculpture in Nantes Cathedral is linked to Michel Colomb, a once unseen carver. A discovered inscription credits him with creating a monument to Francis I of Brittany and Duchess Margaret, honoring their memory in the diocese of Leon.
A fragment lists an ungrammatical line spoken by a girl asking Ts them sheeps yourn. It notes desert animals lacking water except dew and a long lived parrot in London known for 52 years without drinking water.
The British Medical Journal announces an international congress on tuberculosis and the methods of combating it will be held in Devlin from May 23 to 27.
A summary lists bizarre timeframes for harming various groups and declares immediate killing for those who refuse a newspaper bill. It notes Russia and America with populations and physician counts, citing 127 million and 75 million respectively, alongside 18,334 and 129,000 physicians.
In Sweden Norway and Iceland more women go blind than men while in the rest of Europe men predominate. France’s presidential term notes one leader served a full term, with Grevy cited as having resigned early into a second term.
Miss Emma L Bolden of Wilberforce Ohio writes that Pe r na has transformed her life enabling housework sewing and travel without pain after months of weakness. She urges other women to try the treatment and notes the company will mail a free book for women. All druggists sell Pe r na.
Large surplus lines and odd lots across sixty four departments are offered with prices far below worth. Summer merchandise including silks wash goods dress goods suits skirts and shirt waists are being cleared out with earnestness and startling prices. Don’t miss the most wonderful throwing away of choice dry goods in all experience.
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