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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1903
Page
14
A message to adapt material for a reading by the Messenger and Herald Family invites audience members to enjoy a curated performance. The quirky wording hints at a staged or printed presentation drawing from varied sources for communal sharing.
A collection of social reflections on love, wealth, and character. It questions public morals, criticizes vanity and worry, and urges self knowledge. It contrasts rural and urban life, laments ill fitting shoes, and promotes honest work and digestion through Dr. Pierce’s remedy.
A New Orleans Picayune account discusses animal signaling via light. It describes lantern-snapping trainmen, lighthouse helpers, and ships exchanging signals, then details firefly like beetles in Texas, luminous crabs, cyclops, and starfish, plus glowing worms seen beneath Avalon Bay and luminous fishes on their heads.
A terse observation questions how moving a large wagon on the street without trouble relates to a man who has kept a store all his life yet is not a merchant and never can be. The text contrasts practical street actions with occupational labels and implies social judgments about defined roles.
An advertisement touts Dr. A. W. Chase’s Nerve Pills as a cure for nervous exhaustion and loss of nerve energy. Testimonial from Mrs. W. A. Thomas of Athens Ohio praising relief from nervousness and weakness. Packaged at 50 cents a box with doctor’s portrait and signature on each package.
The bell of the Catholic church tolled three times daily at 6 30 am 12 noon and 730 pm from Thursday before the funeral until the pontiff's funeral on Tuesday A requiem mass was held on the funeral day.
Prayerful dialect piece describing a man fearing judgment at the gates of heaven while hoping for a peaceful afterlife. The speaker longs for reading his title to a mansion yet worries about the gate and cabin, expressing humility, weakness, and forgiveness.
F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama recalls a lifelong battle with a severe pile condition. He reports 24 tumors and credits Bucklen's Amica Salve with curing him. The ad touts the salve for burns aches and pains and lists W H McKee's Drug Store as the seller.
M A Pierce reports a devastating flood in Manhattan Kansas during May that submerged farms and homes. Cattle and hogs floated away while residents rushed to high ground. Despite heavy losses, the writer hopes the disaster yields a positive outcome.
The Village Improvement society invites the board of health to a joint conference on cleaning streets and alleys. Members warn alleys behind grocers, restaurants, and saloons require action as wagon pickup reduces citizen effort. Ladies insist residents continue their part while piles of dirt will be hauled away by the wagon.
A fragment notes that the first life insurance society began in London in 1638 and again in 1700, with both efforts described as not successful. The text is incomplete but identifies London as the origin point for early life insurance ventures.
A testimonial notes catarrh results from overloaded stomach causing digestion failure and gland overproduction. J R Rhea of Coppell Texas credits Kodo Dyspepsia Cure with relief after doctors failed. Cilne's Pharmacy sells it. A Fulham borough garbage practice funds municipal electric plant earning $3244 per year.
McKee drug store offers a money back guarantee on Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. They claim no risk to buyers and assert the product is the most successful bowel complaint remedy and the only one that never fails. It is described as pleasant safe and reliable.
The article notes that more than one thousand women in the United States are employed as insurance solicitors, highlighting a significant presence of women in the profession and the expanding role of female workers in insurance sales.
Claiming to turn weakness into strength and fatigue into energy the advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a miraculous health booster. The pills cost 25 cents per box and are sold by W H McKee.
Senator Platt of New York nominates Senator Aldrich for vice president amid doubt that the move is a serious bid. Critics question whether the nomination is a practical threat or a political prank.
An advertisement extols Kodol Dyspepsia Care as foundational for health, claiming it helps the stomach and digestive organs digest and transform food into nourishing blood. It asserts cure for indigestion and related disorders and notes Cline's Pharmacy as the seller.
Notices list candidates for county offices in Athens County subject to the coming Republican primary. Names include Woodworth for Treasurer at Aug 16, Crawford for Representative, Elmer Goden for Recorder, Riley and Seward for County Commissioner, Carpenter for Coroner, and Danford Johnson for Coroner among others.
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