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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1895
Page
3
A Philadelphia Times excerpt advises a hostess to maintain stone calm and imperturbable tact in entertaining. Wealth and brains matter little without control of feelings. Even mishaps like broken china should be masked with a serene smile to ensure a successful evening.
A survey of new devices includes an electric hair curler with a patent granted for a lead fumes saving process in smelting. A rocket chase designed to loop the heavens for ten minutes emerges from Victoria, Australia. Also listed are a window cleaner with a water reservoir, an alarm letter box bell, and a combined ship buoy shown at the London yachting exhibition that records time of disaster and signals with rockets blue lights and bells.
Marie Jourean in Chicago Record extols daily ten minute calisthenics for women. She endorses a free waist and sensible corsetry, brisk indoor routines, nasal breathing, chest widening moves, and a cold sponge bath. Outdoor walking in sunless weather is advised for health and complexion.
The excerpt advises keeping all prepared foods covered until serving, storing milk and butter in airtight vessels to avoid odors and airborne microbes. It notes uncovered jelly as a health risk and mentions London dressmakers who repurpose last season dresses at reasonable prices, appealing to those who rarely buy new garments.
The article details linen embroidery projects including a seven inch square doily and an eight inch square starter, with maidenhair fern motifs in outline or solid fills using blue greens. It covers thread tension, fringe finishing, and smoothing techniques, plus a renaissance border suitable for scarves, lambrequins, and table covers, all credited to Harry Adams of the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The era of elaborate lamp shades ends as designers favor simple, hand painted covers in paver or silk with narrow satin ribbon finishing and practical side-buttoning. Denim resurges in cottage style decor with durable fabrics and new geometrical weaves. Parisian insurers fear dyed hair. Chinese law allows divorce for a wife who talks too much.
An 19th century advertisement touts Invalida's Hotel and Surgical Institute in Futalo N Y and the World’s Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo. It claims a full staff of physicians for chronic diseases, cures for nasal throat lung liver kidney and women’s diseases, and guarantees cures for ruptures piles and other conditions. A guide book is offered for ten cents by mail. Also notes a new Missouri religious sect sending angels to heaven and a Cromwell statue planned for Westminster.
Eckstein Beymer Bauman Armstrong McKee advertise National Lead Co. Pure White Lead Tinting Colors sold in one pound cans to tint 25 pounds of Strictly Pure White Lead. They offer a free book on painting and color-card and claim property owners have saved money. Cincinnati branch address provided.
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway announces two special trip days May 21 and June 11 for ronni trip tickets at one fare to many states including Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Idaho Iowa Indian Territory Kansas Louisiana Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia and Wyoming. For rates and details contact any B and O S W railway agent or J M Chesbrough General Passenger Agent St Louis.
The C H V and T RY will offer reduced round trip tickets for events including the State Prohibition convention in Springfield June 1-2 with a single fare and return by June 14. G A Th encampment runs June 7 and 12 with a $3.70 Athens rate. Home seekers excursion May 21 and June 1 covers many western states and Missouri Iowa Idaho Minnesota New Mexico South Dakota Utah and more at one fare round trip, return limited to 20 days.
The C. H. V. & T. B. announce a new excursion on June 11, 1895, to Virginia and North Carolina via Norfolk & Western and Chesapeake & Ohio lines, with access to B and O railroad routes between Winchester and Lexington. One fare round trip. tickets valid thirty days. likely last trip of the season. Contact C. H. V. & T. agents or W. H. Fisher in Columbus for details.
On May 21 and June 1 agents of Ohio Central Lines will offer Home Seekers Excursion Tickets to Virginia at One Fare for Round Trip with an 80 day limit. Tickets to points West and Southwest are on the same basis with a 20 day limit. See Ohio Central Agents.
Trains depart Athens at 6 55 am 12 25 pm and 9 05 pm with arrivals at 10 30 am 6 00 pm and 8 55 pm for Epworth League in Chattanooga and National Republican League clubs in Cleveland. H V and TI R Co offers one fare round trip tickets valid 15 days for the Epworth meet and until June 22 for the Cleveland gathering via A V and T lines.
The Athens schedule notes new westbound times for the Buckeye Route and Ohio Central Lines services. It promotes Buckeye mileage tickets good for one year at $20 and touts connections to Marietta, through trains, and excursions to the West with low round trip fares and parlor cars.
The Buckeye Flyer operates from Columbus to Chicago nightly with sleeping, day, and parlor cars. It offers through service without car changes on express routes between Columbus and Chicago, and provides deluxe coaches on all trains. Foxet agents or W H Fisken, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Columbus Ohio, supply full information.
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