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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1899
Page
7
A fashion description promotes youthfulness in summer gowns as key to appeal. It features a rose green muslin gown with pale purple violets, a dewery ruffie, light purple satin bow girdle, detachable bolero, lace trimmed sleeves, and an English walking hat in vase green with purple satin loops and green roses.
The text describes lavish parasols with inner and outer designs, perfumed handmade flowers, velvet bows, and gold star handles. It also offers antique tea guidance advising to avoid metal contact, use only upper tea liquid, no sugar, and to boil tea lightly from fresh buds for better taste.
Letters from women across the United States recount relief from female ailments after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Ssarg of Ddeford Maine and others claim dramatic improvement in backache, weakness, headaches, and fatigue after trials, with several noting renewed ability to work.
The text advises drying linen just enough to iron smoothly, using a warm iron and thorough pressing. Fold lengthwise for initial passes, then crosswise, and avoid starch. Table linen and napkins should be ironed flat with plain folds, avoiding decorative pleats for home use.
The article advertises hosiery designs for dancing girls, including silk thread networks and diamond patterns intended to pair with gowns, plus tips on brushing hair for a healthy gloss. It notes Earl Beauchamp as a young colonial governor appointee, not yet 27.
A tale from Nantucket recounts a burgh rinsaeking in the old house of Miss West. A cherry stone carved and mounted on ivory and silver stands reveals a gross of tiny spoons, each the size of a pin head, all perfectly formed under a glass. A header claims two curiosities from India once found, one containing six dozen gold spoons, but the other vanished after recent events.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Chase of Nantucket, both blind from early ages, have spent decades as caretakers of their home. They never attend church guidance, avoid public travel, yet enjoy music together. Mrs Chase reads from a raised Bible while Mr Chase recalls her youth, and neighbors esteem them highly for their quiet, devoted life.
A witty critique from Tit-Bite on Mrs faith in home remedies. Pearson's Magazine glances at women’s attempts to mend with paste or cement, claiming lasting fixes fail under strain. It contrasts saucers and umbrella handles with stubborn belief. A clergyman’s outdated sense of Parliament adds a humorous aside.
A verbose poem fragment explores a philosopher who remains calm amid weather and pain, finding joy in sunlight and inner liberty. It contrasts bustling crowds with the solitary mind that endures fear and disaster, celebrating philosophy as weather and fate unfold.
The History of the Tepes notes contemporaries praise Lucrezia Borgia’s grace and charm while critics dispute the accuracy of portraits. Medals from Terrara show a maidenly, soft-faced image contradicting partisan calumny, with Filippino Lippi linked to a design that reveals a calm, passively posed figure.
In Boughton-under-Hean, entries record Christian names like Actsy from the Acts of the Apostles. Thomas and Elizabeth Pegdee of Brankirk had a child baptized August 2, 175, and the burial of Actsapostle Pesden, aged 79, occurred November 1, 1863. The name appears abbreviated as Actsy Pegden, with parishioner mentions of Actsy Pegden.
A London Lancet writer notes sausages now lack sweat and consist only of bread tinged with red oxide of iron, mixed with fat. Australian papers report Metis Island’s complete disappearance, once projected 150 feet above the ocean in 1599.
The text promoting Dr RV Pierce of the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo NY claims thirty years of successful treatment of chronic disease. It touts Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for weak constitutions and energy, Favorite Prescription for women's ailments, and Pleasant Pellets as a mild laxative, with promises of free advice and home care recommendations.
Queensland plans a striking exhibit for the upcoming Earl's Court display to prove it can produce quicksilver on par with America Spain and Austria. Engineer C Wright describes a two basin iron and blue enamel fountain design to showcase the liquid metal’s beauty despite its weight and handling challenges.
A dubious tale extols fish thriving in gradually rising warm water then hints at the fact it can survive in hotter conditions. The piece shifts to a nostalgic account of a city sweeper team of eight white horses on streetcar lines, praised for their form, color, and disciplined drive, though not declared the best ever.
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