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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
2
A lighthearted miscellany notes quirky observations from everyday life, pokes fun at fashion, gossip, and manners. It jokes about farm life, theft fantasies, street talk, odd discoveries, and social habits in a playful, satirical tone.
A small Bellville Ohio community notes a unique local group described as a bachelor-women club, though residents insist their society calls itself maids and resents any insult. The club is reputed for high spending and exclusive circles in the dirt town setting.
A Bellville pageant shows a group of self confident old maids enjoying a woods picnic without any men. They race, climb, and wade a brook while lamenting the lack of male company and the supposed waste of principle in disputes over debts and court fights.
The Hon. Thomas F. Madden of St. Ignace recounts his twenty year indigestion battle cured after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People bought on a voyage to Galveston. He claims rapid relief and full recovery with improved digestion and strength.
A columnist reflects on how men act out of pride in principle, criticising rigid adherence to stated beliefs over practical consequences. The piece argues that many are convinced they stand for a cause yet stray from common sense in pursuit of abstract duties.
Advertises Dr Walliams Medicine Company products available at 0 cents per item or six bottles for 32 60 to be ordered by mail from Schenectady New York. Notes items not sold in bulk and urges purchase upon receipt of price.
John Brawley, a Dover township pioneer and prominent farmer, died at his home south of town after a long paralysis illness. Born June 15, 1831, he was over 71. He leaves his wife Susan Fuller and four children, and served several terms as township treasurer. Funeral held Saturday at the M E church with Rev W A Roush officiating. Interment in Nye Cemetery.
A poem from 1902 praising eyes of blue ends with a plea to choose the one true, faithful beloved. The second fragment shows a magazine editor dismissing a long story as distractive to ads, noting the tale is magnificent but too lengthy.
A sheriff sale order in Athens County Court Common Pleas cites non resident Marvin R Keirns of Cubs West Virginia over a 1901 $300 note with $268.50 claimed due plus 6 percent interest. Attatchment order issued. Keirns must answer by July 26 1902. Also probate matters list several estates with first or final accounts and guardianship. hearings set for June 21 1902.
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