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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1899
Page
7
An article discusses fashionable walking gowns using soft Nord fabrics like sailcloth and pique in various stripes and solids. It highlights a rounded cutaway seat, a coat with vest, satin ribbon trims, and a blue straw hat with silk roses. The piece notes luster retention after laundering and era-style styling cues.
An elaborate summer novelty features a pear-shaped pearl mounted on a gold crescent band. The large pearl is flawless, with a deeply engraved gold band set with diamonds. An aigrette of tiny feathers adds height to the jewel, described as majestic and striking.
Visitor Harry praised a remark last night while Marie asks who fired up the crowd. Vo Bllelle notes he had to leave early.
Mrs Rosa Gaus of Los Angeles credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with dissolving an ovarian tumor after three bottles. She praises the medicine and urges other women to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts as the modern safeguard of health.
A St Nicholas essay tells of Frau Zelmer known as the Rabbit Woman selling live rabbits on Broadway near Twenty third street New York. She began in 1882 with trinkets for children and later sold bunnies to passersby. Easter boosts her sales as crowds form and authorities once moved her stand for crowd control.
A quaint notice describes a female rabbit dealer operating from a cozy tenement on the east side. She supplies rabbits to distinguished customers for holiday gifting and decor, inviting orders for Easter or wintertime artful drawing subjects.
The White House china, a one cent piece in this account, is decorated for the presidential table. New administrations bring new sets while old pieces remain valued keepsakes. The steward manages the collection, rarely releasing pieces, and plates display coats of arms with the administration name, drawing curiosity in reception rooms.
A Chicago Mail report describes metal trading checks issued by firms in Shanghai areas. The checks resemble small coins stamped with firm names and promise redemption for a fixed trade value from five cents to one dollar. They circulate locally as substitutes for currency, used by country merchants in exchange for produce and accepted by some stores, enabling merchants to extend trade without cash interest.
A zoo scene shows Meiher and San watching a monkey with its baby. The youngster begs for grapes, the mother refuses, and the keeper notes the disciplined pet. The baby climbs the cage and pleads with its eyes for a treat, while the mother vents anger.
In response to higher plug tobacco prices, many Maine farmers in northern and western Penobscot County revive traditional chewing tobacco methods. Seed from Virginia or Kentucky is grown, harvested, cured, and processed with local techniques to produce a solid chewing tobacco puck by midsummer.
In a signed Electrical Review piece, Nikola Tesla discusses high voltage electrical currents and a coil device that could trigger atmospheric reactions. He notes discharges at millions of volts could fuse nitrogen with oxygen, raising concerns of atmospheric destruction and possible mass extinction.
A British association meeting described a phenomenon where leaf sugar disks spun on a lathe with a hammer struck them to yield continuous rotating light. It is not heat driven and likely arises from crystal changes during crystallization. The finding hints at artificial light possibilities. The shovel fish earns its name by using its nest to churn bottom mud in search of worms and small shellfish.
The New York Journal describes Europeans living underground in stone and chalk districts of France and parts of Maine et Loire. It cites Baring-Gould’s study of such villages where families suffer influenza in bed. Caves feature crooked canopies, glassless windows, and deep descents once used for prehistoric burials.
A Philadelphia household stirred by Sunday excitement drew two policemen and two doctors after a kitchen range exploded. A cousin lay apparently injured, bloodlike tomato juice covering the man’s head, but he was only stunned. The cook’s tale and the tomato prank ended in laughter.
A Massachusetts pork butcher, famed for wit, answers a college prank by selling a yard of pork for one dollar. He takes the money and hands three pig’s feet, noting that three feet make one yard, while the students depart in silence.
A group of American soldiers at Manila encountered a large boa constrictor during guard duty. The snake measured nine feet seven inches in length and ten inches in girth, reportedly found after a brief skirmish.
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