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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1895
Page
4
The notice section outlines pricing per line and seven word minimum for obituaries and personal notices. It instructs to include old and new addresses when changing address information and promotes the newspaper as a messenger between old friends.
An advertisement touts the Ohio Farm Laws and Legal Forms book for farmers landlords tenants laborers merchants and villages. It covers subjects from animals and mortgages to landlord tenant law contracts wills and exemptions with 236 pages of the current Ohio law plus Supreme Court decisions and updated repeals. Regular price is $1.00.
The piece notes declines in corn wheat and flour exports while imports climb under the tariff. It critiques Gresham and Black forecasts and cites Republican clubs in Maryland. It mentions naval policy, Cuban insurrection, and Emily Farrareus, a pioneering publisher and lecturer.
The Ohio Republican platform from Zanesville endorses bimetallism and a protective tariff, denounces the Democratic administration, supports pensioners, commends Gov. William McKinley’s administration, and nominates Joseph B. Foraker for the U S Senate with a pledge of support. It also notes sympathy for Walter Q. Gresham.
Ohio Democratic leaders in Washington formed a Brice support club and Lima held a grand council to plot campaign steps. They aim to win the Legislature and advance Brice’s ambitions, believing the legislature offers a better path than a governor’s race. The piece contrasts Republican hopes with Democratic resurgence and notes Brice’s strong party influence nationwide.
A summary of partisan critique on tariff impacts and party power, noting Democratic governance and Republican gains, Ohio political maneuvers to back Campbell for 1896, and a wider view of unrest from Oklahoma destitution to international tariff talks. The piece also cites alphabet counts, bicycle manufacturer liability in France, and five cent telegram trials in Italy.
A New York Recorder note explains creating a magazine cover from tailor's canvas costing little material but labor. It details steps: prepare unbleached linen colored canvas, fold edges, stitch lightly, finish pockets, fold, and paint a monochrome design with gold accents. Colors suggested include brown black red with gold highlights. The result is a charming, admired cover.
A Farmers' Voice warning explains that fruit skins harbor germs and aid decay, making raw fruit harder to digest. It urges discarding skins to gain only the fruit’s benefits, notes skins protect fruit from microbes, and calls for guiding children and selecting ripe fruit.
Advice encourages gentle childrearing and patient guidance for nervous children. It warns against frightening youths, promotes warm baths for convulsions, careful pet ownership, and clear speech from teachers to aid understanding.
An excerpt praising the beauty and virtue of women, noting their grace and purity. The passage laments the grief and hardship women endure, questioning why they suffer and suggesting heaven tests those it loves to refine their spirits.
Advice on improving flabby skin suggests avoiding hard water. Use rain water or distilled water from a reliable druggist. Eat bread one day old made from wheat meal. A mush of gluten with rich milk is said to help round out the face and neck.
Miss Jane Addams of Chicago is appointed sanitary policeman of the Nineteenth ward by Mayor Swift. The role oversees garbage collection and contractor performance, enabling her to watch operations and showcase women’s potential in municipal work.
Amusing anecdotes showcase how proper names slip memory like greased pigs. A young woman confesses a forgotten surname to Joe Jefferson who recalls General Grant when their elevator encounter prompts a ring of recognition. Jefferson even forgets his own name in a post office, saying I play Rip Van Winkle.
W G Skinner a well known Wakefield veteran admires Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming it improved his blood and restored appetite after a long illness. He says his blood is in good order and he feels perfectly well. Also notes miners’ wage dispute and China Japan war ending thanks from Emperor to the U S for mediation.
The article discusses perceived rise in female intemperance tied to domestic strain and liquor use for relief. It promotes Dr Hilles Favorite Prescription as a restorative for women’s nervous debility and menstrual issues, claiming it is uniquely reliable and widely sold. It ends with a quip about an English statesman and the prince of Wales in a hypothetical republican vote.
An old promotional verse traces Castoria as a remedy from infancy to motherhood highlighting a persistent brand presence across generations. The slogan style emphasizes trust in Castoria for children and later for family use.
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