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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1907
Page
6
Athens readers urged to treat chronic indigestion with Mi o na stomach tablets claiming rapid relief from headache heartburn and sour taste. A Henderson-Crider guarantee promises a full refund if Mi o na fails to cure, with a price of 50 cents per box.
State negotiators seek about ten thousand acres across Athens and Hocking counties for annual three week maneuvers. Shawnee to the north Sunday Creek to the east Chauncey to the south Straitsville to the west define the area with several thousand acres already leased. Farmers around Millfield and Chauncey reportedly refuse terms.
A cautionary article argues average people should act as their own physicians for minor ailments. It promotes Chamberlains five remedies Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Cough Pain Balm Stomach Liver Tablets and Salve sold for 1.25 per set by local Athens Chauncey dealers W H McKee E R Lash Barton Drug Co.
Mrs Emma C Steed aged 41 died at her Lancaster road home Sunday morning about 8 oclock. She died from childbirth and was the wife of Charles Steed a mine worker. Four children Thomas Elmer Mary and Flossie survive. Funeral services Tuesday at 10 am at the Steed home with Rev W H Boden of the Christian church in charge. Interment will be in the old cemetery.
A column lists practical tips for homemaking including how to avoid watery meringue when using powdered sugar, treating vegetable stains with tomato, starch water to clarify, and ironing clothes to smooth and stiffen. It also opens with a quip about watching a man too closely.
A fashion editor urges women of 40 not to dress sloppily, calling comfort in ill fitting clothes laziness that leads to fat. The piece contrasts proper styling with casual wear and notes when comfort is acceptable.
Peel and cut rhubarb, weigh pieces, use three fourths pound sugar per pound rhubarb. Cook rhubarb without water until half reduced, boil sugar with water to a ball, combine with rhubarb and cook five minutes. Fill jars immediately.
New York plans a $5,000 appropriation to extend farmers institutes to women in rural homes. The program mirrors Canadian women’s institutes focusing on domestic science and home life. Mrs. Mary Tootle James, Missouri federation of women’s clubs president, advocates the move locally.
A recipe for rhubarb jelly uses rhubarb, water, lemons, sugar, gelatine and eggs then strained into a mold. Also includes practical home tips on furniture squeaks soap for doors and drawers salt cellar maintenance glove mending and glass top salt shaker use and court plaster uses.
Alfreds Children Day exercises at the Orange church drew a large audience with a collection of 10.60 for Foreign Missions. Mrs Clara Partlow Frye died at her father's home and is to be interred in Alfred. Mrs Margaret Gilbreath was found dead at her son G F Gilbreath s home with funeral at the house and burial in the family ground. Rev Needham and Rev Case officiated. A A Nease returned from Columbus and Westerville after visiting.
A meditation on how great deeds spring from powerful ideas and ideals. It credits Plato Emerson and Aristotle, cites Thermopylae and the Armada, highlights the role of vision in science, art, and nation building, and extols faith in destiny and perpetual progress through thought.
Directions from Woman's Home Companion describe preparing seven pounds of rind by trimming, removing pink portions, cutting uniform pieces, boiling until soft, and draining. The rind is simmered with three cups vinegar, 3 1/2 pounds brown sugar, 1 ounce cinnamon, and 1/2 ounce cloves for 2 1/2 hours, then packed in jars with syrup to top.
A house cleaning tip suggests tearing an old loaf into eight parts and using bread crust to wipe wallpaper after dusting with bellows. Start at the top with downward light strokes and continue around the room, lifting the stroke slightly as you descend until the bottom is reached. The process can rejuvenate very old wallpaper with careful technique.
Newspaper notice advertising a Norfolk to Columbus round trip by rail with stops at Natural Bridge Lynchburg Richmond Old Point Comfort Jamestown Exposition and more. Details include rates per mile and excursion options limited to Sunday June 23 with agents in Columbus and Toledo for booking.
Houcking Valley Bulletin lists train departures and arrivals to and from Athens with daily and Sunday schedules. The notice also details conference and convention travel rates for various cities including Chicago Spokane Seattle Philadelphia across dates in 1907. Bid names F. S. Bean and J. P. Blackwood appear as station agents.
A classic 19th century testimonial styled appeal praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female weaknesses. It claims benefits for childbirth recovery, menopause, and general reproductive health, featuring letters from women in Jeannette Pennsylvania and La Crosse Wisconsin.
Not the Heat, cattle buyer W G Shaffer and Joe Glazier were returning from town when Shaffer’s ponies bolted after a car. The team crashed into a tree near the hospital gate and Morrison’s dairy, sending both men flying. Shaffer later joked about a handicap race between the ponies while Glazier doubted his sanity.
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