Just as You Like It and Mixed Moral Musings
A fragment from a 19th century newspaper page presents a collage of social witticisms and political jabs. It riffs on consistency, boisterous city life, fashion, and the curious behavior of people from clerics to farmers, ending with Bill Bryan’s prophetic notes about Coba’s future. The piece blends humor with caustic commentary on manners, religion, and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Clsgeland
Bryan Saya Ho
Kentucky
Elias
Sandover
Ohio
Kanass
Bill Bryan
Siver Platte
Coba
Collier's Weekly
Athens working girl builds own home through dressmaking
An Athens woman, starting with modest pay as a housekeeper, learns dressmaking and climbs to own a five room home on a 33 by 65 lot. She buys land for 330 dollars, pays down, and finances each improvement, renting rooms to fund the project while maintaining prudent debt and steady work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Tully
Athena
Common Pleas Court
Owas
Auchus
Onco
Ghia
Homer
E. O. Woodworth
John McGraw Dies in Chillicothe After Illness
Conductor John McGraw, longtime B& O railroad employee, died at his Chillicothe home after months of illness due to diabetes. Born in Ireland 43 years ago, he came to the U.S. at age two and rose from brakeman to conductor in 1880, primarily working between Chillicothe and Parkersburg. A special train bore relatives to the burial at a Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGraw
Chillicothe
Josn McGraw
McGraw
Ireland
Stewart
Anthony McGraw
Torch
Parkersburg
Reckless Destruction of Ohio Forests Warned by Professor
Professor Love of Cincinnati warns in Ohio about rampant deforestation by timber interests across Adams Brown Butler Highland Scioto Ross and other counties. He urges a forestry chair and preservation measures to protect soil fertility and prevent forest extinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Leur
Cincinnati
Ohio Aniverity
Leais
Heo iv Ou
Rhumart College of
Bharantey
Aehure
Love
Trentee
Leno
Ohio
Adams
Brown
Butler Warren
Highland
Scioto
Ross
Vinton
Meigs
Athens
Africa
Timber depletion plea sparks call to plant trees
A public warning from Prof. Leno urges Ohio and West Virginia residents to plant fast growing trees like locust and walnut to avert a looming timber famine. He warns that lands stripped of timber threaten future timber and mineral wealth and vows to continue forest studies across the Allegheny mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lave
Corrs
Mia
Ohio
West Virginia
Philippines
Bayard Taylor
Allegheny Mountains
Leno
Old School of
Nature
Akes
Norr’s Nervine Pills touted. Roosevelt plans, milk safety urged
A letter from Mrs. C D Norr of State St Athens praises Dr A W Chase’s Nerve Pills for calming nerves and aiding sleep. The item also notes President Roosevelt with War and Navy plans for large scale maneuvers on Long Island. Other notes warn on milk spoilage causing infant illness and urge Perry Davis Painkiller. Examinations for teachers and boxwell applicants scheduled in April May June July and August with locations Athens Stewart Glonster Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
A. W. Chase
M. D
Cvert
Roosevelt
War and Navy Departments
New York
Long Island
Boxwell
Athens
Stewart
Glonster
Nelscoville
Athena
Omer
Board of Examiners
F. S. Coaltrap
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bret
Mark Hanna
Orlor
Mont Pelee
Lion Coffee
Palma
Hood
Prof. Leue
Therford
Thedfont
Chattanooga Medicine Company
Thedford
A.J. Green
Wewara
Wright's
M Wright Medical CO
Ohic
Statistica
Perry Davis
War Department
Fortress Monior
Florida
Louisville & Nashville RR
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Addeas
C. L. Stone
General Pass. Agt
Louisville, KY
Southern Railway
West Indies
Mexico
California
Palm Beach
Miami
Tampa
Port Tampa
Brunswick
Thomasville
Charleston
Aiken
Augusta
Pinehurst
Asheville
Atlanta
New Orleans
Memphis
Land OF the
Louisville
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Broadway
New
Ron
Standard Oil Company
Vaa
Aries
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