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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1883
Page
2
Public attention is drawn to a subscription offer in the American Farmer and the Athens Messenger for the American Farmer alone. The offer applies to new subscribers or those paying up arrears. The American Farmer is regarded as a leading farming journal with valuable agricultural information and the offer is available at any time.
Coupon tickets go on sale at the Marietta and Cincinnati Express Office for all eastern southeast western and northwest points. Round trip land traveling tickets cover Kansas Nebraska Arkansas Texas with many listed cities and valid thirty days. Also round trip excursion tickets to Oakland and Deer Park Maryland. Inquiries to W F Scorr at the M and C Express Office Athens Ohio.
The ad highlights Charles H. Minton on Main Street opposite Court House Athens Ohio offering a large line of family groceries canned goods fresh produce and a wide stock of groceries and provisions. It proclaims the motto the best goods at the lowest prices for cash.
A list seeks a brick maker, a farmer, a painter, a plasterer and two carpenters to settle in Jacksonville. Steady work and good wages for those with strong recommendations who will build their own homes. Also openings for a blacksmith and wagon-shop. Apply at Trimble Ohio or address O. D. Jackson.
Prof Lewis Swift director of Warner Observatory Rochester New York spotted a bright new comet in Pegasus near Beta while using the observatorys large private telescope. It moves eastward and is the years first discovered.
Mr F M Koons relocates his stock from the Potter building store room to his own room on Dean Avenue. He invites old customers and friends to call, offering a first class stock of staple and fancy groceries at prices that gratify purchasers.
Representatives of wide range of Spring novelties in gentle men's dress goods will be shown in a splendid exhibition of new materials. The Lantern Temple of Fashion will present the display for inspection and selection. A definite date will be announced in next week's Messenger.
Go to the Bazaar to complete your Spring outfit with boots or shoes in approved shapes and styles. Only at Peter Kern's fashionable Boot and Shoe Bazaar can you place orders for the footwear to finish the look.
A notice seeks a small house or set of rooms suitable for a two person family. In good condition. Apply at MESSENGER office. Also mentions teachers enrolling at Zanesville Business College starting March 20 1883 and Phoenix Bakery offers bread cakes and pies delivery daily to town.
Dr J J McClellan offers a $1000 reward for any pile case he cannot cure. Painless treatment without knife or caustic, including tumors goiter and enlarged glands. Free consultation. He will visit the Warren House in Athens on March 14 and 15.
A brief ad note invites readers to call Edward's House for a good square meal at a lower price than anywhere else in Athens. The offer promises a served dining option.
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