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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
2
A column of varied musings referencing March omens, weather, and social quirks in Athens County. It comments on names and reputation, hints at electoral sentiment for women voters, and surveys ambitions, money, and daily life through a dated provincial voice. It weaves verse, satire, and social observation into a single reflective piece.
The article reflects on the difficulty ministers face in delivering consoling funeral sermons for individuals with debauched, violent or dishonorable lives. It praises those who can still offer meaningful, respectful words that acknowledge past harms while seeking some relief for grieving relatives and friends.
The Secret Service uncovered another chain of counterfeiters and secured a large quantity of fake bills. Counterfeiters target valued goods such as Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, claimed to aid indigestion and general vitality, urging readers to beware of counterfeit products and ensure stomach health.
The appearance of the automobile in Buenos Ayres has spurred a good roads agitation across the Argentine Republic. The Argentine Touring Club has been organized with roads reserved for bicycles and light automobiles under construction to support the effort.
An health note claims most serious diseases originate in kidney disorders and promotes Foley's Kidney Care with a guaranteed promise. The text includes a garbled author or location line.
A cultured young woman objects to rag-time, insisting the music be labeled syncopation before she approves. The remark signals prevailing taste tensions in a Washington Star excerpt.
An anxious testimonial page touts Mood's Sarsaparilla as a spring blood purifier to counteract winter excesses. Readers are promised renewed health by cleansing the blood, with multiple endorsements from Mrs. Evizaneti Fouax of Exeter and others in Fall River Columbus and beyond.
Antique newspaper ad promotes Dr Miles Nervine as a nerve healing product for La Grippe and nervous disorders. It includes testimonials from Wm. B. Swaxx of Miamisburg and Mas. EC Bawroy of Waterloo, claiming relief after multiple bottles. The ad notes availability at druggists and offers free advice from the Dr Miles Medical Co in Elkhart Indiana.
The Newcastle Chronicle reports findings from Islington showing extreme housing density. One room tenements house 28,189 people, two-room tenements 60,639, three-room tenements 49,862, and four-room houses 41,740, highlighting severe urban overcrowding in poorer districts.
An ad touts Dr King s New Life Pills for clear skin and rosy cheeks despite sallow complexions. It claims liver trouble signs like blotches and patches vanish with the pills sold at McKee s drug store. The copy also hints at a melodramatic plot device about fate and a character named Kismet.
A reader from West Jefferson Ohio notes a self cure with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for a rectal fistula after doctors warned of death without costly surgery. The letter praises the salve as the best in the world and cites a local drug store as source. It also mentions Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy giving relief and notes Cuban postal clerks count.
The Messenger and Herald announces free expert medical advice from Dr Miles Medical Company of Elkhart Indiana for readers with colds coughs and grippe amid unsettled weather. Postage paid samples of remedies will be sent on request to those who mention the paper.
An order of sale issued by the Athens County Court of Common Pleas directs a public auction at the front of the courthouse in Athens Ohio. The sale will proceed under the court authority in the above entitled action and is authorized to be conducted by the sheriff.
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