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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
7
Sgrofula and its awful horrors promise a wonderful cure from Johnston's Sarsaparilla. The ad touts quart bottles as a remedy for scrofula and related ailments, urging readers to purchase for relief despite sensationalized claims.
The Chicago Tribune notes four million bushels of peanuts used yearly in the country and asserts no successful adulteration has ever fooled the public. An ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as spring medicine for purification and a claim about Good's Pills for constipation. A caution urges proper cow housing with light and air to avoid losses.
Cough remedies prompt warnings against delay urging Foley's Honey and Tar. Dublin described as the UK's unhealthiest city. An American poultry product ad offers $15 weekly plus expenses for selling by a local agent. A Japanese Diet bill aims to equalize native and foreign religions before law, with late news suggesting possible passage.
J R Garrison cashier of the bank of Thornville Ohio long afflicted with lung trouble improved after using Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption. He praises it as the best medicine for severe cold or lung ailment and keeps four bottles on hand. Trial bottles offered at W H McKee drug store Is Rome. The town reports many houses being completed after hard times.
Local notes list residents and visitors in Wolf's Plains and nearby towns. Names include Misa Nellie Caldwell, Mame Davis, James McKee, A H Mathena, John Wilkes, Sarge Bingham, Mrs Lena Campbell, Mrs John Davis, Mr and Mrs J W Bull, Elizabeth Davis, Frank Davis, Winnie Stage, John and Wil Perry, Rev D D Canfield, John Campbell, George Burke, Miss Vanle McKee, Earnest Moore, Baker Yontz, John Peters, Chas Peters, C J Martin, James McHarg, Mrs Carpenter, Cora Barker, Minerva Barker, Mrs John Dunter, Roy Gabriel, Lewis Jeera, Aahijak Wines, Guy Stott, Esta Bolin, W E Daugerty, Chas Wood, Zelda Gibson, Arthur Gibson, George Brooks.
Seth Morrison is sick with pneumonia and Wesley Cunningham lies very ill with fear he will not recover. Blanche Smith closed her school Friday while Dora Davia will close her term next Friday. Bertha Smith of Amesville visited over the weekend. Inez Lewis, once threatened with lung fever, attended church. Mr and Mrs Adrian hosted young friends Saturday evening. Mrs Sam Poston slipped on ice and broke a limb. she is recovering.
Daisy Stewart visited Athens on business Friday while Whitacre family moved to Guysville on Tuesday. Flossie Richard from Frost spent Sunday with Louise Busch. M I Ewers was in Marietta on business Friday and Saturday. Margaret Nice of Athens visits Mrs Herb Rice. Herb Ross of Waverly West Virginia stayed with Lenore O Connor Sunday. Ada Russell of Frost visited Mrs Warren Wickham. Mrs Mary Dye, benefited by son Sheldon Dre, returned home Saturday.
In South Canaan a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Cyrus Bean on February 22. Residents attended protracted services at Asbury. Nora McNeil opened Sunday and Monday with Ti W Mansfield and family. Susie Baker from near Canaanville visited with Mabel Butts, Mrs Clara Hull, Miss Myrtle Hall and Mme Biddle of Guysville at John Poston and family.
Mrs John Myers of Vanderhoof is sick. Rev Perry concluded his protracted meeting at U S church. J E Guthrie bought a span of thoroughbred carriage horses. The infant daughter of Mrs Ruth Rivers is seriously ill with brain fever. Mr Strickler and family of Coolville visited Mrs Doland. George Coleman joyfully welcomed a baby girl. William Jeffers remains home with a sprained ankle. Charles Dixon sold his property and moved to Belpre to work as a carpenter.
R F Daugherty left for Athens Tuesday. Wm Baker shipped a horse and cow to Pennsylvania. Miss Margie Griffin returned home Monday from Marietta. Mrs David Dunfee and son Strod spent Sunday at Grantsville. Miss Minnie Baker left for Portsmouth to visit her sister. Fred Nixon and Hod Dunfee returned Monday after Parkersburg visit. Mr and Mrs C A Dunfee and daughters Helen and Julia returned to Waterford after a week here. Mr and Mrs George Adams of South Side left for home Sunday.
Garden notes show John Pagasse aiding Mr Blackwood with work and a protracted meeting set for March 9. Ed Dean visited his brother in law B S Blackwood. Rev Will Harkine to lead Bearwallow meeting starting May 12. S R Tubbs cleared twelve acres for corn. A J Guthrie to close his second year at Dutch Ridge next Friday in March signaling end of teaching career and entry to college.
Arthur Dean's family contracts scarlet fever while Mrs Eliza Tucker and Mrs Esther Myers are sick. Junca Castle and Abner Guthrie open sugar camps. Mrs Jarriet Balls moves from Tuppers Plains. Miss Blanche Holland from Tupper's Plains stays with Mrs Bentz. J Guthrie of Vanderhoof buys a horse team from A A Person. Jour nal editor A Tf De Finent of Doylestown Ohio recounts rheumatism relief from Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Crystal jewelry ads and Homeseeker's Excursions via Ohio Central Lines list travel dates March 11 20 March 24 and April 3 with agents named.
The Spanish city of Malaga under Mayor Rein, a German, advances several improvements including park enlargement. The article notes sizable German presence in Malaya and suggests more tourists if hotels improve.
A Cherokee Iowa man nearly died from a kidney attack but Electric Bitters revived him, claimed to cure backache and blood issues at 50c a bottle. Also notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for preventing doctor bills. Russian government ships ordinance to arm a cruiser in Philadelphia yards.
The article warns that modern women may face constant danger from health issues affecting a key organ. It cites a letter from Mrs Anna Willy of Northville Michigan praising Dr. Pierce’s Medicines for curing female ailments and urging others to seek the remedies.
Public auction of property ordered by the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio in the Henry Pergiison and Arthur Johnston case. Auction to be held at the front door of the courthouse in Athens with sale conducted under court directive.
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