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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1905
Page
3
Real estate transfers listed by township and village in Athens, Canaan, Carthage, Dover, Lee, Albany, Trimble, Glouster, Jacksonville, Waterloo, York, and Nelsonville. Numerous lot and acreage transfers, state forfeits, and parcel sales show values from $40 to $2,400 and units from single lots to multi acre tracts, with buyers including individuals, companies, and estates.
Ohio fire statistics show 8380 fires from overheating stoves and related equipment last year. Fire sources included stoves, gas stoves, ovens, and factory heating, with 250 stove related, 65 cellar furnace, 15 bakery oven, and 4 grate fires attributed to overheating. The report recommends building law protective measures and metal shielding to reduce such fires and warns about leathered materials, wooden floors, and improper stove placement.
An advertisement claims the remedy makes weak women strong and sick women well, presenting house cleaning as a duty expected of a fragile woman and promising relief from prolonged strain.
Proprietors of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription offer $500 in legal money to any patient with Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Prolapsus, or Falling of the Womb not cured after a fair trial. Includes testimonial from Mrs. Dan McKenzie of Nova Scotia and note offering Common Sense Medical Adviser free on stamps.
A cryptic note urges seeking the 1905 edition of Stoddard’s lectures and to read testimonials about Athens elsewhere. The fragment hints at scholarly works and regional praise without detailing content or authors.
A historical report cites tobacco smokers costing the State 122 321 in 1904 for fires in buildings and contents sparked by hot cigar stubs and pipe ashes. It details 103 smoking fires and 298 from careless matches, with fires starting in barns and rubbish piles and even in delivery wagons. It notes pipe smoke as a greater risk for kindling rubbish and mentions a Cham berlain s Pain Balm testimonial and cautions about gasoline vapors igniting from a lit cigar.
For early spring they will be massed with flow ers.
An elderly advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a safe choice for children with colds, croup, or whooping cough. It claims no danger and reliable relief, noting sale at McKee's drug store. A separate remark laments cheap shows leaning toward pistols and daggers.
An old advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a new remedy for croup and whooping cough. It claims to drive out illness before a doctor arrives, notes it contains no opiates, and urges keeping it on hand, sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
Mr Eli Butler of Frankville New York touts Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as the finest remedy for constipation. They act gently with no unpleasant effects and leave the bowels in a perfectly natural condition. Sold by McKee’s drug store.
The 1905 edition of Stoddard's lectures contains 4600 elegant halftone illustrations. Read the ad elsewhere in this paper.
H F Dillinger spent weekend with friends in Lodi. Willie Wade suffered a head wound from a stair fall, requiring five stitches. he can attend school again. Rev Seaman led the regular appointment Sunday. Maud Howard of McDougal visited relatives here recently. Protracted meeting starts in three weeks. Alva Junod visited relatives in Athens Sunday. Lula Weiss called on friends. Lenna Everett of Peach Ridge was here.
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