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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1905
Page
7
A Kansas blacksmith recounts a swift cure from rheumatism after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. N. E. Alvertson of Goodland states one box relieved years of pain, enabling him to keep his smith shop. Neighbors started using the medicine after his success.
Marion Knight of Chicago credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing her daily kidney and back pain after seven weeks of treatment. She reports relief from fatigue, headaches, and poor appetite. A free trial offer and 50 cent price via Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY are advertised for nationwide delivery.
A condensed Ohio dispatch reports John W. Johnson laundry plant fire in Upper Sandusky with $10,000 loss and no insurance. various deaths and incidents in Mt. Vernon Cleveland Columbus Springfield Ravenna and more. Notable items include state officials’ appointments, a gas station explosion injury, a train derailment with Austrian workers, and legal/educational notes across multiple counties.
An advertisement asserts that blood circulates through the heart every two minutes in a healthy person and that irregular circulation harms the body. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a remedy to purify the blood and improve health, presenting a causal link between blood quality and well being.
Scott's Emulsion is praised for rapid blood absorption and reduced stomach work. Regional items report Brazilian Gypsy births near Columbus, ice damage along the Ohio River with $600,000 total losses, and Columbus legal rulings on Sunday closing laws and Christian Science healing disclosures.
Mrs Addie Bundy of Guysville visits her daughter Mrs L A Hill in New England. George Antle of Glouster guests his daughter Mrs Thomas. Births announce a boy to Jesse Poston and wife and a girl to William Davis and wife on February 26. Sick list includes Wm Edwards Emerson Copeland Edgar Grosvenor and Emery Poston. John Cunningham buys the late Mrs Lucy McVay farm. Advertising notice promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with testimonial from N Watkins of Lesbos Ky, sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
The letter notes enthusiastic support for Ohio Universitys Stoddard Lectures. Alston Ellis cites complete set quality and value of geography descriptions and illustrations. J M Woop endorses the purchase as the best in his library.
The Athens Court figure L M Foster writes from Athens Ohio dated March 8 1905 praising Stoddards Lectures as an educator and entertainer and superior to anything in his library. He sends high regard to Mr H Bulkley of Columbus Ohio.
Collectors and scholars laud Stoddard Lectures for broad worldly scope and educational value. Officials from Ohio University Athens and attorneys in Columbus Georgia praise its travel replications and cultural insights for youths and families.
Contracts let for artistic band stands at the Lewis and Clark exposition amid reports of high mortality from appendicitis and perionitis. The remedy urged is Dr. King's New Life Pills, with a testimonial from M. Flannery of Chicago praising their relief of constipation and biliousness. available 250 at W. H. McKee druggist.
Visitors to the Lewis and Clark Exposition may journey up the Columbia River by boat or rail and cover about 100 miles in a day. Officials promote easy access and scenic routes for attendees exploring the exhibition and surrounding regions.
An old pharmacy ad promotes Minute Cough Care as a quick remedy for croup and whooping cough. It claims to cut mucus and draw out inflammation in the throat and lungs and to heal and soothe. Sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
C M Matheny principal of Athens High School writes to express eagerness to own Stoddard's Lectures and notes purchasing them through an order with Mr Bulkley under very reasonable terms. The March 3 1905 date is referenced in the communication from Athens Ohio.
A brief thought asserts that reality often exceeds what fiction can imagine. The idea highlights how real events and people can surprise or defy expectations beyond storytelling.
The Stoddard Illustrated Lectures receive strong praise from Henry G Williams Dean at Normal College Ohio University. He notes a complete set in his library and highlights hundreds of illustrations and vivid descriptions, commending the printing and binding as substantial and artistic.
The tonic and drastic purge pills known as DeWitts Little Early Risers are advertised as curing headache constipation biliousness and related ailments. A hotel clerk Mack Hamilton of Valley City North Carolina says two bottles cured him of chronic constipation. Sold by Oline's Pharmacy.
A new pill offers a square shape while delivering a round tablet’s nutrient profile. Proponents tout simplicity and portability for meals on the go, while developers emphasize dosage consistency and rapid absorption in controlled studies.
Ohio Central Lines operate through sleeping car service to Ohio daily. Train No. 6 runs via Toledo and the Lake Shore Line, arriving in Chicago at 7:10 a.m. and connecting with morning trains for all points west.
Edwin A. Chubb from Ohio University Athens writes about two years of use of the Stoddard Lectures. He praises the lectured content the instructive value and the inexpensive photographic illustrations. He notes his European trip produced photographs but finds Stoddard's format cheaper and more convenient.
Frank P. McVay of Athens Ohio writes March 1 1995 praising Stoddard's Lectures as perfect in construction and highly interesting to educated readers. C L Poston of Marchard Ohio notes satisfaction with the set and endorses its value.
A reader in Athens Ohio March 3 1905 writes to Drs Alderman and Biddle praising Standard's Lecturers set as the best of any books he has read. The note closes with a cordial sign off from D H Bippue.
A new 1905 edition arrives with 4600 illustrations and many art colors. See it claimed as the most beautiful and valuable home set ever issued.
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