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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1901
Page
7
The voyage of Captain Joshua Slocum and the Spray, famed for the first solo global circumnavigation, will be celebrated at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo next summer. The article notes Slocum’s lone voyage covering oceans in his vessel and the public interest in the legendary seafarer.
Fragmentary OCR describes an early engine type and protective measures against weather. It mentions boiler or engine components and a valley of terms like Machinery, Hanover, and protection, but the details are unclear and may be garbled. Further readable context is needed to form a precise summary.
The Pan-American Exposition will feature Captain Slocum and the Spray, his vessel from the 1895 voyage. Visitors may see the craft on Beastful Park Lake and learn how windmills evolved into practical engines, with demonstrations of water pumping and early electricity experiments.
A discussion of female suffering and the expectation that women endure pain. Advice urges mothers to seek treatment for daughters and highlights Mrs Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a solution, sharing a letter from a Wisconsin mother about Lydia E Pinkham’s medicine curing her daughter’s irregular menstruation and pains. The piece also mentions Easter crafts, fashion notions, and a note on China’s imperial administration.
Easter presents rise as a second edition of Christmas with jewellers florists and confectioners expecting busy season. Readers are shown easy to make bonbonnieres and flower boxes in water color paper including a candy case and a small forget me not design bonbonniere. The article notes photo frames poker work and pyrography on velvet as popular keepsakes and urges appropriate cards to suit recipients.
A stream of notices from editors and citizens announces candidacies for many Athens County Republican nominations. Individuals urge support for representation, auditor, sheriff, county commissioner, infirmary director, treasurer, and other posts ahead of the April primary.
By order of the Athena County Common Pleas Court the sheriff will offer for sale at the front door of the Athena court house on Saturday March 22 1901 at 1 pm the south half of the northwest quarter of section 6 town 11 range 11 in Rome township Athens County Ohio containing 83 acres more or less appraised at 861 dollars cash in hand on day of sale. C D Porter Sheriff AGUGES Deputy. Gronvenos Joxen & WoRatTELe Pits Atty. Feb 31 to Mar 21 1F1-n0o? &-ws
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