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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
2
The piece surveys sayings on grief work and idle living, notes April fOols day humor, and laments farm journal limits. It muses on political economy, train schedules, and the social role of women. It then analyzes types of laughter from giggling to musical, reflecting local tongue and opinions.
A column blends advice on women health citing Mrs Pinkham and her letters while shifting to a quirky Athens ghost piano story. It recounts a cold State Street night where a mysterious melody fills a home, puzzling a family before police become a thought, amid later notes about rat poison warnings from Astoria physicians against plague.
A memory piece by Nannie L. Brown recalls Ames township pioneers and a barn raising on the old stave road between Waterford and Lancaster. It lists descendants and early settlers such as Archibald Bryson and Gulliver Dean, naming many neighbors and families who helped build homes in the timbered valley and laments dwindling lines of those first arrivals.
Testimonial from William Ny Steel of 26th Street Columbus Ohio endorses Dean's Ointment for itching and skin troubles. Ad claims years of itch relief, describes eczema rashes and consistent use, urges readers to seek the product through listed agents and price notes.
The text lists descendants and survivors of early Athens County residents, noting individuals such as Austin True, Tess Westhee, Abel Glazier, Charles Maier, Ruth Burge, Julia Clark, George Wilt, and Stephen Sycett. It reflects on their ages, locations, and wealth, and urges preserving pioneer history through written recollections of life and struggles in the Ohio wilderness.
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