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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
2
A reflective essay extols grass as a vibrant spring force enriching fields, homes, and the poor alike. It travels from dew kissed mornings to battlefield patches, praising its resilience, shelter, and quiet joy for people, animals, and nature. The piece imagines grass sustaining life and linking all beings with gentle green abundance.
The text describes humors as impurities the skin liver and kidneys cannot process alone. It claims accumulation harms the system causing symptoms such as pimples boils eczema loss of appetite tiredness bilious turns indigestion dull headaches and related troubles.
An old ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as removing humors and restoring vigor. A testimonial from Ina O. Baons of Romford Falls Maine describes using the remedy after sores and salt on hands impeded work. The pitch extols cures and the medicine’s strengthening effects.
A sentry guarding two cannons deserts his post and visits a tavern. The captain confronts him as the deserter, the son of Mara, explains he cannot hold off any further enemy cannon attempts and admits the weapon is unsalvageable once more than one foe arrives.
A tale from the New York Tribune recalls a man who had a tattered manuscript rebound. The binder trimmed edges to preserve margins, sadly removing treasured notes. The owner laments the loss of his marginal annotations.
A garbled Brooklyn Eagle excerpt shows a speaker pressed for money after a fair, with lines about paying car fare and a character named Adaek DP pede 24 04 dae. The fragmentary dialogue hints at financial strain and a cautious admission of having nothing left.
The text debates whether white comprises all colors or is colorless, contrasting scientific analysis with popular notion. It features dialogue about church visits, miscommunications, and a brief exchange involving a person named Jack and a brother, with garbled phrases indicating unclear context.
A historical note claims Lichty’s Celery Nerve Compound treats female complaints and other diseases from impure blood. It lists Linne’s Pharmacy as the seller and promotes the preparation as a valuable remedy.
An eccentric urban vignette shows vendors and beggars trailing strangers, with shopkeepers and con artists offering odd schemes. A Chicago trader jokes about selling a turkey on a land note, while a wary passerby contemplates a dubious purchase amid persuasive hustlers.
In Edinburgh years ago the troupe Not GCole Strong Enough performed The Gray Mare as rain and thunder sound effects. An elderly Scotsman Mac, long at the Theater Royal, clutched a tin box with peas to simulate a storm. Mr Hawtrey demanded louder noise, urging more thunder than mist.
The St James Gazette notes the Aberdeen Public Library annual report shows a tailor read thirty titles: two science, one philology, two sociology, three poetry, three philosophy, eleven theology and eight fiction. An upholsterer read twenty seven travel books in two years, plus science, arts, history and biography volumes.
An Indian Hindu scribe described Queen Victoria in death tributes as a loving mother to her subjects. The piece compares this affection to a cow’s care for a calf, appealing to English readers who value the cow and calf in Hindu religion.
In a New York Week item a quirky scene unfolds as a couple parades in the park with a heavily accessorized carriage and prying eyes. A playful exchange reveals a missing dog hidden under a seat in a domestic, humorous vignette.
An advertisement urges readers to tackle a summer cold early with One Minute Cough Cure. It claims immediate action for coughs colds croup bronchitis and throat and lung troubles and cites a customer testimonial from J B Bowles of Grogotos New Hampshire.
Mrs Wo AL Thoms of State Street Athens Ohio says Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills helped her dizziness and faintness and she recommends them. Pills sell for 59 cents a box at Hendersons Drug Store and other Dr A W Chase Medicine Co dealers. See portrait of Dr A W Chase on every package. The Midland Counties Trades Federation argues against strikes by spending funds on other needs.
A form of promotional clippings note Congressman Champ Clark praising Electric Bitters after overwork and illness. The clipping includes testimonials from Geo S. Marsh and claims of Elephants and other cargo on the Silesia steamer. Also mentions pepsin remedies, Kodol digestives, and Boer naturalization in German Southwest Africa.
An article extols maintaining health balance and endorses Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic and preventive. It asserts the medicine supports appetite strength and endurance and cites early use as wise, akin to a stitch in time. Also notes Suffolk farmers’ drive against sparrows with 8,000 birds affected by Wickham Market club.
An advertorial item touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption promising to cure throat and lung diseases by clearing mucus and enriching blood. It also promotes Lichty’s Celery Nerve Compound for spring fatigue and lists trial bottles and local sellers. A brief note questions potential parole for British prisoners tied to a separate topic.
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