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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
2
A collage of verse and prose snippets blends romantic May songs with rural rustic humor. It includes lines about Maying, woodland creatures, a farm telephone quip, talking trees personified in playful dialogue, a shopper bargaining for produce, and a brief note on Athens County's tobacco demise and its impact on farmers.
An advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures dyspepsia by improving stomach and intestinal muscle action and aiding natural digestive secretions. It asserts the remedy balances gastric juice, supports mucous membranes, unlocks bowels, and tones kidneys, with quick, almost magical effects and a call to begin now.
The article recalls tobacco farming on cleared hillside farms with dry houses and stringing in autumn, noting rapid frost risk and rising profitability. It laments the industry’s disappearance and shifts in agriculture, then shifts to reflections on frugal living and the rising value of reading materials in households.
The piece urges readers to select practical, wheat from the chaff in vast texts. It argues busy people cannot absorb all history making events, but should broaden minds with opinions from practical experience and frequent reading and thinking. It emphasizes continuous self-improvement.
The United States won more prizes at Paris than any country except France. The piece argues for Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for digestive issues. It notes a strong fiscal year for exports, projecting over a billion and a half dollars, with farmers driving growth and the government accumulating gold records.
Leading papers lavish praise for John Robinson’s Great World’s Exposition spectacle. Viewers will witness biblical scenes including Solomon’s Temple and Sheba’s Queen with authentic dioramas and pageantry, amid other major attractions. Also noted are odd weather events near Naples with red rain and red snow.
An early 1900s advertisement promotes S S S as a blood purifier and tonic, claiming it strengthens circulation to prevent disease and treat skin and blood conditions. It cites anecdotal testimonials from E E Kelly, Mrs. Henry Siegfried, and Ruchard Gardner, and offers free medical advice from The Swift Specific Co Atlanta. Also includes home treatment tips for ordinary bruises and burns.
J T Weatherwax of Wyandotte Michigan recalls his father and sister dying of consumption while he survived thanks to Dr King's New Discovery. He details a pneumonia scare that produced a stubborn cough and lung trouble cured by months of the medicine, with weight gain and full recovery. Trial bottles free and guaranteed bottles priced at 1 shilling and 9 pence at W H McKee in Iowa, home of General Funston. Cable rates deemed prohibitive. resolutions and letters have been nailed.
Cough signals danger in early diseases like consumption and bronchitis, with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for curing coughs. The ad notes risk, promise of no cost if not beneficial, and mentions W H McKee, Maccabees lodge, and community pleas, including rapid member growth reports and a California timber sale.
Duffalonians prepare Yor Viattlag Membera-utlicia. An information bureau for visiting Odd Fellows at the Pan-American exposition guides members to suitable lodgings and hospitality at fair rates. A register will be kept. high officials are noted. The grand lodge seeks broader outreach and orderly expansion.
The A O U W Bulletin outlines potential growth to 100,000 members and projectiles for yearly member recruitment. It cites good standing totals 14,501 and a beneficiary fund disbursed in 1900 to 1901 totaling 9,041,429.62, with the New York jurisdiction gaining 2,475 and current membership 50,441.
The violet industry expands across Virginia with many worn out farms repurposed for violets. Successful growers include women who hire small black laborers to handle the work, a largely Philadelphia driven market. A Tennessee bill to jail terms for concealed weapons failed to pass, leaving penalties as fines.
An advertisement extols Benson's Porous Plaster as the superior cure for pain with rapid relief from rheumatism neuralgia and chest ailments. It warns against Capsicum Strengthening or Belladonna plasters and urges readers to demand genuine Benson's Plaster, noting awards and wide professional endorsement.
McKee's Drug Store advertises Vinol as a superior digestive tonic and appetite builder. It claims Vinol separates from greasy cod liver oil, aiding stomach function to create flesh, muscle, and red blood. A testimonial from Waterbury, Conn., touts its boosting effects and satisfaction guarantee.
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