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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
7
An article by Mrs. Freid-Brak of Athena Ohio argues that success in exercises comes from brain focus on the specific muscles. It emphasizes relaxed, centralized effort while detailing standing and breathing corrections and a sequence of eight exercises to improve posture without equipment.
The advertisement touts Davis Painkiller as effective for griping pains diarrhea and cholera morbus caused by irritated bowels. It promotes travel use and notes sizes up to a dollar in a compact claim aimed at readers seeking fast digestive relief.
Morristown New Jersey May representative Sethson of the Fourie district died suddenly at his Boonton home. Apoplexy was the cause. He was 56, serving his second term as a Democrat. A widow and two sons and a daughter survive him.
The article discusses Hawaiian eel varieties including a large gray eel and other marked types that inhabit crevices and can reach up to three feet in length. It transitions to an account of early firefighting hand squirts from London circa the 15th century, detailing their construction, capacity, and operation by three men. It closes with remarks from Gloucester fishermen about the fishhawk signaling shad runs and seasonal planting tied to fishbanks.
The passage mixes anecdotes about Balzac’s eccentric writing method, a naval secretary's order on officers’ wives, Commodore Fyffe’s reply highlighting station life, and farcical notes about draft horses and street scenes. It ends with a quirky plug for Heintz pickles.
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