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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1904
Page
2
The piece notes spring humors affect many people causing pimples boils loss of appetite fatigue bilious fits indigestion and headaches. It urges rapid relief and strengthening of the system with a recommended remedy to restore health and energy.
A historical ad style snippet touts Hood's Sarsaparula and Pills as the premier spring medicine. It claims unequalled strength to purify the blood and radical lasting cures, presenting a bold promotional claim for the remedy.
A fragment announces reading material for the Messenger and Herald Family focusing on mankind and earthly things. It hints at lessons and moral topics to be explored in the publication. The line suggests a didactic piece intended for general readers.
A jumble of quips on luckless habits and street scenes opens with sayings about fishing and pride, then shifts to a Bohemian on a train washing with a creative system. It notes a fishing fever stirring men to wild stories and a chaotic Democratic party race with Parker and Hearst as volatile figures.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier curing eczema and other eruptions, with a testimonial from Dallas. It attacks party disunity, noting Hearst cannot win Ohio's delegation and predicting a Republican landslide, signed E. C. Woodworth.
Allen T Bishop w Nora M Mc Gomery Nelsonville G J Hamilton w Ethel E Wray Athens Joseph Swindle w Lula Castle Oakdale William S Wolf w Amelia Gee Nelsonville Willim Weatherby Marion County w Minnie Love Athens Guy Hoffman w Bessie M Smith Plantsville Edward Schloss w Anna M Gilmore Nelsonville James Call w Maggie Pearson Nelsonville Edward Hook w Sadie Tittle Beaumont
An ad touts Easy Task Soap as safe for silk washing claiming minimal damage and lustrous results. It notes a grocer price of five cents per bar. A separate item reports Columbus Dutch Fisher asks to move his execution date from July 7 to June 17, joining two other men scheduled for that electrocution day.
D H Turner of Dempseytown Pa reports nightly use for two weeks restores youthfulness. Pills advertised as best for liver stomach and bowels. Purely vegetable and non-gripe, priced 25 cents at W H McKee’s Drug Store.
A bold analysis suggests the Japanese army could establish winter quarters in St Petersburg if Russian defenses falter. The piece discusses strategic risk, geographic proximity, and potential implications for Allied operations in the European theater.
An early 19th century advertisement extols Perry Davis Painkiller as a prompt cure for cholera and other bowel troubles. It claims effectiveness against vomiting purging and sweating and lists diarrhoea cholera morbus and dysentery as conditions it conquers.
The following is a list of letters remaining at the Athens Ohio office dated Monday May 16. Baker James Dunlap G Ferguson J W Fergraom Harry Gibson Chas Dopkinus Billy McKee Annie Neely Frank Newton Thomas C Chas Widkins Frank Witeh Jertha. Persons calling for the above will please say they were advertised. D Gist Postmaster.
A travel notice lists a Columbus return fare of one dollar on Olno Central Lines. It notes a Sunday departure on May 22 and a train from Athens at 6 17 a m. The rest reads as an odd aside about eighty percent of Portuguese peas and literacy.
Terry OFlinn and Ed Mitchell of Belpre admitted stealing a skiff owned by Frank Safereed of Hockingport. They rode to Pomeroy and Athens where they were jailed and fined five dollars plus costs totaling 35.20, with thirty days jail unless paid. Mitchell later produced belt funds to cover the fines and both were released.
Notice to teachers listing examination dates on the first Saturdays of April May June July and the third Saturday of August. May exams at Athens and Guysville. June at Athens and Nelsonville. July at Athens and Gloutier. Boxwell exams at Athens and Stewart on the third Saturday of April and at Athens on the second Saturday of May. Aaron Grady secretary.
Caleb Wilkinson aged 65 died Thursday at the state hospital of tuberculosis. A resident of Chillicothe his body was shipped there for burial. Agisv Good aged 24 died Thursday at the hospital of tuberculosis. Remains sent to New Lexington for interment.
Ohio Central Lines offer cheap round trip tickets to Columbus for the Democratic State convention. Excursion tickets go on sale May 23 and 24 and are valid for return until May 27.
Market reports say it is a good time to go wool gathering, urging shepherds and traders to seize favorable conditions. The advisory highlights strong wool prices and plentiful pastures, encouraging preparation for shearing and storage ahead of the season.
Ira Bell of Athens Ohio announces he will not be responsible for debts incurred by his wife Bertha Fisher Bell after she left their home. The notice, dated May 16 1904, requests readers to supply German millet seed cow peas and cane seed from A A Wolfe's Athens feed store.
A nearly new upright piano is offered for sale by Brown Shoe Co. Russia needs a new shortstop if she expects to win any games.
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