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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1899
Page
7
A description of a lightweight blouse fashion for undeveloped figures using basket cloth and cotton cheviot with printed features. It notes that cotton cheviot does not appear in solid colors, unlike other fabrics, and mentions English features with pied effects in muted tones.
The piece details a brown and green gown with up and down stitched overshirt, brown sash, and ribbon trim. It includes fashion tips, gift ideas like a silver mounted comb, and a brief section on British noble coronets. It closes with a facial steam routine and a note on the Prince of Wales’s early drawing talent.
A plea from working women praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from menstrual pain bearing-down backache and nervous distress. The letter from Tasnie Hoover of WoHsville and Miss Parkinson of Philadelphia describes life changing health improvements and urges others to seek Mrs. Pinkham's free advice.
Ferrets, common in Haaland, are valued for bolting rats and rabbits from burrows. They are considered by naturalists as an albino weasel variant, with yellowish white coats and pink eyes. They require warmth, are carnivorous, and are sometimes kept in keepers pockets. In the Atlantic, ferrets see limited use, mainly by rat-catching businesses.
A Swedish company hired to raise the sunken Spanish galleons at Santiago has abandoned the project. The move was harshly expressed as Americans not able to undertake such a task, signaling a retreat from the bold venture.
A Chicago Record excerpt describes two clever devices using lost pins gathered by gnomes or mountain sprites to power musical instruments. Pins fixed in boards create tones by vibration. arranging them in circles or rows and driving a needle with a hot air wheel produces tunes with careful placement and testing.
A correspondent from Lausanne notes Lavaux district between Lausanne and Vevey with about 10 000 people currently has no prisoners in its prisons. A white flag flies over each facility signifying the district's praised condition as virtue governs Vand canton.
The Sacred Tooth of Dalada Maligawa in Kandy is housed in a newly crafted gilded casket, reportedly a gift from the Siddhists of Burma. The ornate reliquary stands about six feet high, enclosed by a canopy and studded with precious stones, valued at 56,000 dollars with customs duties noted. a ceremonial escort of one thousand three hundred Burmese, including priests, accompanied it to the temple, amid crowded scenes and security measures.
Public auction sale of extensive parcels in Athens County under an alias order of sale issued by the Court of Common Pleas. Describes tracts in Dover and Trimble townships including land near Sunday Creek and the Marietta and Lancaster road, with detailed parcel counts and appraised values. Proceeds distributed across fourteen named tracts with payment terms: one third cash, one third in one year, one third in two years, secured by mortgage at six percent.
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