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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1903
Page
23
A harvest season tableau contrasts autumn bounty with the coming Thanksgiving fowl. The piece includes a child’s humorous description of a slot machine and a long vignette about platonic love, jealousy, and a Cincinnati depot confrontation. The improvised prose blends rural cheer with urban curiosities and a warning against theory without action.
The article surveys climate, sanatorium life, and home care for tuberculosis. It quotes Dr Arthur Latham, Sir Herman Weber, Dr S A Knopf, and Dr Norman Bridge, arguing climate helps only as an adjunct and emphasizing outdoor life, sanitary settings, and medical supervision. It notes drug cures do not exist, champions sanatoria but acknowledges few exist and many must be treated at home with strict hygiene and physician oversight. It ends by outlining a preferred order: model sanatorium residence, favorable climate with care, then home treatment under a physician.
A Lewisburg Leader report describes a woman at fArcanum who devised a method to chop a chicken by securing its neck with two spikes in a log and sliding the neck through to the head. She then uses a hatchet, striking repeatedly until the head is severed, a process that often requires seven or eight blows before the final pull removes it.
An 1890s consumer testimonial describes scrofula as an ancient health foe causing neck swellings and weakness. The writer, Mega Sxyper of Troy Ohio, credits six bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla with healing the neck lump and subsequent health recovery.
The claim promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Puls as a radical, permanent remedy. It asserts the product cures ailments and has already helped thousands, presenting a strong, promotional tone typical of early medicinal advertising.
An article outlines saratorium care for consumption, asserting no drug cures the disease and emphasizing outdoor pure air, ample nourishing food, and regulated rest and exercise. It notes milk and raw eggs aid nutrition, cautions against excess activity, and recommends medical guidance to balance rest and exertion.
C B Henderson promotes Dr Howard's Specific for constipation and dyspepsia at 25 cents a bottle, guaranteeing a cure or money back. He claims strong customer satisfaction and says refunds are offered if not cured. Also notes a Paris physician’s study linking death hours to early morning.
An old style advertorial complains youth lack of respect for age while praising Dr King's New Life Pills. It claims the pill cures ailments such as apespsia jaundice fever and constipation. Available for 5 cents at W H McKee's Joe Store.
Miss Louise Voigt of New York gave a recital in the auditorium Thursday night aided by the university Choral Society. Her performance solidified her national reputation, rivaling professional soloists seen here in recent years, and left the audience enchanted. If she returns the house would surely be crowded.
The following pupils have not been absent or tardy during October. Howard Bobo, Harvey Calentine, Alonzo Calentine, Vance Limberger, Clarence Mitchell, Orland Oxley, Walter Porter, Edith Barrows, Winnette Brown, Marie Calvert, Ruth Cooper, Mary Fulton, Addie Guthrie, Faye Johnson, Mildred Mills, Susan Scott.
An advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as the only remedy with success in severe lung troubles across civilized countries. It claims to heal and stimulate tissue, destroy germ disease, ease inflammation, aid expectoration, and provide rest. Available in 25 and 75 cent sizes from druggists and recommended for years.
The text compares average railway trip lengths by country, noting 29 miles in the United States, about 10 miles in England, 15 miles in Germany, 21 miles in France, and 65 miles in Russia. It highlights wide regional differences in typical travel distances.
In Hinton Kentucky on November 2 a local school teacher Mr E J Thompson is said to have diabetes cured by Dodd s Kidney Pills after two doctors failed for over two years He reports taking about ten boxes and praises the remedy as life changing claiming diabetes is curable and kidneys improve with the pills Many locals including some physicians share a belief in the remedy s efficacy though medical opinion remains divided.
A European Northern bluethroat proves capable of a single unbroken nocturnal voyage from Central Africa to the German Sea. The journey spans 1600 miles and lasts about nine hours, highlighting remarkable migratory endurance.
B F Bass of Fremont North Carolina writes that after suffering kidney trouble and trying many medicines he used Electric Bitters and was cured. He notes neighbors were cured of rheumatism neuralgia liver and kidney troubles and general debility. Sold for 50 cents at W H McKee's drugstore.
A memorial was erected at a cost of £120 in Toowoomba cemetery near Brisbane Queensland over the grave of Peter Jackson the pugilist.
A neighborhood guide praises remedies for croup and urges quick use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to ease the cough, expectoration, and attack. It notes hive syrup and tofu as old folk cures and claims the Chamberlain product is effective, affordable, pleasant, and safe, sold at McKee's Drug Store.
Reported in a naval science digest, the concept uses an upper cork deck and a second armored deck with a water-filled zone between them. The design aims to allow the hull to float about a foot below the sea surface, potentially improving buoyancy and camouflage.
An old advertisement touts California Prane Wafers as a perfect protection and cure for biliousness and malaria for all ages. It markets the product at 100 for 25 cents and advises asking your druggist for purchase.
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