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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1903

Page

30

Railroads Striving Improve Ohio Coal Car Equipment

Columbus October 28 an examination of coal mining and transport in Ohio shows continued prosperity for railroads miners and operators. The Hocking Valley Ohio Central and Kanawha and Michigan have expanded coal car capacity since 1900 by about 22 000 cars with the Hocking Valley alone over 11 500 cars and maintenance keeps a high service level despite wear accidents and repairs. The three lines now push to meet fluctuating demand, sending cars to distant shops to stay in service and projecting a strong mining season ahead.

Columbus Ohio Hocking Valley Ohio Central Kanawha Michigan Ture Hocking Valley Railroad

Notice to Teachers Examinations Schedule Issued by Board

Examinations will be held on the first Saturdays of September October January February April May and July and on the first and third Saturdays of August Primary tests in May and August Boxwell tests on the third Saturday of April and second Saturday of May By order of the board of examiners Maurice M Bryson clerk vo 34w 52

Boxwell Board of Examiners Maurice M. Bryson

Two Papers for 1.25 with Tribune Farm offerings

By special arrangement with the New York Tribune company, the Messenger & Herald and the Tribune Farmer are offered together for 1.25 per year. The Tri-weekly Tribune and Messenger & Herald are 1.75 per year. Subscriptions must accompany the order.

New York Tribune Company Messenger & Herald Tribune Farmer Tri-weekly Tribune The Messenger & Herald Pt’g Oo

Wine of Cardui touted as cure for female weakness

An advertisement from Portland Maine dated October 17 1902 claims Wine of Cardui cures female weakness with long history of menstrual relief. It presents testimonials praising near immediate improvement and urges readers to buy a 1.00 bottle, linking headaches to female weakness.

Congress St Portland Maryr Cardus Cardui

Appointment Notice for Anna L Brown Estate

The undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Anna L Brown late of Athens county Ohio deceased. This 14th day of October 1922 or 1923.

Anna L. Brown Athens Connie Ohio

Homeseekers and Colonists Fares Advertised by Ohio Central Lines

Call on agents of Ohio Central Lines for full particulars relative to Homeseeker's and Colonists Rates. Tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays of each month.

Ohio Central Lines

How Not to Get Old Moral from a Youthful Doctrines

A New York Herald item reports a young man who preached good companionship and jolly living claiming wine and song keep blood in motion. He followed this counsel, died young, illustrating the moral that devotion to appetite prevents aging.

New York Herald

Thrift Advice From Nortonville News

Thrift is praised as essential to success while critics on street corners call savers mean. The article argues men should save, spend less than they earn, and work, noting critics pay thrift the compliment of recognizing industry.

Nortonville News

Sealed Bids Sought for Three Carbondale School Houses

Carbondale Special School District invites sealed proposals for the sale of three school houses. one in York township district 13 and two in Waterloo township districts 6 and 12. Bids due by noon, the board may reject any or all bids, delivered to Clerk W H Watkins in Carbondale Ohio, by order of the Board. October 22, 22.

York Township Waterloo Township W. H. Watkins Carbondale Ohio Board For Education

What supports the sun in the heavens

A brief exchange from the Kansas City Independent shows a country schoolteacher asking what holds the sun in the sky and a precocious pupil answering beam. The poised line reflects rural dialect and a light educational moment in the paper.

Kansas City

Entremens Comfort Debate Sparks Press Question

A Detroit Free Press debate ponders the meaning of comfortable circumstances and the social value of being neither poor nor rich. The piece questions how comfort is defined in economic terms and its implications for class.

Detroit Free Press

Cannel Coal and Jet Described as Candle Coal Jewel Trade

Cannel coal, a compact bituminous coal, burns with bright light and was called candle coal by English users. It served as a substitute for candles, gave way to the name canel, and remains. A Yorksire jet variety is fashioned into jewelry.

Yorkshire England

Still a Victim in Laughing War of Feathers and Tongues

A Kansas City Journal item jokes about Featherly and his wife with playful barbs about eyelash flirting and tongue lash gossip. It notes Featherly once claimed to be a victim of her drooping eyelashes before marriage, now fending off her sharp tongue.

Featherly Kansas City Journal

Sincerity as the Basis of True Friendship

A concise moral reflection compares sincerity to ballast for a ship, stating that genuine friendship rests on honesty. Without sincerity, relationships drift and lack stability.

Hagee's Cordial of Liver Oil Promoted as Strength Builder

Advertisements claim Hagee's Cordial of Liver Oil strengthens weak systems and helps nervousness sleeplessness indigestion and male assimilation. The product is described as a thin fluid with no greasy taste or emulsion and is prepared by Katharinon Chemical Co Saint Louis Ma.

Hagee

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