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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1896
Page
7
The letter argues buyers should choose stores by self interest and fair prices. It promotes a 1896 dry goods shop with fine dress fabrics silks and wraps, claiming large collections and low prices justify patronage. It stresses earnest merchant conduct and customer satisfaction as proof of value.
Horne and Co advertise country catalog items for fall, inviting customers to request samples. The notice promises dress goods and suit specials this week with price points 25c 30c and 57c, and compares values to Guilities and prices elsewhere, aiming to show the department’s value.
In New York a new organization named the Society for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases gathers about twenty women. Officers include Miss A Barnard president and J hb Chiicey secretary. The pledge bars marriage to anyone with hereditary disease or drinking tendencies, aims to prevent transmission of such illnesses, and notes one member broke the pledge.
Chaplain Frederick Rotzler, linked with Blackwell's Island outreach, begins a religious campaign using a megaphone to broadcast sermons from corners of Thirty-second Street and Sixth Avenue and at Worth Monument. The American Salvation Rescue Army aims to reach the public with loud preaching, religious instruction, and later meals, seeking $1,008 already pledged toward a larger goal.
Women learn from bitter experience that many physicians fail to understand female ailments. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as swift relief for symptoms like backache nervousness whites and bearing down. Mrs Pinkham and her secretaries answer letters from women seeking free guidance on health and happiness.
The future queen's upbringing by a modest noble family shaped her simple tastes. She sewed, spun and styled her own attire in girlhood, and remains a gentle, practical figure who tends to children with a firm, sensible care.
An illustrated suggestion from the Upholsterer shows a multifunction corner combining writing table, bookshelf, and storage. A curtain hides extra shelves or bags, with space for gas store when not in use. The arrangement aims to maximize room efficiency in compact apartments.
The article explains silk cleaning is tougher than wool, noting many silks cannot be washed without color loss. It describes a method using a linen pad, light solvent for grease spots, a moistened cleaning pad, and a rinse with rain water and alcohol, followed by careful pressing and occasional air drying if delicate.
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