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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1905
Page
4
A local editorial critiques frenzied finance and reform rhetoric urging measured judgment amid insurance scandals. It recalls honesty amid crisis, warns against sweeping generalizations, and shares a Cambridge master tale about deceit and accountability.
Petty and George Rainey of Sugarreek visited Mr and Mrs J L Petty over the weekend. Hattie Durant of Guyaville spent days visiting relatives in the area. Eva Townsend visited her sister in law near Guysville. Gienora Wright from Decatur stayed with her parents. J W Barnes visited Bruce Robinson’s family near Guysville. Elia Clark made a business trip to Athens. Fred Frost testified in the Davis Nice trial. Jerome Crippen and wife of Marietta visited his parents.
A vintage ad touts good teeth as a health and appearance asset. It promotes crown and bridge work to fix or replace bad teeth, promising pleasing results and overall well being.
The London Queen describes a May day custom where milkmaids carried a silver hoard arranged around an obelisk topped by a tea urn. Two chairmen in gold laced hats bore the obelisk followed by pink and blue gown milk maids in high heels with nosegays and lace, ending with a fiddler in a sky blue coat as the troupe danced before customers.
A historical note traces the mace from a near battlefield tool to a ceremonial emblem. It describes horseback varieties of steel head maces and foot soldiers’ wooden forms with iron spikes, used by magistrates’ escorts for protection, later losing functional use and becoming ornamental.
The article traces how spider evolved from spither and spinner with phonetic shifts. It notes accretive vowel lengthening, cites attercup from Wycliffe Bible meaning poison bunch, used in northern England and Antrim for a shrewish person, and explains cobweb derives from atter cop and similar cop or con terms meaning a bunch.
The article critiques the phrase a green old age as misapplied to a nonagenarian noting Virgil describes Charon as aged yet green. It argues the term makes little sense when applied to very old age and questions the logic of using green to describe senior years.
The London Saturday Review argues life includes rest and that schools of Utopia would teach the art of doing nothing. It suggests everyone has a day off and most have not learned how to use it properly, promoting relaxed contemplation over constant effort.
Mr Phamley describes a remarkable sight in a parlor saying Bertha has a dual-head anomaly on one neck. He claims two heads appeared on a single pair of shoulders in the room.
An Army officer compliments a young woman on a crowded street car saying she is a jewel. The reply from a young man is witty, claiming he is the jewel er and that he set the jewel.
A Philadelphia Record quote questions a marriage fee, suggesting clerical profit from others’ mistakes. The remark frames clergy income as a satire on social customs and financial incentives surrounding marriage.
A compact reflection notes that learning often comes from observing missteps rather than lofty virtues. It frames errors as sources of practical insight and growth opportunities for individuals.
Miss Lena Latimer of Hollister visits friends in Millfield. Athens visitors include Mrs. J. R. Wade and daughter Larene, Mrs. M. J. Woodworth, and Mr. and Mrs. Levi Sprague. Rev. Newton preaches at the Christian church. The rural carrier 5 D Sanders reports horse and buggy stolen. thief escaped from Athens asylum and was captured after fleeing to Jacksonville.
Druggist W H McKee touts Vinol cod liver oil drink as a developer of vitality for the elderly. He claims it strengthens every organ, increases blood, and renews energy without upsetting the stomach and endorses its use to uplift worn, debilitated customers.
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