This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1902
Page
6
A Good Housekeeping style guide explains stair climbing as exercise for leg muscles and posture. It advises proper technique on ascending and descending, using a high ironing seat, occasional lying stretches, and wearing loose clothing to improve breathing and vitality.
The article relays Eliza Archard Conner urging women to resist aging through mental vitality and physical activity. She cites life extension ideas and scientific hopes for cellular renewal, notes examples of women advancing in labor and education, and highlights several female leaders and achievements.
Henriette Rousseau surveys a shift toward double and over skirts with drop overskirts, scalloped hems, and braced flounces. She notes braids in silk and wood silk, lace-like patterns, and velvet disks, plus black nets and black and white combinations for evening wear.
A widow and a woman consoling her on the way home from the cemetery discuss the funeral after the lawyer reveals a bad flaw in an insurance policy. The affliction endures as the widow fears the policy may be invalid.
The passage warns that anger is dangerous to the average person and cites a doctor’s saying that a man with great physical power cannot afford to be angry.
Chicago and North Western Railway offers comfortable travel in Pullman sleeping cars with experienced conductors to San Francisco Los Angeles or Portland. Choose routes and enjoy finest scenery at low rates including 86.00 for a double berth. Maps and information available from agents or N M Breeze 35 Vine Street Cincinnati Ohio.
The notice outlines a Parlington Route fare schedule on the first and third Tuesdays each month. A single fare plus 22.00 covers round trips to territories east of the Rocky Mountains.
One way settlers rates on dates remain largely half price across western territory. The 1902 harvest tempts homeseekers investors and renters to tour the West and view gains in farming stock-raising and fruit growing along Burlington Route Northern Pacific and Great Northern lines from the Mississippi to the North Pacific. California excursions weekly in through tourist sleepers. Special party conductors lead select groups. Reach the coast via Denver scenic routes through Colorado and Salt Lake City.
The Burlington Railway advertises passenger service to Denver Kansas City St Joseph Omaha St Paul Minneapolis and the broader West Northwest and Pacific Coast region. Contact a ticket agent or write for travel guidance and four publications free on request. W M Shaw D P A and agents provide details from Cincinnati and St Louis offices.
Timber land in Wisconsin offered at 29.00 per acre cash, up to 15 000 acres with an estimated eighty million feet timber. Also fine farms in Ohio Indiana and western states and Texas. Write for property details. Carl W Hayes Real Estate Insurance Stewart Ohio.
The Atchison Globe notes a solemn judicial idea that a husband isn’t guilty of desertion when his wife rents his room to a boarder and crowds him out. It suggests a secret longing to reveal confidences and a desire for relief.
Sudden weather changes threaten scrofula and consumption outbreaks. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as a radical, permanent cure. The ad claims widespread merit in eradicating scrofula and compares it to consumption as a feared disease.
The article notes that Princeton College was founded by a lottery in the 18th century and observes that European churches still use lotteries to raise funds. This contrast highlights a historical shift in how lotteries are employed in institutions and religion.
A brief medical note describes the heavy burden of kidney illness and its draining effects. It cites back pain weariness and distressing urinary disorders as persistent challenges faced by sufferers seeking relief.
A historical ad argues that heavy eating causes indigestion and stomach inflammation leading to heartburn and headaches. It promotes Kodol as a cure that relieves inflammation, protects nerves, and cures catarrh, claiming it cleans and sweetens the stomach. Cline's Pharmacy endorses the remedy.
Mr Jacob Schaefer of 103 West Front Street Portsmouth C proprietor of a popular restaurant testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured his backache in 1896 and again today. He urges residents to buy at Fisher Streich's drug store and take a course to relieve backache. Sold by all druggists 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A probate notice lists final accounts for estates including Potter Hall Bingman Gilkey Lawrence Poston Nelson Broadwell and others. Hearings are set for Saturday November 22, 1902 before Probate Judge A. S. Bethel between October 30 and November 20, 1902.
The Marietta Register marked Saturday with a fourteen page edition featuring extensive coverage of the dedication ceremony for Washington County's new 200000 court house.
Gertrude E Fenner of Muncie Indiana reports severe cold and cough after rain exposure. She praises One Minute Cough Cure for rapid relief from phlegm and cough and claims she lost 48 pounds and regained 148 pounds after use. The remedy is described as curative for croup and ideal for children. Cline's Pharmacy sold it.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.