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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1900
Page
1
A fragmentary column blends a tale of six bronze turkeys seeking escape to a celestial Thanksgiving with quips on book buying before Christmas and the dangers of loose talk. It then shifts to reflections on listening vs talking, campaign chatter, and a kitten raised on vegetables, concluding with deer hunting figures from Maine.
Eruptions such as dry scaly tetter eczema and pimples arise from humors inherited or from poor digestion and assimilation. Treat with drying medicines cautiously. Hood's Sarsaparilla is said to discharge humors and strengthen digestion for lasting cures. Testimonial quotes claim clear skin after use.
A soldier aboard reports daily life at sea en route from Frisco toward Japan. He describes fog, rough seas, and monotonous routines, band concerts, sick calls, and long periods of reading and writing as the ship nears Nagasaki. He notes time differences across the 180th meridian and anticipation of landfall and mail ashore.
Albert G. Spalding, Paris exposition sports director, returns from Europe and argues international games in Paris will spur European athletics. He notes American victories inspired Europe to develop rivals and supports forming an international athletic union to unite efforts. He also suggests Europeans misjudged Americans due to inexperience, not malice, in organizing events.
It leaked out that Ethel Irene Stewart, famed stage singer, secretly married John L. Elliott, a New York mine owner. The couple’s romance began when Elliott saw Stewart during a Victoria Me performance and formalized in June. Previous family wealth and Los Angeles ties are noted, with later reverses and a death in the father.
A Liverpool Anglican cleric argues for employing churchwomen as supplementary workers. He says women can perform parish tasks more efficiently, claiming three women could replace one curate and do triple the work.
A humorous exchange about uncle John and a pun on order and pie surfaces in Tit Bits style. The vignette plays on pronunciation and crusty mood in a light trimmed anecdote without unfolding a broader narrative.
The note laments scarce suitable matches in literature, urging elder restraint. A speaker named Puck urges satisfaction with a lover who is young, handsome, brave, noble, and selfless, rather than seeking ideal paragons.
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