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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1903
Page
2
Readable fragments mix poetry and jokes about readers readers who hate reading and readers who love books. The piece touches on Thanksgiving, fashion panics, grooming and hairpins, a humorous Turkey Gobbler soliloquy, and light items about Athens ordinances and nursing mothers. It combines poems and quips with brief notices and ads.
A testimonial from Mires Apa Dory of Sidney Iowa asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla relieves rheumatism and joint pain. The note describes swollen inflamed joints worsened by wet weather and says the medicine helps the father work in the field.
An old advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as removing the cause of rheumatism with no external application required. It urges readers to take the products to gain relief and health.
A column touts Dr ing s New Life Pills and California Prune Waters with promotional blitz, listing dyspepsia jaundice fever constipation cures and dosages. It also denounces Canadian protests of the American flag, cites Chamberlain s tablets, and mocks House Republicans amid Tillman rhetoric about office for negroes.
A Runaway Bicycle ends with an ugly cat bite on J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois. A four year stubborn ulcer yielded to Bucklen's Amica Salve advertised as cure all for burns scalds skin eruptions and piles. Also mentions Dowager Empress of China receiving nine automobiles for travel between Pekin and the Summer Palace. California Plane Wafers claimed as nature cure for bowel troubles offered at 25 cents.
B F Bass of Fremont claims kidney trouble left him well after using Electric Bitters. He reports rapid relief after trying the remedy and says neighbors were cured of rheumatism neuralgia liver and kidney troubles and general debility. Sold for 50 cents at W H McKee's Druggist.
Ode by E. J. Bowen from Coolville Ohio honors early settlers who raised a village, built homes, and labored among roses and forests. The poem lauds courage, industry, and the lasting legacy of pioneers etched in memory and land.
Mrs Geo T Benson of Kellar Virginia recalls applying Chamberlains Pain Balm to her child burned by a hot stove. The antisep tic liniment calmed the boy within minutes and he recovered in about two weeks. Pain Balm marketed for burns and sprains. Also notes a golf caddy dog and comments on Chicago police raids.
An old advertisement touts California prune wafers as a postmeal remedy for dyspepsia and constipation. It promotes a 100 wafers for 25 cents and advises asking a druggist.
A notice offers steady work to families with two or more children over fourteen and additional jobs for young women sixteen and older. Ref erences required. Address The American Pad and Textile Co 8 6 w 14 Greenfield Ohio.
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