Linotype Machine Revolutionizes Local Newspaper Office
The Messenger recalls installing a Mergenthaler Linotype in 1905 after the Simplex, describing its intricate operation from molten metal casting to slug production. It notes one operator can do the work of ten hand compositors, with lines cast at seven to ten per minute and extensive automation reducing labor costs.
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Office of the Messenger
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Messenger and Herald
Athens County
the Messenger
Ohio
Mergenthaler Linotype
Daily Messenger
Linotype
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Blood Purifier Claims to Restore Health in Ad Slogans
An advertisement touts heavy impure blood as causing pimples headaches and nausea. It promotes Bar dock THood Fitters as a remedy that supposedly makes the blood rich red and pure restoring perfect health. The copy mimics early 20th century marketing tone with household welfare vibes.
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Bardock
Real Estate Transfers Across Athens Area For (Note: multiple fragments)
Real estate transfers listed include numerous pinned parcels in Athens Village and surrounding townships. Buyers, sellers, and lot numbers appear with monetary considerations, naming families such as Roach Wood Woodking and Nye alongside firms like Nye Lumber Co. The dense list covers Dover Albany Lodi Trimble and Nelsonville jurisdictions with varied land sizes and sale prices.
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Nage
Cox
Eto Rita
Zor
Athens Village
Frank
Roach
Lucy E. Wood
Lydia Vore
Helen Shepard
Andrew W. Allom
John B. Hill
W. C. Hudson
Samuel M. Johnson
R. M. Patterson
Harley Nice
C. M. Copeland
Clarence H. Horn
William EK. Mohler
L. W. Roberts
Cc. H. Thompson
Charles Roberts
Athens Lumber Co
Lewis
Dover Township
D. Agustine
Henry Aguatine
George A. Nye
George H. Nye
Albany
Sarah
McVay
James
Tewksberry
Lodi Township
Harvey Weatherby
Samuel Frost
Rome Township
Reaninger
Woodking
Stanton
Stewart
Trimble Township
Eiic L. Henry
Wiliam L. Sorrel
Glouster
Anna L. Mitch-Radcliffe
James Price
Trimble
Nathan M. Easler
Lawrence M. Miner
Nelsonville
Wiliam Barber
Frederick Wilds
Sage of Chauncey
Nye Lumber
Sarah Nye
Owen
Jackson
Maggie
Lineecott
Sloan's
Earl S.sloan
Boston
Mass
Maning Bowman
Hawk
Popu
Eastman
Kodaks
Millikan
Athens
Wanlaw
Kurtz & Norris
Kurtz & Minnear
Putnam & Fletcher
G. J. Putnam
Millikan & Hickle
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