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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1900
Page
4
Local notes report various visits by residents and guests including Mr and Mrs Chay and Mrs J E Bush. John Hubler, Boyd Rochester and others are mentioned with travel to Athens Ann Arbor and Charleston recruiting in the army announced by Corporal T Savage.
The text touts August Flower as the leading medicine for indigestion and related ailments, claiming cures with few doses in liquid form and urging readers to get Green’s Prize Almanac. It also notes a 104 buffalo population count and quotes Dr William T Hornaday on the difficulty of counting buffalo through history before 1870.
An Sullivan County family reports their two year old son escaped dangerous croup after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The letter from Grahamsville's H. H. Black praises the medicine's safety and effectiveness and notes local sale by W. H. McKee. The piece also promotes inexpensive Transsiberian travel with Russia offering cut rates to Tobolsk and Siberian cities.
Editor W. W. Barry of Lexington Tennessee touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure all for piles and injuries praising its wonders. Private German letters report German troops torturing Chinese prisoners in China. Dr Rankin’s Kidney Tablets offered as pain relief. Workmen uncover a well preserved mastodon skeleton in Logan county Ohio, with a tusk nine feet across damaged in the dig.
The article notes a surge in automobile use and accidents across Europe. Comte Raphael Cahen d Anvers died after speed related incidents prompting stricter regulations. King Leopold II of Belgium also takes up automobiling despite early mishaps as drivers flock to the sport.
Misa Agnes Mulhall daughter of Col Zach Mulhall lassoed and killed a big gray wolf on her father's Oklahoma ranch. She had the animal mounted stuffed and sent to Gov Theodore Roosevelt. At 19 she is an expert horsewoman with lariat and rifle and inspired a Hoyt character.
Berlin correspondent for the New York Herald reports plans for a major Russian canal connecting the Baltic and White seas. The route would run from St Petersburg along the Gulf of Bothnia to St Catherine on the Murman coast, deepening the Nera river to extend to Lake Ladoga. The project promises strategic military escape for the Baltic fleet and shorter travel to the seaport of Tibau, boosting commercial reach.
Rostov police capture a widow who ran a two year lucrative operation selling artificial joint injuries to avoid soldiers and defraud insurers. She produced convincing deformities by injecting substances under the skin to mimic a damaged joint. Her clientele included common folk seeking cheap fraud avoidance and select swindlers seeking insurance payouts. The latest ruse involved a young man staging a train fall to claim railway compensation.
Made Young Again claims a two week nightly dose from Dr. King's New Life Pillar returns a reader to a youth like state. The ad also touts Foley's Honey and Tar for cold prevention. A terse note mentions Lord Wolseley planning to visit campaign scenes from past wars. A separate blurb discusses Boxer demands for foreign burial monuments in China.
Mr and Mrs Charlea C Hammer of New Britain Connecticut welcomed twin girls each under two pounds one weighs one and a half pounds and seven inches long the other weighs one and a quarter pounds and seven inches long both have not formed eyes and may need incubator care Dr Kellogg the attending physician says they are doing nicely and may require incubator support Also mentions Hawaii as the worlds sugar bowl and Mexico cotton mills with 14 mills reported though the text is garbled
If you are a sportsman you seek low rate hunting trips. Low rate hunters' excursion tickets are available at ticket offices of the Unid Central Eries to hunting territories in Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. Call your nearest Ohio Central Lines agent for quotes or write Movextoy Have Gen. Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. Tar little Grand Duchess Olga of Russia is the richest baby in the world. The week she was born £1,000,000 was invested for her.
Sir Thomas Lipton visits Watgow to sign yacht contracts with Hendersons of Meadowside yard for the new America's Cup defender. Contracts set handover for March 30, with secrecy on design and bronze plating favored by the Herreshoffs. Construction may begin in a few weeks as Capt Nat’s model and plans are finalized.
Instructions describe soaking and paring a corn or bunion then applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily with five minutes of rubbing. A corn plaster protects the area from shoe irritation. The text also touts Palin Balm as a general remedy for sprains bruises lameness and rheumatism. Store by W. H. McKee. A constitutional convention seeks to reduce New Hampshire legislature membership.
An advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm cures a wide range of blood and skin diseases including ulcers eczema and syphilis related issues. It promises permanent results, offers free trial bottles, and urges readers to write to Blood Balm Co. Atlanta for guidance. Three black men allegedly lynched a man named Starlcup in Jefferson Texas last week.
An ad style notice touts Foley's Honey and Tar as preventing pneumonia and serious cold effects. It quotes C. B. Henderson and George A. Points praising the remedy for hoarseness and coughing while mentioning a California wine output figure and yearly production estimates.
The Indianapolis death of Jerome K. Knapp occurred Saturday from a large strychnine dose taken with suicidal intent after religious frenzy at a revival. Knapp, 59, a retired real estate dealer, was known in Athens. his wife is Kelly I. Ross of Waterloo township.
A family friendly prompt prose touts Jell-O as a quick two minute dessert. No baking required just add hot water and set to cool. Flavors listed include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry with typos throughout.
Indigestion from a weak stomach is claimed to be eased by Hood's Sarsaparilla, described as a great stomach tonic and cure for dyspepsia. The piece also notes Count Toestot has completed a new drama titled The Corpse.
Jell O offers four flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry appealing to family tastes. Available at your grocers. Try it today.
A. L. Scorrt, builder of the battle ship Oregon, has left Dal Francisco, California, for the east to bid on contracts for several new ships.
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