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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1894
Page
7
A witty clash between Voltaire and Rousseau ends with a prank. Rousseau mocks oysters at dinner, Voltaire retorts with a joke about Samson. Later Voltaire enters Rousseau’s home, finds a dusty book and writes cochou, prompting Rousseau’s sly reply about the card.
An old newspaper column promotes Dr Kings New Discovery, Electric Bitters, Bucklen's Arnica, and Dr Kings New Life Pill with claims of cures and guarantees. A police anecdote about arresting a large Irish woman is included, followed by Sara Edward Everett on education wages and liberty, arguing against cheapening schoolteacher pay.
An ad touts Dr Bosanko’s Pile remedy promising relief from moist itching and bleeding piles with direct action on affected parts. It also cites heights of Mount St Elias at 18 023 feet and Mount Logan at 19 534 feet, and lists varied items from salves to prices and other disparate notes including a Louisiana bounty list and Vienna horseflesh trends.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat backed view praises the Suez Canal company for providing an annual allowance of about twenty four thousand dollars to the De Lesseps family to avert penury. The countess and thirteen children receive the funds while Ferdinand de Lesseps, aged eighty eight, sits in a semi somnolent chair. The article notes his deafness and unclear awareness of Panama misfortunes.
A fragment from a domestic advice column offers tips on polishing glass, washing fine fabrics, and avoiding dark rooms. It also includes quirky notes on swallowing eggs to dislodge fish bones, scalloped tomato layering, lamp shade use, and cleansing oil bottles with ashes and boiling water.
A collage of humorous lines from various periodical quips and dialogues. The snippets feature playful exchanges about cooks, face painting, laundry, and light romance, reflecting a mid-century newspaper humor column style.
The article outlines a method for mounting oil or watercolor paintings onto academy or water color mounts. It describes background colors, materials like academy board, pulp board, and stretched paper, and notes that photographs of great paintings are preferable to photos of friends. It also includes a humorous note about a Catlettsburg gentleman’s sofa renovation and a list of items found between sofa cushions.
A collection of short poems and verse fragments from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. Pieces touch on themes of infidelity and jealousy, lighthearted humor about money and show life, fishing humor, weather commentary from a grandmother, and reflections on marriage, aging, and childhood. Includes lines attributed to Life, Atlanta Constitution, Chicago Record, Youth's Companion, and Chicago Journal.
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