Athens Visited by Many Residents and Officials
Local notices recount visits across Athens including Miss Kit Callahan of Cartondale and Miss Ethel Pickering of Glouster. Several an visitors journeyed to Columbus and Cleveland for family, church, and civic events while Dr. A. B. Richardson received national recognition for his hospital leadership. The Northern Forestry Association seeks a national reserve in Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Pickering of
Glouster
Athens
A. B. Richardson
Mass- Hton Hospital For
National Hospital For the Insane
Washington, D. C
Athens State Hospital
Richardson
Columbus
Massillon
Washington
Columbus Dispatch
State Hospital
National Hospital For the
THE
Northern Forestry Association
Cats Lake
Minnesota
Rats and moisture in farming practices noted
The text recounts a rodent trap method from Farm and Fireside about placing a steel trap in a com sack to catch rats behind the ears, claiming quick death with less suffering and suggesting corn-baited traps as a reliable pest control. It also discusses subsoiling to retain moisture and reduce soil washing, noting benefits for deep root growth and water infiltration in stiff soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waiter
Smith
Story of a Slave and a Swedish Household Training
George D William of Manchester Michigan recounts freeing a wife bound by disease for five years, aided by Electric Bitters and a home remedy. Upsala Sweden opens a women’s training institution for domestic duties, nursing, and sanitary science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D- Wiliam
Manchester
Mich
W. H. McKee
Upsala
Sweden
Grain O Brings Relief To Coffee Drinker
Grain O is pitched as a coffee substitute that harms digestion and nerves, claiming to nourish the stomach and strengthen nerves. It emphasizes absence of harmful effects and promotes a two-cent package price. A Berlin journalist reports brandy first publicly served in Berlin 200 years ago during a pestilence reducing the population from 12,000 to 9,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Antta
Tows
Gotton
Meemiil
Mies Ree
Dr. Miles Medical. Company
Elmhart, Nd
Arnica Salve promises quick relief for diverse skin eruptions
Historic ad copy touts Backlen's Arnica Salve as a cure for skin eruptions along with running sores boils felons corns warts cuts burns and chapped hands. It claims rapid pain relief with a 25 cent price and local availability via W H McKee, a bruggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Backlen
W. Hi. McKee Bruggist
Weeds Used for Food in Various Regions
Weeds can serve edible purposes. Dandelion is cultivated in France but pests here. Succory grows in European gardens. Pigsweed is a Chinese delicacy, pokeweed known as edible in the south. Milkweed and mallow used for rope. Purslane, persistent pest, cultivated in Europe as a valuable plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Europe
Fortune Smiles on Them and Sarsaparilla Cures
A dated editorial style note extols a product line and mischief caused by impure blood. It highlights Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as cures and condemns doubtful remedies while promoting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a tested cold cure. Mentions Kansas pensioners ratio and a shipload of political exiles returning to San Domingo from Porto Rico with public ovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McKee
San Domingo
Porto Rico
Cascarets Clean Your Blood And Skin Beauty Claim
An ad promotes Cascarets as a ten cent beauty aid for clear skin and a healthy body. It claims purging impurities improves pimples and bilious complexions, with price options and a satisfaction guarantee. A separate note thanks Chamberlains Colic Remedy makers and praises its impact on dysentery and cholera infantum. Also mentions a Norwegian cutter discovering an anchor marked Andre Polar Expedition off King Charles Island and a Dewey home fund update highlighing community donations nearing fifty thousand dollars from eighty thousand people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre Polar Expedition
King Charles Island
Algerian Officials Contribute 40000 for Hopper Plague Fight
Algerian authorities contributed 40000 to a regional program targeting a plague of grasshoppers. The funds support eradication efforts, monitoring, and coordinated spraying to protect crops and livelihoods.
Planting and feeding corn for profit on the farm
George Tyler explains a mixed method of corn planting early and late to maximize yield and profit. He discusses husking costs, storage, fencing, turning stock into fields as corn matures, and feeding strategies for cattle and sheep to boost winter feed and milk output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubi
Derry
George Tyler
Farm fire danger urges better ladders and readiness
A historical notice emphasizes farm fire risk from inadequate equipment and manpower. It stresses the importance of sturdy ladders for building roofs and prompt action to extinguish incipient flames, urging precautions and readiness to mitigate losses.
Ladder device for roofs and a revival of a cold remedy
A paragraph describes a fruit ladder pattern with a small wheel for over reef shingles and a reversible book supported ladder to secure on ridge, plus advice to make ladders long enough for various roofs. The page also notes Rev S A Donahoe of Pt Pleasant Va suffering a severe cold with a productive cough and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by W H McKee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
S. A. Donahoe
M. E. Church
South
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
T Midat
W. H. McKee
Magic mirrors and prayers in a poet's gaze
Cushioned ta veueve and lyric phrases merge with moral exhortations about truth and sincerity. The poem admires inner light and friendship while comparing revelations in eyes to magic mirrors of ancient lore, and blends with ads praising Dr King’s New Life Pills and Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It notes Pearl Pearson’s wireless telegraphy experiments and a birthday ride in Philadelphia.
A Cerlans Fishing Wheel on the Columbia River
A curious fishing wheel operates near Portland Oregon along the rapid Columbia River bank. Three receivers enclosed by wire netting are driven by current, submerging to scoop salmon as they jump. Fish are carried upward then slide to a boat, catching thousands daily.
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Columbia
Portland
Ore
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Mentres
New York
Cline
Kit Callahan
Cartondale
Alias Maud Mourne
Minnie Dean Bay
Peark Fuller
Amelia Walker
Yertha Walker
W. K. Scott
J. B. Fulton
P. L. Dew
Iater Gay
Grierbein
LD. Hopkins
Rufus Carpenter
Delaware
Harry Davis
Akron
L.A. Koons
Wm. Lowry
Cleveland
W.C
Tome Township Sunday School Association
M. E
Stewart
James Palmer
Ashtabula
W.C. T.U
James Reed
Clay, Clay Co
Chamberlain
Central West
Germany
Borin
Michigan
East
Hood
Kansas
Union
W. W. Mas Singill
Beaumont
Texas
Dewey” Home Fund
Iasala
Tata
Flelde
Platy
Hint
Sisiae
Hismark
Dr. King
W.H. McKee
Sarat Teery
Philadelphia
Hocking, Valley
Ren
Wetween
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago
A. Pigier
Gen
Polcdao
Toleta
Columbus, x
Perexu. Pearson
Perry Okla
G. Mayshis
Tic
Mi Mor
D. Dale
Sesh Nesene Moore
Winvent
A Nathan
Breathwell
Sharpehurst
Amerie
Ohio Central
Mearille
Sharpanarg
Staware
Cutler
Moore
Bradfield
Comany
Aliants
Georgia
Stone
Mabete
County Auditor's Office
Ohio
SCOET
Lancaster
Zanesville
West Hound
Wrens
Orher
CMN
Reesett
C. S W. RY
Ohio Division
Chillicoth
Parkeraburg
Fastmail
St Louis
St. Louis
Aork
East Mail
Athen
Parkersburg
Fast Mail
St.Louis
Wbbew
Weev Sateenes
Parkers
O.P. McCaner
GP &G. B
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