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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1902
Page
2
A humor filled piece reflects on folly and moral choices in Athens. It critiques rash actions and unconscious wrong doing through anecdotes about road choices, a hog lot joke, and crooked business instincts, urging sane living over impulsive missteps.
Scott's Emulsion touted as essential for all ages. It claims to build flesh and strength for consumption recovery, sustain women during trials, and aid growth in children. Free sample offer and prices 60 cents and 1 dollar from Scott & Bowne, chemists, New York.
A grand ethnological review in Athens features Pawnee Bill's Wild West on October 7 with two performances. Indians from Sioux Pawnee Cherokee and Snake tribes share the program with Gauchos Cossacks Mexican dancers and sharpshooters among others. Over a thousand performers and horses star in a lavish display praised across America and Europe.
The text describes chronic sensory impairments and appetite loss from a condition labeled entarch. It credits a constitutional treatment and a tonic, then cites a patient named Evosne Forges from Lebanon Ran who uses Hood's Sarsaparilla to recover. The ad-style piece promotes sarsaparilla as strengthening and curative.
The M C and C railway once the Ohio Central extension running Palos to Marietta 49 miles has been sold to the Wabash system. Wabash plans connect south from Zanesville and fund near Bishopville to Vincent then Parkersburg with new links. Coal fields of the Federal valley will grow. later a Cincinnati route and Wheeling access are discussed. Booker T Washington's education article in Cosmopolitan emphasizes education for all colored people and urges reader engagement.
The Pallay Club began its year at Mrs. A. E. Moore’s home. Mrs. Mercer presided, introducing Miss Hattie Hildrap who led the afternoon literary program. Miss Sylvia Moore read Paderowski’s serenade At Ninth, Mrs. Blackstone spoke on The Typography and Climate of Russia, and Mrs. Mercer followed with The Coming of the Slav. The discussion grew lively and the group adjourned for two weeks to meet at Mrs. Scott’s home in Stunyaide.
General Groovenor reports an upcoming Rural Free Delivery inspection by a special inspector to review all pending routes except Fairfield. J. M. Woltz is already in the district and will assess routes before snow, with counties to push the work to completion. The piece ends with a humorous aside about wisdom and a jab at common carriers of microbes.
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