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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
14
A fragment notes the challenge women face balancing house chores with daily responsibilities, reflecting social expectations and gender roles in daily life. The text emphasizes the difficulty of managing domestic labor amid other duties.
Mrs Isaac Elwell of 548 East Main Street Painesville Ohio testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured years of backache and stomach distress. She bought at Moodey's pharmacy and says the remedy did more good than any other. Doan's Kidney Pills sold at all drug stores for 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Upper Sandusky to issue 60,000 dollars in bonds for street paving. Steubenville notes a man dying after drinking carbolic acid mistaken for wine. Other items include robberies, trials, college gifts, mass layoff, drownings, suicides, and political debates across Ohio towns and cities.
An old advertisement states that soft and crooked bones result from poor feeding and that Scott's Emulsion cures rickets in children with daily small doses. It claims bow legs straighten, joints strengthen, and heads firm, noting thousands of successful cases. A free sample and a stated price accompany the offer from Scott & Bowne in New York.
A flood of filings in common pleas recounts multiple civil suits and divorces. James A Burt sues John OConner and Martha OConner for money. others include equity actions, foreclosures, and several divorce petitions citing absence adultery and neglect.
Mrs Louis Markison of Franksville Wisconsin was long afflicted with female weakness. After trying Dodd's Kidney Pills she recovered and praised the medicine as the best she has known and highly beneficial for her condition.
Amid a sharp drop in steel stock, Mr. Schwab resigns from his office to avert further fallout. The move signals impact on industry leadership as markets respond to the slump.
A Lafayette Indiana user says DeWitts Little Early Risers cleanse the system and cure headaches without gripe or sickness. The pills are sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
Dr. George Howard of Chicago University warns of a cultural neglect of marriage functions. He compares human unions unfavorably with the breeding of fine animals, urging greater care and seriousness in matrimony.
Sudden weather changes burden scrofula and consumption in October. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised for radical cures of scrofula and is claimed to be widely used in homes to arrest and eradicate the disease.
The supreme court last week upheld the validity of the Longworth act providing for the submission of proposed constitutional amendments to the people at the November election.
Revenue from vehicles totals 8500 in taxes since the ordinance began July 1. Collections at various times by May or Logan include 113, 112.50, 62, 10, 190.50, and 12 dollars, all turned into the city treasury. Enforcement met with little resistance and has worked admirably.
A historical notice records a death on September 9 1903 of Walter G Brown. The committee of condolence expresses faith in God s providence and sympathy to his wife his orphan child his mother brother and sister. W J Warrener R G Brawley H Wyatt sign as committee of condolence.
Rev Jno. 8. Cox of Wake Ark reports twelve years of jaundice and illness ended after using Electric Bitters. He says the medicine cured his liver and kidney trouble and general debility. Sold by W. H. McKee.
The article notes Lord Alverton explaining no connection between French grammar rules and the Alaskan boundary dispute. It suggests the two issues were mistakenly paired in public discourse, with both having distinct historical contexts and resolutions.
Otto Dodd of Powder Missouri reports a year long sore healed by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The ad claims it is the best salve on earth and lists a 25 cent price at W H McKee’s Drug Store.
A fragment quotes Mr. Bryan suggesting the Democratic party moves toward plutocracy or away from it. The passage emphasizes his view that the party must choose between opposing plutocracy and embracing it.
Sunday October 18 excursion from Middleport Gallipolis and Pt Pleasant via Ohio Central Lines at low rates. Call on agents for hand bills with full particulars.
Excursion rates to Middleport via the K and M Ry from Corning and intermediate stations. Tickets on sale Saturday October 17 with return allowed until the next day. Two excursion trains from Middleport Sunday one morning and one evening to accommodate returning patrons.
Mrs. Alice Jordan of Marchmont misplaced her pocket-book in Athens on Saturday. It contained eleven dollars a Bank of Athens certificate of deposit and a pair of gold spectacles lost somewhere along the city streets.
The following pupils have no absences or tardies for September: Stanley Burke, Harrold Barrows, Clif ford Ketl, Allen Gregory, Clarence Mitchell, Orland Oxley, Walter Porter, Jim Cameron, Edith Barrows, Marie Calvert, Lorene Fulton, Lily Gardner, Faye Johnson, Hazel Mc Kingtry, Mildred Mille, Marie Bardin, Susan Scott, Lizzie Thompson, Winnette Brown.
Marietta Columbus and Cleveland Railway and Short Line Route connects Marietta to Columbus Toledo Chicago and points in the Northwest offering rail service and connections to major cities.
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